diff --git a/server-rs/crates/api-server/src/editor_agent/reconcile.rs b/server-rs/crates/api-server/src/editor_agent/reconcile.rs
index 4b48bd1c0..8351b2429 100644
--- a/server-rs/crates/api-server/src/editor_agent/reconcile.rs
+++ b/server-rs/crates/api-server/src/editor_agent/reconcile.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,11 @@ fn mark_job_failed(message: &mut EditorAgentMessage, error: String) {
         .expect("reconcile candidate contains a tool call");
     tool_call.error = Some(error.clone());
     tool_call.status = EditorAgentToolCallStatus::Failed;
-    message.text = format!("[tool_call:{}] output: {error}", tool_call.tool_name);
+    let tool_name = tool_call.tool_name.clone();
+    let args = tool_call.args.to_string();
+    message.text = format!(
+        "[tool_call:{tool_name}] args:{args} failed because: {error} if this is upstream/temp error, please retry it if user asked for",
+    );
 }
 
 fn mark_fatal_result_reconcile_failed(message: &mut EditorAgentMessage, error: String) {