diff --git a/app/scripts/modules/core/src/orchestratedItem/orchestratedItem.transformer.spec.ts b/app/scripts/modules/core/src/orchestratedItem/orchestratedItem.transformer.spec.ts
index 885c52324bc..2bca61a6ea2 100644
--- a/app/scripts/modules/core/src/orchestratedItem/orchestratedItem.transformer.spec.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/modules/core/src/orchestratedItem/orchestratedItem.transformer.spec.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('orchestratedItem transformer', () => {
       expect(getMessage({ context: {} })).toBe(null);
     });
 
-    it('returns general exception even if a kato task is present', () => {
+    it('returns combined exception if both kato and general exceptions are present', () => {
       const stage = {
         context: {
           'kato.tasks': [
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe('orchestratedItem transformer', () => {
           },
         },
       };
-      expect(getMessage(stage)).toBe('E1\n\nE2');
+      expect(getMessage(stage)).toBe('E1\n\nE2\n\nfailed!');
     });
 
     it('returns exception when it is in the last kato task', () => {
diff --git a/app/scripts/modules/core/src/orchestratedItem/orchestratedItem.transformer.ts b/app/scripts/modules/core/src/orchestratedItem/orchestratedItem.transformer.ts
index a593f007862..e5da0babaef 100644
--- a/app/scripts/modules/core/src/orchestratedItem/orchestratedItem.transformer.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/modules/core/src/orchestratedItem/orchestratedItem.transformer.ts
@@ -51,11 +51,7 @@ export class OrchestratedItemTransformer {
 
     Object.defineProperties(item, {
       failureMessage: {
-        get: (): string =>
-          this.getCustomException(item) ||
-          this.getGeneralException(item) ||
-          this.getOrchestrationException(item) ||
-          null,
+        get: (): string => this.mergeExceptions(item),
       },
       isCompleted: {
         get: (): boolean => ['SUCCEEDED', 'SKIPPED'].includes(item.status),
@@ -110,6 +106,18 @@ export class OrchestratedItemTransformer {
     });
   }
 
+  private static mergeExceptions(item: any): string | null {
+    const exceptions = [
+      this.getCustomException(item),
+      this.getGeneralException(item),
+      this.getOrchestrationException(item),
+    ].filter(it => !!it);
+    if (exceptions.length === 0) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return exceptions.join('\n\n');
+  }
+
   private static getOrchestrationException(task: ITask): string {
     const katoTasks: any[] = task.getValueFor('kato.tasks');
     if (katoTasks && katoTasks.length) {