diff --git a/hugolib/page.go b/hugolib/page.go
index 2fddaa299..77165c072 100644
--- a/hugolib/page.go
+++ b/hugolib/page.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (p *pageState) reusePageOutputContent() bool {
 	return p.pageOutputTemplateVariationsState.Load() == 1
 }
 
-func (p *pageState) Err() error {
+func (p *pageState) Err() resource.ResourceError {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/hugolib/resource_chain_test.go b/hugolib/resource_chain_test.go
index cc8f55119..471ea54e8 100644
--- a/hugolib/resource_chain_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/resource_chain_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,19 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestResourceChainBasic(t *testing.T) {
-	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.FileServer(http.Dir("testdata/")))
+	failIfHandler := func(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			if r.URL.Path == "/fail.jpg" {
+				http.Error(w, "{ msg: failed }", 500)
+				return
+			}
+			h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+
+		})
+	}
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(
+		failIfHandler(http.FileServer(http.Dir("testdata/"))),
+	)
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
 		ts.Close()
 	})
@@ -58,6 +70,7 @@ FIT: {{ $fit.Name }}|{{ $fit.RelPermalink }}|{{ $fit.Width }}
 CSS integrity Data first: {{ $cssFingerprinted1.Data.Integrity }} {{ $cssFingerprinted1.RelPermalink }}
 CSS integrity Data last:  {{ $cssFingerprinted2.RelPermalink }} {{ $cssFingerprinted2.Data.Integrity }}
 
+{{ $failedImg := resources.GetRemote "%[1]s/fail.jpg" }}
 {{ $rimg := resources.GetRemote "%[1]s/sunset.jpg" }}
 {{ $remotenotfound := resources.GetRemote "%[1]s/notfound.jpg" }}
 {{ $localnotfound := resources.Get "images/notfound.jpg" }}
@@ -71,7 +84,8 @@ REMOTE NOT FOUND: {{ if $remotenotfound }}FAILED{{ else}}OK{{ end }}
 LOCAL NOT FOUND: {{ if $localnotfound }}FAILED{{ else}}OK{{ end }}
 PRINT PROTOCOL ERROR1: {{ with $gopherprotocol }}{{ . | safeHTML }}{{ end }}
 PRINT PROTOCOL ERROR2: {{ with $gopherprotocol }}{{ .Err | safeHTML }}{{ end }}
-
+PRINT PROTOCOL ERROR DETAILS: {{ with $gopherprotocol }}Err: {{ .Err | safeHTML }}{{ with .Err }}|{{ with .Data }}Body: {{ .Body }}|StatusCode: {{ .StatusCode }}{{ end }}|{{ end }}{{ end }}
+FAILED REMOTE ERROR DETAILS CONTENT: {{ with $failedImg.Err }}|{{ . }}|{{ with .Data }}Body: {{ .Body }}|StatusCode: {{ .StatusCode }}|ContentLength: {{ .ContentLength }}|ContentType: {{ .ContentType }}{{ end }}{{ end }}|
 `, ts.URL))
 
 	fs := b.Fs.Source
@@ -103,8 +117,9 @@ SUNSET REMOTE: sunset_%[1]s.jpg|/sunset_%[1]s.a9bf1d944e19c0f382e0d8f51de690f7d0
 FIT REMOTE: sunset_%[1]s.jpg|/sunset_%[1]s_hu59e56ffff1bc1d8d122b1403d34e039f_0_200x200_fit_q75_box.jpg|200
 REMOTE NOT FOUND: OK
 LOCAL NOT FOUND: OK
-PRINT PROTOCOL ERROR1: error calling resources.GetRemote: Get "gopher://example.org": unsupported protocol scheme "gopher"
-PRINT PROTOCOL ERROR2: error calling resources.GetRemote: Get "gopher://example.org": unsupported protocol scheme "gopher"
+PRINT PROTOCOL ERROR DETAILS: Err: error calling resources.GetRemote: Get "gopher://example.org": unsupported protocol scheme "gopher"||
+FAILED REMOTE ERROR DETAILS CONTENT: |failed to fetch remote resource: Internal Server Error|Body: { msg: failed }
+|StatusCode: 500|ContentLength: 16|ContentType: text/plain; charset=utf-8|
 
 
 `, helpers.HashString(ts.URL+"/sunset.jpg", map[string]any{})))
diff --git a/resources/errorResource.go b/resources/errorResource.go
index 70f05d3f7..50f0be371 100644
--- a/resources/errorResource.go
+++ b/resources/errorResource.go
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugio"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/maps"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/media"
-
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/resources/images/exif"
-
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/resources/resource"
 )
 
@@ -40,94 +38,94 @@ var (
 )
 
 // NewErrorResource wraps err in a Resource where all but the Err method will panic.
-func NewErrorResource(err error) resource.Resource {
-	return &errorResource{error: err}
+func NewErrorResource(err resource.ResourceError) resource.Resource {
+	return &errorResource{ResourceError: err}
 }
 
 type errorResource struct {
-	error
+	resource.ResourceError
 }
 
-func (e *errorResource) Err() error {
-	return e.error
+func (e *errorResource) Err() resource.ResourceError {
+	return e.ResourceError
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) ReadSeekCloser() (hugio.ReadSeekCloser, error) {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) Content() (any, error) {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) ResourceType() string {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) MediaType() media.Type {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) Permalink() string {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) RelPermalink() string {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) Name() string {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) Title() string {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) Params() maps.Params {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) Data() any {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) Height() int {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) Width() int {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) Crop(spec string) (resource.Image, error) {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) Fill(spec string) (resource.Image, error) {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) Fit(spec string) (resource.Image, error) {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) Resize(spec string) (resource.Image, error) {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) Filter(filters ...any) (resource.Image, error) {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) Exif() *exif.Exif {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) DecodeImage() (image.Image, error) {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
 
 func (e *errorResource) Transform(...ResourceTransformation) (ResourceTransformer, error) {
-	panic(e.error)
+	panic(e.ResourceError)
 }
diff --git a/resources/page/page_nop.go b/resources/page/page_nop.go
index 67b8b8d4b..cdc5fd8b1 100644
--- a/resources/page/page_nop.go
+++ b/resources/page/page_nop.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var (
 // PageNop implements Page, but does nothing.
 type nopPage int
 
-func (p *nopPage) Err() error {
+func (p *nopPage) Err() resource.ResourceError {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/resources/page/testhelpers_test.go b/resources/page/testhelpers_test.go
index 675866799..3f6accdac 100644
--- a/resources/page/testhelpers_test.go
+++ b/resources/page/testhelpers_test.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ type testPage struct {
 	sectionEntries []string
 }
 
-func (p *testPage) Err() error {
+func (p *testPage) Err() resource.ResourceError {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/resources/resource.go b/resources/resource.go
index dd3a4730a..77cc11dde 100644
--- a/resources/resource.go
+++ b/resources/resource.go
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (l *genericResource) Content() (any, error) {
 	return l.content, nil
 }
 
-func (r *genericResource) Err() error {
+func (r *genericResource) Err() resource.ResourceError {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/resources/resource/resourcetypes.go b/resources/resource/resourcetypes.go
index 259706e2d..ae076ed9a 100644
--- a/resources/resource/resourcetypes.go
+++ b/resources/resource/resourcetypes.go
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugio"
 )
 
+var (
+	_ ResourceDataProvider = (*resourceError)(nil)
+	_ ResourceError        = (*resourceError)(nil)
+)
+
 // Cloner is an internal template and not meant for use in the templates. It
 // may change without notice.
 type Cloner interface {
@@ -37,9 +42,33 @@ type OriginProvider interface {
 	GetFieldString(pattern string) (string, bool)
 }
 
+// NewResourceError creates a new ResourceError.
+func NewResourceError(err error, data any) ResourceError {
+	return &resourceError{
+		error: err,
+		data:  data,
+	}
+}
+
+type resourceError struct {
+	error
+	data any
+}
+
+// The data associated with this error.
+func (e *resourceError) Data() any {
+	return e.data
+}
+
+// ResourceError is the error return from .Err in Resource in error situations.
+type ResourceError interface {
+	error
+	ResourceDataProvider
+}
+
 // ErrProvider provides an Err.
 type ErrProvider interface {
-	Err() error
+	Err() ResourceError
 }
 
 // Resource represents a linkable resource, i.e. a content page, image etc.
diff --git a/resources/resource_factories/create/remote.go b/resources/resource_factories/create/remote.go
index 0beb87195..56bd99cb1 100644
--- a/resources/resource_factories/create/remote.go
+++ b/resources/resource_factories/create/remote.go
@@ -36,6 +36,41 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
+type HTTPError struct {
+	error
+	Data map[string]any
+
+	StatusCode int
+	Body       string
+}
+
+func toHTTPError(err error, res *http.Response) *HTTPError {
+	if err == nil {
+		panic("err is nil")
+	}
+	if res == nil {
+		return &HTTPError{
+			error: err,
+			Data:  map[string]any{},
+		}
+	}
+
+	var body []byte
+	body, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+
+	return &HTTPError{
+		error: err,
+		Data: map[string]any{
+			"StatusCode":       res.StatusCode,
+			"Status":           res.Status,
+			"Body":             string(body),
+			"TransferEncoding": res.TransferEncoding,
+			"ContentLength":    res.ContentLength,
+			"ContentType":      res.Header.Get("Content-Type"),
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 // FromRemote expects one or n-parts of a URL to a resource
 // If you provide multiple parts they will be joined together to the final URL.
 func (c *Client) FromRemote(uri string, optionsm map[string]any) (resource.Resource, error) {
@@ -70,15 +105,16 @@ func (c *Client) FromRemote(uri string, optionsm map[string]any) (resource.Resou
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		if res.StatusCode != http.StatusNotFound {
-			if res.StatusCode < 200 || res.StatusCode > 299 {
-				return nil, errors.Errorf("failed to fetch remote resource: %s", http.StatusText(res.StatusCode))
-			}
-		}
-
 		httpResponse, err := httputil.DumpResponse(res, true)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, toHTTPError(err, res)
+		}
+
+		if res.StatusCode != http.StatusNotFound {
+			if res.StatusCode < 200 || res.StatusCode > 299 {
+				return nil, toHTTPError(errors.Errorf("failed to fetch remote resource: %s", http.StatusText(res.StatusCode)), res)
+
+			}
 		}
 
 		return hugio.ToReadCloser(bytes.NewReader(httpResponse)), nil
diff --git a/resources/transform.go b/resources/transform.go
index cbf77363c..9b69ee37a 100644
--- a/resources/transform.go
+++ b/resources/transform.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func (r *resourceAdapter) Content() (any, error) {
 	return r.target.Content()
 }
 
-func (r *resourceAdapter) Err() error {
+func (r *resourceAdapter) Err() resource.ResourceError {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/tpl/resources/resources.go b/tpl/resources/resources.go
index f4b5b0719..7e137c661 100644
--- a/tpl/resources/resources.go
+++ b/tpl/resources/resources.go
@@ -151,8 +151,13 @@ func (ns *Namespace) GetRemote(args ...any) resource.Resource {
 
 	r, err := get(args...)
 	if err != nil {
-		// This allows the client to reason about the .Err in the template.
-		return resources.NewErrorResource(errors.Wrap(err, "error calling resources.GetRemote"))
+		switch v := err.(type) {
+		case *create.HTTPError:
+			return resources.NewErrorResource(resource.NewResourceError(v, v.Data))
+		default:
+			return resources.NewErrorResource(resource.NewResourceError(errors.Wrap(err, "error calling resources.GetRemote"), make(map[string]any)))
+		}
+
 	}
 	return r