From 8e533c6a444a1832263fc0ef5a26ceefc41c1e22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laura Trotta <153528055+l-trotta@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:16:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add cause to elasticsearch exception message (#1213)

---
 .../clients/elasticsearch/_types/ElasticsearchException.java    | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_types/ElasticsearchException.java b/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_types/ElasticsearchException.java
index bad5ca1067..8694192498 100644
--- a/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_types/ElasticsearchException.java
+++ b/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_types/ElasticsearchException.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class ElasticsearchException extends RuntimeException {
 
 	public ElasticsearchException(String endpointId, ErrorResponse response,
 			@Nullable TransportHttpClient.Response httpResponse) {
-		super("[" + endpointId + "] failed: [" + response.error().type() + "] " + response.error().reason());
+		super("[" + endpointId + "] failed: [" + response.error().type() + "] " + response.error().reason() + (response.error().causedBy() != null ? " - " + response.error().causedBy().reason() : null));
 		this.response = response;
 		this.endpointId = endpointId;
 		this.httpResponse = httpResponse;