diff --git a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/rabbitmq/_rpc_router.py b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/rabbitmq/_rpc_router.py
index 15239012682d..af0c77f727c0 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/rabbitmq/_rpc_router.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/rabbitmq/_rpc_router.py
@@ -6,39 +6,62 @@
 from typing import Any, TypeVar
 
 from models_library.rabbitmq_basic_types import RPCMethodName
-from pydantic import SecretStr
 
 from ..logging_utils import log_context
 from ._errors import RPCServerError
 
 DecoratedCallable = TypeVar("DecoratedCallable", bound=Callable[..., Any])
 
+# NOTE: this is equivalent to http access logs
 _logger = logging.getLogger("rpc.access")
 
-_RPC_CUSTOM_ENCODER: dict[Any, Callable[[Any], Any]] = {
-    SecretStr: SecretStr.get_secret_value
-}
+
+def _create_func_msg(func, args: list[Any], kwargs: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+    msg = f"{func.__name__}("
+
+    if args_msg := ", ".join(map(str, args)):
+        msg += args_msg
+
+    if kwargs_msg := ", ".join({f"{name}={value}" for name, value in kwargs.items()}):
+        if args:
+            msg += ", "
+        msg += kwargs_msg
+
+    return f"{msg})"
 
 
 @dataclass
 class RPCRouter:
     routes: dict[RPCMethodName, Callable] = field(default_factory=dict)
 
-    def expose(self) -> Callable[[DecoratedCallable], DecoratedCallable]:
-        def decorator(func: DecoratedCallable) -> DecoratedCallable:
+    def expose(
+        self,
+        *,
+        reraise_if_error_type: tuple[type[Exception], ...] | None = None,
+    ) -> Callable[[DecoratedCallable], DecoratedCallable]:
+        def _decorator(func: DecoratedCallable) -> DecoratedCallable:
             @functools.wraps(func)
-            async def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+            async def _wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+
                 with log_context(
+                    # NOTE: this is intentionally analogous to the http access log traces.
+                    # To change log-level use getLogger("rpc.access").set_level(...)
                     _logger,
                     logging.INFO,
-                    msg=f"calling {func.__name__} with {args}, {kwargs}",
+                    msg=f"RPC call {_create_func_msg(func, args, kwargs)}",
+                    log_duration=True,
                 ):
                     try:
                         return await func(*args, **kwargs)
+
                     except asyncio.CancelledError:
                         _logger.debug("call was cancelled")
                         raise
+
                     except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+                        if reraise_if_error_type and type(exc) in reraise_if_error_type:
+                            raise
+
                         _logger.exception("Unhandled exception:")
                         # NOTE: we do not return internal exceptions over RPC
                         raise RPCServerError(
@@ -47,7 +70,7 @@ async def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
                             msg=f"{exc}",
                         ) from None
 
-            self.routes[RPCMethodName(func.__name__)] = wrapper
+            self.routes[RPCMethodName(func.__name__)] = _wrapper
             return func
 
-        return decorator
+        return _decorator
diff --git a/services/payments/tests/unit/test_services_auto_recharge_listener.py b/services/payments/tests/unit/test_services_auto_recharge_listener.py
index c6069fb5603b..e7f3a1dac09a 100644
--- a/services/payments/tests/unit/test_services_auto_recharge_listener.py
+++ b/services/payments/tests/unit/test_services_auto_recharge_listener.py
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 # pylint: disable=unused-argument
 # pylint: disable=unused-variable
 
-from collections.abc import Callable
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Iterator
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from decimal import Decimal
-from typing import Awaitable, Iterator
 from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest