diff --git a/codex-rs/app-server/src/request_processors/plugins.rs b/codex-rs/app-server/src/request_processors/plugins.rs
index f0d755852688..ed8495d60210 100644
--- a/codex-rs/app-server/src/request_processors/plugins.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/app-server/src/request_processors/plugins.rs
@@ -1548,6 +1548,7 @@ impl PluginRequestProcessor {
                     &remote_marketplace_name,
                     /*plugin_id*/ None,
                     error_type,
+                    /*sub_error_type*/ None,
                     err.to_string(),
                 );
                 remote_plugin_catalog_error_to_jsonrpc(
@@ -1591,11 +1592,13 @@ impl PluginRequestProcessor {
         )
         .map_err(|err| {
             let error_type = remote_plugin_bundle_install_error_type(&err);
+            let sub_error_type = err.sub_error_type();
             self.track_plugin_install_failed_for_remote_plugin(
                 &remote_plugin_id,
                 &actual_remote_marketplace_name,
                 Some(&resolved_plugin_id),
                 error_type,
+                sub_error_type,
                 err.to_string(),
             );
             remote_plugin_bundle_install_error_to_jsonrpc(err)
@@ -1608,11 +1611,13 @@ impl PluginRequestProcessor {
         .await
         .map_err(|err| {
             let error_type = remote_plugin_bundle_install_error_type(&err);
+            let sub_error_type = err.sub_error_type();
             self.track_plugin_install_failed_for_remote_plugin(
                 &remote_plugin_id,
                 &actual_remote_marketplace_name,
                 Some(&resolved_plugin_id),
                 error_type,
+                sub_error_type,
                 err.to_string(),
             );
             remote_plugin_bundle_install_error_to_jsonrpc(err)
@@ -1635,6 +1640,7 @@ impl PluginRequestProcessor {
                 &actual_remote_marketplace_name,
                 Some(&result.plugin_id),
                 error_type,
+                /*sub_error_type*/ None,
                 err.to_string(),
             );
             remote_plugin_catalog_error_to_jsonrpc(err, "install remote plugin")
@@ -1732,12 +1738,14 @@ impl PluginRequestProcessor {
         marketplace_name: &str,
         plugin_id: Option<&PluginId>,
         error_type: &'static str,
+        sub_error_type: Option<String>,
         error_message: String,
     ) {
         tracing::warn!(
             remote_plugin_id = %remote_plugin_id,
             marketplace_name = %marketplace_name,
             error_type = %error_type,
+            sub_error_type = sub_error_type.as_deref(),
             error = %error_message,
             "remote plugin install failed"
         );
diff --git a/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/manager.rs b/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/manager.rs
index 4d215b61d455..6fac0fafe989 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/manager.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/manager.rs
@@ -1283,6 +1283,7 @@ impl PluginsManager {
                 self.track_plugin_install_failed(
                     &plugin_id,
                     plugin_install_error_type(&err),
+                    plugin_install_sub_error_type(&err),
                     err.to_string(),
                 );
                 Err(err)
@@ -1345,6 +1346,7 @@ impl PluginsManager {
             self.track_plugin_install_failed(
                 &resolved.plugin_id,
                 plugin_install_error_type(&err),
+                plugin_install_sub_error_type(&err),
                 err.to_string(),
             );
             return Err(err);
@@ -1356,6 +1358,7 @@ impl PluginsManager {
                 self.track_plugin_install_failed(
                     &plugin_id,
                     plugin_install_error_type(&err),
+                    plugin_install_sub_error_type(&err),
                     err.to_string(),
                 );
                 Err(err)
@@ -1383,6 +1386,7 @@ impl PluginsManager {
             self.track_plugin_install_failed(
                 &plugin_id,
                 marketplace_error_type(err),
+                /*sub_error_type*/ None,
                 err.to_string(),
             );
         } else {
@@ -1398,11 +1402,13 @@ impl PluginsManager {
         &self,
         plugin_id: &PluginId,
         error_type: &'static str,
+        sub_error_type: Option<String>,
         error_message: String,
     ) {
         tracing::warn!(
             plugin_id = %plugin_id.as_key(),
             error_type = %error_type,
+            sub_error_type = sub_error_type.as_deref(),
             error = %error_message,
             "plugin install failed"
         );
@@ -2674,6 +2680,16 @@ fn plugin_install_error_type(err: &PluginInstallError) -> &'static str {
     }
 }
 
+fn plugin_install_sub_error_type(err: &PluginInstallError) -> Option<String> {
+    match err {
+        PluginInstallError::Store(err) => err.sub_error_type(),
+        PluginInstallError::Marketplace(_)
+        | PluginInstallError::Remote(_)
+        | PluginInstallError::Config(_)
+        | PluginInstallError::Join(_) => None,
+    }
+}
+
 fn marketplace_error_type(err: &MarketplaceError) -> &'static str {
     match err {
         MarketplaceError::Io { .. } => "marketplace_io",
diff --git a/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/remote_bundle.rs b/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/remote_bundle.rs
index 66592dc363ef..7a302f2f364a 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/remote_bundle.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/remote_bundle.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use crate::remote::REMOTE_GLOBAL_MARKETPLACE_NAME;
 use crate::store::PluginInstallResult;
 use crate::store::PluginStore;
 use crate::store::PluginStoreError;
+use crate::store::error_context_sub_error_type;
 use crate::store::validate_plugin_version_segment;
 use codex_login::default_client::build_reqwest_client;
 use codex_plugin::PluginId;
@@ -132,6 +133,26 @@ impl RemotePluginBundleInstallError {
     fn io(context: &'static str, source: io::Error) -> Self {
         Self::Io { context, source }
     }
+
+    pub fn sub_error_type(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        match self {
+            Self::Io { context, .. } => Some(error_context_sub_error_type(context)),
+            Self::Store(err) => err.sub_error_type(),
+            Self::MissingReleaseVersion { .. }
+            | Self::InvalidReleaseVersion { .. }
+            | Self::MissingBundleDownloadUrl { .. }
+            | Self::InvalidBundleDownloadUrl { .. }
+            | Self::UnsupportedBundleDownloadUrlScheme { .. }
+            | Self::InvalidPluginId { .. }
+            | Self::DownloadRequest { .. }
+            | Self::DownloadStatus { .. }
+            | Self::DownloadBody { .. }
+            | Self::DownloadTooLarge { .. }
+            | Self::UnsupportedBundleDownloadFinalUrl { .. }
+            | Self::ExtractedBundleTooLarge { .. }
+            | Self::InvalidBundle(_) => None,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn validate_remote_plugin_bundle(
diff --git a/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/store.rs b/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/store.rs
index bb4929dedbfe..819f9731be05 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/store.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/store.rs
@@ -365,6 +365,17 @@ impl PluginStoreError {
     fn io(context: &'static str, source: io::Error) -> Self {
         Self::Io { context, source }
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn sub_error_type(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        match self {
+            Self::Io { context, .. } => Some(error_context_sub_error_type(context)),
+            Self::Invalid(_) => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn error_context_sub_error_type(context: &str) -> String {
+    context.to_ascii_lowercase().replace(' ', "_")
 }
 
 pub fn plugin_version_for_source(source_path: &Path) -> Result<String, PluginStoreError> {