diff --git a/lib/collection/src/operations/types.rs b/lib/collection/src/operations/types.rs
index b2686a9a00..4f88d9ec56 100644
--- a/lib/collection/src/operations/types.rs
+++ b/lib/collection/src/operations/types.rs
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ pub enum CollectionError {
         shards_failed: u32,
         first_err: Box<CollectionError>,
     },
+    #[error("Remote shard on {peer_id} failed during forward proxy operation: {error}")]
+    ForwardProxyError { peer_id: PeerId, error: Box<Self> },
 }
 
 impl CollectionError {
@@ -409,6 +411,20 @@ impl CollectionError {
     pub fn bad_shard_selection(description: String) -> CollectionError {
         CollectionError::BadShardSelection { description }
     }
+
+    pub fn forward_proxy_error(peer_id: PeerId, error: impl Into<Self>) -> Self {
+        Self::ForwardProxyError {
+            peer_id,
+            error: Box::new(error.into()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn remote_peer_id(&self) -> Option<PeerId> {
+        match self {
+            Self::ForwardProxyError { peer_id, .. } => Some(*peer_id),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl From<SystemTimeError> for CollectionError {
diff --git a/lib/collection/src/shards/forward_proxy_shard.rs b/lib/collection/src/shards/forward_proxy_shard.rs
index ba7156960f..b71c75ed30 100644
--- a/lib/collection/src/shards/forward_proxy_shard.rs
+++ b/lib/collection/src/shards/forward_proxy_shard.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 
 use crate::operations::point_ops::{PointOperations, PointStruct, PointSyncOperation};
 use crate::operations::types::{
-    CollectionInfo, CollectionResult, CountRequest, CountResult, PointRequest, Record,
-    SearchRequestBatch, UpdateResult,
+    CollectionError, CollectionInfo, CollectionResult, CountRequest, CountResult, PointRequest,
+    Record, SearchRequestBatch, UpdateResult,
 };
 use crate::operations::{CollectionUpdateOperations, CreateIndex, FieldIndexOperations};
 use crate::shards::local_shard::LocalShard;
@@ -152,7 +152,10 @@ impl ShardOperation for ForwardProxyShard {
         // during the transfer restart and finalization.
         local_shard.update(operation.clone(), wait).await?;
 
-        self.remote_shard.update(operation, false).await
+        self.remote_shard
+            .update(operation, false)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|err| CollectionError::forward_proxy_error(self.remote_shard.peer_id, err))
     }
 
     /// Forward read-only `scroll_by` to `wrapped_shard`
diff --git a/lib/collection/src/shards/replica_set.rs b/lib/collection/src/shards/replica_set.rs
index bd868dfb81..77731ed667 100644
--- a/lib/collection/src/shards/replica_set.rs
+++ b/lib/collection/src/shards/replica_set.rs
@@ -1180,6 +1180,7 @@ impl ShardReplicaSet {
                     }
                     _ => {}
                 }
+
                 log::debug!(
                     "Deactivating peer {} because of failed update of shard {}:{}",
                     peer_id,
@@ -1323,7 +1324,12 @@ impl ShardReplicaSet {
                             .get()
                             .update(operation.clone(), wait)
                             .await
-                            .map_err(|err| (self.this_peer_id(), err))
+                            .map_err(|err| {
+                                let peer_id =
+                                    err.remote_peer_id().unwrap_or_else(|| self.this_peer_id());
+
+                                (peer_id, err)
+                            })
                     };
                     let remote_updates = join_all(remote_futures);
 
diff --git a/lib/storage/src/content_manager/errors.rs b/lib/storage/src/content_manager/errors.rs
index 96724ef26b..c49de720a1 100644
--- a/lib/storage/src/content_manager/errors.rs
+++ b/lib/storage/src/content_manager/errors.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ impl StorageError {
             CollectionError::BadShardSelection { .. } => StorageError::BadRequest {
                 description: overriding_description,
             },
+            CollectionError::ForwardProxyError { error, .. } => {
+                Self::from_inconsistent_shard_failure(*error, overriding_description)
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -109,6 +112,10 @@ impl From<CollectionError> for StorageError {
             CollectionError::BadShardSelection { description } => {
                 StorageError::BadRequest { description }
             }
+            CollectionError::ForwardProxyError { error, .. } => {
+                let full_description = format!("{error}");
+                StorageError::from_inconsistent_shard_failure(*error, full_description)
+            }
         }
     }
 }