diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/actions/BaseCommitService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/actions/BaseCommitService.java
index d45bbfb4a667..47fb537b7f5d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/actions/BaseCommitService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/actions/BaseCommitService.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.iceberg.actions;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ abstract class BaseCommitService<T> implements Closeable {
   private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<T> completedRewrites;
   private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<String> inProgressCommits;
   private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<T> committedRewrites;
+  private final List<Exception> exceptionsOfFailedCommits;
   private final int rewritesPerCommit;
   private final AtomicBoolean running = new AtomicBoolean(false);
   private final long timeoutInMS;
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ abstract class BaseCommitService<T> implements Closeable {
     completedRewrites = Queues.newConcurrentLinkedQueue();
     committedRewrites = Queues.newConcurrentLinkedQueue();
     inProgressCommits = Queues.newConcurrentLinkedQueue();
+    exceptionsOfFailedCommits = Collections.synchronizedList(Lists.newArrayList());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -231,6 +234,7 @@ private void commitReadyCommitGroups() {
         succeededCommits++;
       } catch (Exception e) {
         LOG.error("Failure during rewrite commit process, partial progress enabled. Ignoring", e);
+        exceptionsOfFailedCommits.add(e);
       }
       inProgressCommits.remove(inProgressCommitToken);
     }
@@ -240,6 +244,14 @@ public int succeededCommits() {
     return succeededCommits;
   }
 
+  public int failedCommits() {
+    return exceptionsOfFailedCommits.size();
+  }
+
+  public List<Exception> exceptionsOfFailedCommits() {
+    return Lists.newArrayList(exceptionsOfFailedCommits);
+  }
+
   @VisibleForTesting
   boolean canCreateCommitGroup() {
     // Either we have a full commit group, or we have completed writing and need to commit