diff --git a/R/bulk-query.R b/R/bulk-query.R
index 0ff5ea90..147f8065 100644
--- a/R/bulk-query.R
+++ b/R/bulk-query.R
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ sf_query_result_bulk_v1 <- function(job_id,
   content_type <- httr_response$headers$`content-type`
   if (grepl('xml', content_type)) {
     response_text <- content(httr_response, type="text/plain", encoding="UTF-8")
-    resultset <- as_tibble(xmlToList(response_text))
+    resultset <- as_tibble(xmlToList(response_text), .name_repair = "unique")
   } else if(grepl('text/csv', content_type)) {
     response_text <- content(httr_response, type="text", encoding="UTF-8")
     if(response_text == "Records not found for this query"){
@@ -407,30 +407,33 @@ sf_query_bulk_v1 <- function(soql,
       message(paste0("Attempt #", z))
     }
     Sys.sleep(interval_seconds)
-    batch_query_status <- sf_batch_status_bulk(job_id = batch_query_info$jobId,
-                                               batch_id = batch_query_info$id, 
-                                               api_type = api_type, 
-                                               verbose = verbose)
-    if(batch_query_status$state == 'Failed'){
-      stop(batch_query_status$stateMessage)
-    } else if(batch_query_status$state == "Completed"){
+    
+    # PKChunked queries create multiple batches (one per chunk) so need
+    # to check each of the statuses
+    job_batches <- sf_job_batches_bulk(batch_query_info$jobId,
+                                       api_type = api_type, 
+                                       verbose = verbose)
+    # Successfully submitted PKChunked queries return one batch with the status
+    # "NotProcessed" which should be ignored
+    batch_query_statuses <- job_batches %>% 
+      # ignore record ids that could not be matched
+      filter(if_all(any_of("state"), ~(.x != 'NotProcessed')))    
+  
+    if(all(batch_query_statuses$state == "Completed")){
       status_complete <- TRUE
-    } else if(batch_query_status$state == "NotProcessed") {
-      # this means it was a successfully submitted PKChunked query, now check
-      # for the child batches of this job (i.e. all others related to the job
-      # that are not the initial batch query info record)
-      # check that all batches have been completed before declaring the job done
-      job_batches <- sf_job_batches_bulk(batch_query_status$jobId,
-                                         api_type = api_type, 
-                                         verbose = verbose)
-      # remove the initial batch
-      batch_query_info <- job_batches %>% 
-        # ignore record ids that could not be matched
-        filter(if_all(any_of("state"), ~(.x != 'NotProcessed')))
-      
-      if(all(batch_query_info$state == "Completed")){
-        status_complete <- TRUE
+    } else if(any(batch_query_statuses$state == 'Failed')){
+      batch_error_str <- character(0)
+      for(i in 1:length(batch_query_statuses$state)){
+        if(batch_query_statuses$state[i] == 'Failed'){
+          this_error_str <- sprintf(
+            '[Batch %s] %s', 
+            batch_query_statuses$id[i],
+            batch_query_statuses$stateMessage[i]
+          )
+          batch_error_str <- c(batch_error_str, this_error_str)  
+        }
       }
+      stop(paste(batch_error_str, collapse="\n  "))
     } else {
       # continue checking the status until done or max attempts
       z <- z + 1
@@ -442,13 +445,13 @@ sf_query_bulk_v1 <- function(soql,
     resultset <- sf_abort_job_bulk(job_info$id, api_type=api_type, verbose=verbose)
   } else {
     resultset <- list()
-    for(i in 1:nrow(batch_query_info)){
-      batch_query_details <- sf_batch_details_bulk(job_id = batch_query_info$jobId[i],
-                                                   batch_id = batch_query_info$id[i], 
+    for(i in 1:nrow(batch_query_statuses)){
+      batch_query_details <- sf_batch_details_bulk(job_id = batch_query_statuses$jobId[i],
+                                                   batch_id = batch_query_statuses$id[i], 
                                                    api_type = api_type, 
                                                    verbose = verbose)
-      resultset[[i]] <- sf_query_result_bulk(job_id = batch_query_info$jobId[i],
-                                             batch_id = batch_query_info$id[i],
+      resultset[[i]] <- sf_query_result_bulk(job_id = batch_query_statuses$jobId[i],
+                                             batch_id = batch_query_statuses$id[i],
                                              result_id = batch_query_details$result,
                                              guess_types = guess_types,
                                              api_type = api_type,
@@ -459,8 +462,8 @@ sf_query_bulk_v1 <- function(soql,
                                         api_type = api_type, 
                                         verbose = verbose)
   }
-  # needed in case the result was PKChunked which returns the records in multiple 
-  # batches that we must bind
+  # needed in case the result was PKChunked which returns 
+  # the records in multiple batches that we must bind
   if(is.tbl(resultset)){
     resultset <- resultset %>% 
       sf_reorder_cols() %>%