diff --git a/linera-rpc/src/grpc/client.rs b/linera-rpc/src/grpc/client.rs
index 705614b12a0..3534a79f941 100644
--- a/linera-rpc/src/grpc/client.rs
+++ b/linera-rpc/src/grpc/client.rs
@@ -73,15 +73,13 @@ impl GrpcClient {
                 info!("gRPC request interrupted: {}; retrying", status);
                 true
             }
-            Code::Ok
-            | Code::Cancelled
-            | Code::NotFound
-            | Code::AlreadyExists
-            | Code::ResourceExhausted => {
+            Code::Ok | Code::Cancelled | Code::ResourceExhausted => {
                 error!("Unexpected gRPC status: {}; retrying", status);
                 true
             }
             Code::InvalidArgument
+            | Code::NotFound
+            | Code::AlreadyExists
             | Code::PermissionDenied
             | Code::FailedPrecondition
             | Code::OutOfRange
diff --git a/linera-service/Cargo.toml b/linera-service/Cargo.toml
index 37af4dce2b3..733a7d28889 100644
--- a/linera-service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linera-service/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ test = [
     "linera-execution/test",
     "dep:stdext",
 ]
-benchmark = ["linera-base/test", "linera-client/benchmark", "dep:linera-sdk"]
+benchmark = ["linera-base/test", "linera-client/benchmark"]
 wasmer = ["linera-client/wasmer", "linera-execution/wasmer", "linera-storage/wasmer"]
 wasmtime = [
     "linera-client/wasmtime",
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ linera-client = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
 linera-core.workspace = true
 linera-execution = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
 linera-rpc = { workspace = true, features = ["server", "simple-network"] }
-linera-sdk = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+linera-sdk = { workspace = true }
 linera-storage.workspace = true
 linera-storage-service = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 linera-version.workspace = true
diff --git a/linera-service/src/proxy/grpc.rs b/linera-service/src/proxy/grpc.rs
index bef7e7c7701..a1caafdde3e 100644
--- a/linera-service/src/proxy/grpc.rs
+++ b/linera-service/src/proxy/grpc.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ use linera_rpc::{
         GRPC_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE,
     },
 };
+use linera_sdk::views::ViewError;
 use linera_storage::Storage;
 use prost::Message;
 use tokio::{select, task::JoinSet};
@@ -338,6 +339,30 @@ where
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /// Returns the appropriate gRPC status for the given [`ViewError`].
+    fn error_to_status(err: ViewError) -> Status {
+        let mut status = match &err {
+            ViewError::TooLargeValue | ViewError::Serialization(_) => {
+                Status::invalid_argument(err.to_string())
+            }
+            ViewError::StoreError { .. }
+            | ViewError::TokioJoinError(_)
+            | ViewError::TryLockError(_)
+            | ViewError::InconsistentEntries
+            | ViewError::PostLoadValuesError
+            | ViewError::Io(_) => Status::internal(err.to_string()),
+            ViewError::KeyTooLong | ViewError::ArithmeticError(_) => {
+                Status::out_of_range(err.to_string())
+            }
+            ViewError::NotFound(_)
+            | ViewError::BlobNotFoundOnRead(_)
+            | ViewError::CannotAcquireCollectionEntry
+            | ViewError::MissingEntries => Status::not_found(err.to_string()),
+        };
+        status.set_source(Arc::new(err));
+        status
+    }
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
@@ -443,7 +468,7 @@ where
             .storage
             .read_blob(blob_id)
             .await
-            .map_err(|err| Status::from_error(Box::new(err)))?;
+            .map_err(Self::error_to_status)?;
         Ok(Response::new(blob.into_inner_content().try_into()?))
     }
 
@@ -458,7 +483,7 @@ where
             .storage
             .read_hashed_certificate_value(hash)
             .await
-            .map_err(|err| Status::from_error(Box::new(err)))?;
+            .map_err(Self::error_to_status)?;
         Ok(Response::new(certificate.try_into()?))
     }
 
@@ -473,7 +498,7 @@ where
             .storage
             .read_certificate(hash)
             .await
-            .map_err(|err| Status::from_error(Box::new(err)))?;
+            .map_err(Self::error_to_status)?;
         Ok(Response::new(certificate.try_into()?))
     }
 
@@ -502,7 +527,7 @@ where
                 .storage
                 .read_certificates(batch.to_vec())
                 .await
-                .map_err(|err| Status::from_error(Box::new(err)))?
+                .map_err(Self::error_to_status)?
             {
                 if grpc_message_limiter.fits::<Certificate>(certificate.clone())? {
                     certificates.push(certificate);
@@ -528,7 +553,7 @@ where
             .storage
             .read_blob_state(blob_id)
             .await
-            .map_err(|err| Status::from_error(Box::new(err)))?;
+            .map_err(Self::error_to_status)?;
         Ok(Response::new(blob_state.last_used_by.into()))
     }
 }