diff --git a/lib/tasks/transcribe.js b/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
index 754dbc908..2b51f6af9 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
     const opts = this.setChannelVarsForStt(this, this.sttCredentials, this.data.recognizer);
     switch (this.vendor) {
       case 'google':
-        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}google_transcribe_${channel}`;
+        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}google_transcribe`;
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, GoogleTranscriptionEvents.Transcription,
           this._onTranscription.bind(this, cs, ep, channel));
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, GoogleTranscriptionEvents.NoAudioDetected,
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
 
       case 'aws':
       case 'polly':
-        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}aws_transcribe_${channel}`;
+        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}aws_transcribe`;
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, AwsTranscriptionEvents.Transcription,
           this._onTranscription.bind(this, cs, ep, channel));
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, AwsTranscriptionEvents.NoAudioDetected,
@@ -162,19 +162,19 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
           this._onMaxDurationExceeded.bind(this, cs, ep, channel));
         break;
       case 'microsoft':
-        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}azure_transcribe_${channel}`;
+        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}azure_transcribe`;
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, AzureTranscriptionEvents.Transcription,
           this._onTranscription.bind(this, cs, ep, channel));
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, AzureTranscriptionEvents.NoSpeechDetected,
           this._onNoAudio.bind(this, cs, ep, channel));
         break;
       case 'nuance':
-        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}nuance_transcribe_${channel}`;
+        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}nuance_transcribe`;
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, NuanceTranscriptionEvents.Transcription,
           this._onTranscription.bind(this, cs, ep, channel));
         break;
       case 'deepgram':
-        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}deepgram_transcribe_${channel}`;
+        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}deepgram_transcribe`;
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, DeepgramTranscriptionEvents.Transcription,
           this._onTranscription.bind(this, cs, ep, channel));
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, DeepgramTranscriptionEvents.Connect,
@@ -187,12 +187,12 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
 
         break;
       case 'soniox':
-        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}soniox_transcribe_${channel}`;
+        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}soniox_transcribe`;
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, SonioxTranscriptionEvents.Transcription,
           this._onTranscription.bind(this, cs, ep, channel));
         break;
       case 'cobalt':
-        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}cobalt_transcribe_${channel}`;
+        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}cobalt_transcribe`;
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, CobaltTranscriptionEvents.Transcription,
           this._onTranscription.bind(this, cs, ep, channel));
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
         break;
 
       case 'ibm':
-        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}ibm_transcribe_${channel}`;
+        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}ibm_transcribe`;
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, IbmTranscriptionEvents.Transcription,
           this._onTranscription.bind(this, cs, ep, channel));
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, IbmTranscriptionEvents.Connect,
@@ -232,13 +232,13 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
         break;
 
       case 'nvidia':
-        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}nvidia_transcribe_${channel}`;
+        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}nvidia_transcribe`;
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, NvidiaTranscriptionEvents.Transcription,
           this._onTranscription.bind(this, cs, ep, channel));
         break;
 
       case 'assemblyai':
-        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}assemblyai_transcribe_${channel}`;
+        bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}assemblyai_transcribe`;
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, AssemblyAiTranscriptionEvents.Transcription,
           this._onTranscription.bind(this, cs, ep, channel));
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep,
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
 
       default:
         if (this.vendor.startsWith('custom:')) {
-          bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}${this.vendor}_transcribe_${channel}`;
+          bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}${this.vendor}_transcribe`;
           this.addCustomEventListener(ep, JambonzTranscriptionEvents.Transcription,
             this._onTranscription.bind(this, cs, ep, channel));
           this.addCustomEventListener(ep, JambonzTranscriptionEvents.Connect, this._onVendorConnect.bind(this, cs, ep));
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
         }
     }
     // save dedicated bugname for each endpoint
-    ep.transcribe_bugname = bugname;
+    ep.transcribe_bugname = `${bugname}_${Date.now()}`;
     /* common handler for all stt engine errors */
     this.addCustomEventListener(ep, JambonzTranscriptionEvents.Error, this._onJambonzError.bind(this, cs, ep));
     await ep.set(opts)