diff --git a/adb_install.cpp b/adb_install.cpp
index 4cfcb2a..4aed9d4 100644
--- a/adb_install.cpp
+++ b/adb_install.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
                 break;
             }
         }
-        result = install_package(FUSE_SIDELOAD_HOST_PATHNAME, wipe_cache, install_file, false);
+        result = install_package(FUSE_SIDELOAD_HOST_PATHNAME, wipe_cache, install_file, false, 0);
         break;
     }
 
diff --git a/edify/Android.mk b/edify/Android.mk
index 038dec0..71cf765 100644
--- a/edify/Android.mk
+++ b/edify/Android.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 LOCAL_CPPFLAGS += -Wno-unused-parameter
 LOCAL_CPPFLAGS += -Wno-deprecated-register
 LOCAL_CLANG := true
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(LOCAL_PATH)/..
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libbase
 
 include $(BUILD_HOST_EXECUTABLE)
 
@@ -36,5 +38,7 @@
 LOCAL_CPPFLAGS += -Wno-deprecated-register
 LOCAL_MODULE := libedify
 LOCAL_CLANG := true
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(LOCAL_PATH)/..
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libbase
 
 include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/edify/expr.cpp b/edify/expr.cpp
index cd1e087..cc14fbe 100644
--- a/edify/expr.cpp
+++ b/edify/expr.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include <string>
+
+#include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
+#include <android-base/strings.h>
+
 #include "expr.h"
 
 // Functions should:
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@
     Value* v = expr->fn(expr->name, state, expr->argc, expr->argv);
     if (v == NULL) return NULL;
     if (v->type != VAL_STRING) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "expecting string, got value type %d", v->type);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "expecting string, got value type %d", v->type);
         FreeValue(v);
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -493,15 +498,29 @@
     return args;
 }
 
-// Use printf-style arguments to compose an error message to put into
-// *state.  Returns NULL.
-Value* ErrorAbort(State* state, const char* format, ...) {
-    char* buffer = reinterpret_cast<char*>(malloc(4096));
-    va_list v;
-    va_start(v, format);
-    vsnprintf(buffer, 4096, format, v);
-    va_end(v);
+static void ErrorAbortV(State* state, const char* format, va_list ap) {
+    std::string buffer;
+    android::base::StringAppendV(&buffer, format, ap);
     free(state->errmsg);
-    state->errmsg = buffer;
-    return NULL;
+    state->errmsg = strdup(buffer.c_str());
+    return;
+}
+
+// Use printf-style arguments to compose an error message to put into
+// *state.  Returns nullptr.
+Value* ErrorAbort(State* state, const char* format, ...) {
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, format);
+    ErrorAbortV(state, format, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+Value* ErrorAbort(State* state, CauseCode cause_code, const char* format, ...) {
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, format);
+    ErrorAbortV(state, format, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+    state->cause_code = cause_code;
+    return nullptr;
 }
diff --git a/edify/expr.h b/edify/expr.h
index 36f8e96..5c06de8 100644
--- a/edify/expr.h
+++ b/edify/expr.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "error_code.h"
 #include "yydefs.h"
 
 #define MAX_STRING_LEN 1024
@@ -39,6 +40,15 @@
     // Should be NULL initially, will be either NULL or a malloc'd
     // pointer after Evaluate() returns.
     char* errmsg;
+
+    // error code indicates the type of failure (e.g. failure to update system image)
+    // during the OTA process.
+    ErrorCode error_code = kNoError;
+
+    // cause code provides more detailed reason of an OTA failure (e.g. fsync error)
+    // in addition to the error code.
+    CauseCode cause_code = kNoCause;
+
 } State;
 
 #define VAL_STRING  1  // data will be NULL-terminated; size doesn't count null
@@ -152,7 +162,13 @@
 
 // Use printf-style arguments to compose an error message to put into
 // *state.  Returns NULL.
-Value* ErrorAbort(State* state, const char* format, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
+Value* ErrorAbort(State* state, const char* format, ...)
+    __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3), deprecated));
+
+// ErrorAbort has an optional (but recommended) argument 'cause_code'. If the cause code
+// is set, it will be logged into last_install and provides reason of OTA failures.
+Value* ErrorAbort(State* state, CauseCode cause_code, const char* format, ...)
+    __attribute__((format(printf, 3, 4)));
 
 // Wrap a string into a Value, taking ownership of the string.
 Value* StringValue(char* str);
diff --git a/error_code.h b/error_code.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..259319a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/error_code.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ERROR_CODE_H_
+#define _ERROR_CODE_H_
+
+enum ErrorCode {
+    kNoError = -1,
+    kLowBattery = 20,
+    kZipVerificationFailure,
+    kZipOpenFailure
+};
+
+enum CauseCode {
+    kNoCause = -1,
+    kArgsParsingFailure = 100,
+    kStashCreationFailure,
+    kFileOpenFailure,
+    kLseekFailure,
+    kFreadFailure,
+    kFwriteFailure,
+    kFsyncFailure,
+    kLibfecFailure,
+    kFileGetPropFailure,
+    kFileRenameFailure,
+    kSymlinkFailure,
+    kSetMetadataFailure,
+    kTune2FsFailure,
+    kRebootFailure,
+    kVendorFailure = 200
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/install.cpp b/install.cpp
index d725c7b..5732852 100644
--- a/install.cpp
+++ b/install.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
+#include <android-base/strings.h>
+
 #include "common.h"
+#include "error_code.h"
 #include "install.h"
 #include "minui/minui.h"
 #include "minzip/SysUtil.h"
@@ -253,6 +257,8 @@
     ui->Print("Update package verification took %.1f s (result %d).\n", duration.count(), err);
     if (err != VERIFY_SUCCESS) {
         LOGE("signature verification failed\n");
+        log_buffer.push_back(android::base::StringPrintf("error: %d", kZipVerificationFailure));
+
         sysReleaseMap(&map);
         return INSTALL_CORRUPT;
     }
@@ -262,6 +268,8 @@
     err = mzOpenZipArchive(map.addr, map.length, &zip);
     if (err != 0) {
         LOGE("Can't open %s\n(%s)\n", path, err != -1 ? strerror(err) : "bad");
+        log_buffer.push_back(android::base::StringPrintf("error: %d", kZipOpenFailure));
+
         sysReleaseMap(&map);
         return INSTALL_CORRUPT;
     }
@@ -280,7 +288,7 @@
 
 int
 install_package(const char* path, bool* wipe_cache, const char* install_file,
-                bool needs_mount)
+                bool needs_mount, int retry_count)
 {
     modified_flash = true;
     auto start = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
@@ -300,13 +308,14 @@
     } else {
         result = really_install_package(path, wipe_cache, needs_mount, log_buffer);
     }
-    if (install_log) {
+    if (install_log != nullptr) {
         fputc(result == INSTALL_SUCCESS ? '1' : '0', install_log);
         fputc('\n', install_log);
         std::chrono::duration<double> duration = std::chrono::system_clock::now() - start;
         int count = static_cast<int>(duration.count());
         // Report the time spent to apply OTA update in seconds.
         fprintf(install_log, "time_total: %d\n", count);
+        fprintf(install_log, "retry: %d\n", retry_count);
 
         for (const auto& s : log_buffer) {
             fprintf(install_log, "%s\n", s.c_str());
diff --git a/install.h b/install.h
index fd08e3c..66764f5 100644
--- a/install.h
+++ b/install.h
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 // Install the package specified by root_path.  If INSTALL_SUCCESS is
 // returned and *wipe_cache is true on exit, caller should wipe the
 // cache partition.
-int install_package(const char* root_path, bool* wipe_cache,
-                    const char* install_file, bool needs_mount);
+int install_package(const char* root_path, bool* wipe_cache, const char* install_file,
+                    bool needs_mount, int retry_count);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/recovery.cpp b/recovery.cpp
index 9873f97..6b6643f 100644
--- a/recovery.cpp
+++ b/recovery.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "bootloader.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "device.h"
+#include "error_code.h"
 #include "fuse_sdcard_provider.h"
 #include "fuse_sideload.h"
 #include "install.h"
@@ -1000,7 +1001,7 @@
         }
 
         result = install_package(FUSE_SIDELOAD_HOST_PATHNAME, wipe_cache,
-                                 TEMPORARY_INSTALL_FILE, false);
+                                 TEMPORARY_INSTALL_FILE, false, 0/*retry_count*/);
         break;
     }
 
@@ -1455,10 +1456,21 @@
         if (!is_battery_ok()) {
             ui->Print("battery capacity is not enough for installing package, needed is %d%%\n",
                       BATTERY_OK_PERCENTAGE);
+            // Log the error code to last_install when installation skips due to
+            // low battery.
+            FILE* install_log = fopen_path(LAST_INSTALL_FILE, "w");
+            if (install_log != nullptr) {
+                fprintf(install_log, "%s\n", update_package);
+                fprintf(install_log, "0\n");
+                fprintf(install_log, "error: %d\n", kLowBattery);
+                fclose(install_log);
+            } else {
+                LOGE("failed to open last_install: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+            }
             status = INSTALL_SKIPPED;
         } else {
             status = install_package(update_package, &should_wipe_cache,
-                                     TEMPORARY_INSTALL_FILE, true);
+                                     TEMPORARY_INSTALL_FILE, true, retry_count);
             if (status == INSTALL_SUCCESS && should_wipe_cache) {
                 wipe_cache(false, device);
             }
diff --git a/updater/blockimg.cpp b/updater/blockimg.cpp
index d67af66..2efa1cd 100644
--- a/updater/blockimg.cpp
+++ b/updater/blockimg.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 #include "applypatch/applypatch.h"
 #include "edify/expr.h"
+#include "error_code.h"
 #include "install.h"
 #include "openssl/sha.h"
 #include "minzip/Hash.h"
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
     std::vector<size_t> pos;  // Actual limit is INT_MAX.
 };
 
+static CauseCode failure_type = kNoCause;
 static std::map<std::string, RangeSet> stash_map;
 
 static void parse_range(const std::string& range_text, RangeSet& rs) {
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@
     while (so_far < size) {
         ssize_t r = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(ota_read(fd, data+so_far, size-so_far));
         if (r == -1) {
+            failure_type = kFreadFailure;
             fprintf(stderr, "read failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
             return -1;
         }
@@ -162,6 +165,7 @@
     while (written < size) {
         ssize_t w = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(ota_write(fd, data+written, size-written));
         if (w == -1) {
+            failure_type = kFwriteFailure;
             fprintf(stderr, "write failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
             return -1;
         }
@@ -178,6 +182,7 @@
 static bool check_lseek(int fd, off64_t offset, int whence) {
     off64_t rc = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(lseek64(fd, offset, whence));
     if (rc == -1) {
+        failure_type = kLseekFailure;
         fprintf(stderr, "lseek64 failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
         return false;
     }
@@ -648,6 +653,7 @@
     }
 
     if (ota_fsync(fd) == -1) {
+        failure_type = kFsyncFailure;
         fprintf(stderr, "fsync \"%s\" failed: %s\n", fn.c_str(), strerror(errno));
         return -1;
     }
@@ -663,11 +669,13 @@
     unique_fd dfd_holder(dfd);
 
     if (dfd == -1) {
+        failure_type = kFileOpenFailure;
         fprintf(stderr, "failed to open \"%s\" failed: %s\n", dname.c_str(), strerror(errno));
         return -1;
     }
 
     if (ota_fsync(dfd) == -1) {
+        failure_type = kFsyncFailure;
         fprintf(stderr, "fsync \"%s\" failed: %s\n", dname.c_str(), strerror(errno));
         return -1;
     }
@@ -696,19 +704,21 @@
     int res = stat(dirname.c_str(), &sb);
 
     if (res == -1 && errno != ENOENT) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "stat \"%s\" failed: %s\n", dirname.c_str(), strerror(errno));
+        ErrorAbort(state, kStashCreationFailure, "stat \"%s\" failed: %s\n",
+                   dirname.c_str(), strerror(errno));
         return -1;
     } else if (res != 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "creating stash %s\n", dirname.c_str());
         res = mkdir(dirname.c_str(), STASH_DIRECTORY_MODE);
 
         if (res != 0) {
-            ErrorAbort(state, "mkdir \"%s\" failed: %s\n", dirname.c_str(), strerror(errno));
+            ErrorAbort(state, kStashCreationFailure, "mkdir \"%s\" failed: %s\n",
+                       dirname.c_str(), strerror(errno));
             return -1;
         }
 
         if (CacheSizeCheck(maxblocks * BLOCKSIZE) != 0) {
-            ErrorAbort(state, "not enough space for stash\n");
+            ErrorAbort(state, kStashCreationFailure, "not enough space for stash\n");
             return -1;
         }
 
@@ -728,7 +738,8 @@
     size = maxblocks * BLOCKSIZE - size;
 
     if (size > 0 && CacheSizeCheck(size) != 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "not enough space for stash (%d more needed)\n", size);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kStashCreationFailure, "not enough space for stash (%d more needed)\n",
+                   size);
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -1346,19 +1357,21 @@
     std::unique_ptr<Value, decltype(&FreeValue)> patch_data_fn_holder(patch_data_fn, FreeValue);
 
     if (blockdev_filename->type != VAL_STRING) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "blockdev_filename argument to %s must be string", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "blockdev_filename argument to %s must be string",
+                   name);
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
     if (transfer_list_value->type != VAL_BLOB) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "transfer_list argument to %s must be blob", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "transfer_list argument to %s must be blob", name);
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
     if (new_data_fn->type != VAL_STRING) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "new_data_fn argument to %s must be string", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "new_data_fn argument to %s must be string", name);
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
     if (patch_data_fn->type != VAL_STRING) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "patch_data_fn argument to %s must be string", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "patch_data_fn argument to %s must be string",
+                   name);
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
 
@@ -1418,7 +1431,8 @@
     const std::string transfer_list(transfer_list_value->data, transfer_list_value->size);
     std::vector<std::string> lines = android::base::Split(transfer_list, "\n");
     if (lines.size() < 2) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "too few lines in the transfer list [%zd]\n", lines.size());
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "too few lines in the transfer list [%zd]\n",
+                   lines.size());
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
 
@@ -1433,7 +1447,7 @@
     // Second line in transfer list is the total number of blocks we expect to write
     int total_blocks;
     if (!android::base::ParseInt(lines[1].c_str(), &total_blocks, 0)) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "unexpected block count [%s]\n", lines[1].c_str());
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "unexpected block count [%s]\n", lines[1].c_str());
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
 
@@ -1444,7 +1458,8 @@
     size_t start = 2;
     if (params.version >= 2) {
         if (lines.size() < 4) {
-            ErrorAbort(state, "too few lines in the transfer list [%zu]\n", lines.size());
+            ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "too few lines in the transfer list [%zu]\n",
+                       lines.size());
             return StringValue(strdup(""));
         }
 
@@ -1454,7 +1469,8 @@
         // Fourth line is the maximum number of blocks that will be stashed simultaneously
         int stash_max_blocks;
         if (!android::base::ParseInt(lines[3].c_str(), &stash_max_blocks, 0)) {
-            ErrorAbort(state, "unexpected maximum stash blocks [%s]\n", lines[3].c_str());
+            ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "unexpected maximum stash blocks [%s]\n",
+                       lines[3].c_str());
             return StringValue(strdup(""));
         }
 
@@ -1508,6 +1524,7 @@
 
         if (params.canwrite) {
             if (ota_fsync(params.fd) == -1) {
+                failure_type = kFsyncFailure;
                 fprintf(stderr, "fsync failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
                 goto pbiudone;
             }
@@ -1542,6 +1559,7 @@
 
 pbiudone:
     if (ota_fsync(params.fd) == -1) {
+        failure_type = kFsyncFailure;
         fprintf(stderr, "fsync failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
     }
     // params.fd will be automatically closed because of the fd_holder above.
@@ -1552,6 +1570,10 @@
         DeleteStash(params.stashbase);
     }
 
+    if (failure_type != kNoCause && state->cause_code == kNoCause) {
+        state->cause_code = failure_type;
+    }
+
     return StringValue(rc == 0 ? strdup("t") : strdup(""));
 }
 
@@ -1657,18 +1679,20 @@
             FreeValue);
 
     if (blockdev_filename->type != VAL_STRING) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "blockdev_filename argument to %s must be string", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "blockdev_filename argument to %s must be string",
+                   name);
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
     if (ranges->type != VAL_STRING) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "ranges argument to %s must be string", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "ranges argument to %s must be string", name);
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
 
     int fd = open(blockdev_filename->data, O_RDWR);
     unique_fd fd_holder(fd);
     if (fd < 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "open \"%s\" failed: %s", blockdev_filename->data, strerror(errno));
+        ErrorAbort(state, kFileOpenFailure, "open \"%s\" failed: %s", blockdev_filename->data,
+                   strerror(errno));
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
 
@@ -1681,13 +1705,14 @@
     std::vector<uint8_t> buffer(BLOCKSIZE);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < rs.count; ++i) {
         if (!check_lseek(fd, (off64_t)rs.pos[i*2] * BLOCKSIZE, SEEK_SET)) {
-            ErrorAbort(state, "failed to seek %s: %s", blockdev_filename->data, strerror(errno));
+            ErrorAbort(state, kLseekFailure, "failed to seek %s: %s", blockdev_filename->data,
+                       strerror(errno));
             return StringValue(strdup(""));
         }
 
         for (size_t j = rs.pos[i*2]; j < rs.pos[i*2+1]; ++j) {
             if (read_all(fd, buffer, BLOCKSIZE) == -1) {
-                ErrorAbort(state, "failed to read %s: %s", blockdev_filename->data,
+                ErrorAbort(state, kFreadFailure, "failed to read %s: %s", blockdev_filename->data,
                         strerror(errno));
                 return StringValue(strdup(""));
             }
@@ -1715,14 +1740,15 @@
     std::unique_ptr<Value, decltype(&FreeValue)> filename(arg_filename, FreeValue);
 
     if (filename->type != VAL_STRING) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "filename argument to %s must be string", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "filename argument to %s must be string", name);
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
 
     int fd = open(arg_filename->data, O_RDONLY);
     unique_fd fd_holder(fd);
     if (fd == -1) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "open \"%s\" failed: %s", arg_filename->data, strerror(errno));
+        ErrorAbort(state, kFileOpenFailure, "open \"%s\" failed: %s", arg_filename->data,
+                   strerror(errno));
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
 
@@ -1730,7 +1756,7 @@
     std::vector<uint8_t> block0_buffer(BLOCKSIZE);
 
     if (ReadBlocks(blk0, block0_buffer, fd) == -1) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "failed to read %s: %s", arg_filename->data,
+        ErrorAbort(state, kFreadFailure, "failed to read %s: %s", arg_filename->data,
                 strerror(errno));
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
@@ -1766,11 +1792,11 @@
     std::unique_ptr<Value, decltype(&FreeValue)> ranges(arg_ranges, FreeValue);
 
     if (filename->type != VAL_STRING) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "filename argument to %s must be string", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "filename argument to %s must be string", name);
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
     if (ranges->type != VAL_STRING) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "ranges argument to %s must be string", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "ranges argument to %s must be string", name);
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
 
@@ -1781,19 +1807,20 @@
     fec::io fh(filename->data, O_RDWR);
 
     if (!fh) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "fec_open \"%s\" failed: %s", filename->data, strerror(errno));
+        ErrorAbort(state, kLibfecFailure, "fec_open \"%s\" failed: %s", filename->data,
+                   strerror(errno));
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
 
     if (!fh.has_ecc() || !fh.has_verity()) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "unable to use metadata to correct errors");
+        ErrorAbort(state, kLibfecFailure, "unable to use metadata to correct errors");
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
 
     fec_status status;
 
     if (!fh.get_status(status)) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "failed to read FEC status");
+        ErrorAbort(state, kLibfecFailure, "failed to read FEC status");
         return StringValue(strdup(""));
     }
 
@@ -1810,8 +1837,8 @@
             }
 
             if (fh.pread(buffer, BLOCKSIZE, (off64_t)j * BLOCKSIZE) != BLOCKSIZE) {
-                ErrorAbort(state, "failed to recover %s (block %zu): %s", filename->data,
-                    j, strerror(errno));
+                ErrorAbort(state, kLibfecFailure, "failed to recover %s (block %zu): %s",
+                           filename->data, j, strerror(errno));
                 return StringValue(strdup(""));
             }
 
diff --git a/updater/install.cpp b/updater/install.cpp
index 6ae1e5f..1a647df 100644
--- a/updater/install.cpp
+++ b/updater/install.cpp
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@
 #include "cutils/misc.h"
 #include "cutils/properties.h"
 #include "edify/expr.h"
-#include "openssl/sha.h"
+#include "error_code.h"
 #include "minzip/DirUtil.h"
 #include "mtdutils/mounts.h"
 #include "mtdutils/mtdutils.h"
+#include "openssl/sha.h"
 #include "ota_io.h"
 #include "updater.h"
 #include "install.h"
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@
 Value* MountFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     char* result = NULL;
     if (argc != 4 && argc != 5) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 4-5 args, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 4-5 args, got %d", name, argc);
     }
     char* fs_type;
     char* partition_type;
@@ -136,20 +137,21 @@
     }
 
     if (strlen(fs_type) == 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "fs_type argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "fs_type argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
         goto done;
     }
     if (strlen(partition_type) == 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "partition_type argument to %s() can't be empty",
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "partition_type argument to %s() can't be empty",
                    name);
         goto done;
     }
     if (strlen(location) == 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "location argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "location argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
         goto done;
     }
     if (strlen(mount_point) == 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "mount_point argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "mount_point argument to %s() can't be empty",
+                   name);
         goto done;
     }
 
@@ -212,14 +214,14 @@
 Value* IsMountedFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     char* result = NULL;
     if (argc != 1) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 1 arg, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 1 arg, got %d", name, argc);
     }
     char* mount_point;
     if (ReadArgs(state, argv, 1, &mount_point) < 0) {
         return NULL;
     }
     if (strlen(mount_point) == 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "mount_point argument to unmount() can't be empty");
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "mount_point argument to unmount() can't be empty");
         goto done;
     }
 
@@ -242,14 +244,14 @@
 Value* UnmountFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     char* result = NULL;
     if (argc != 1) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 1 arg, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 1 arg, got %d", name, argc);
     }
     char* mount_point;
     if (ReadArgs(state, argv, 1, &mount_point) < 0) {
         return NULL;
     }
     if (strlen(mount_point) == 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "mount_point argument to unmount() can't be empty");
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "mount_point argument to unmount() can't be empty");
         goto done;
     }
 
@@ -300,7 +302,7 @@
 Value* FormatFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     char* result = NULL;
     if (argc != 5) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 5 args, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 5 args, got %d", name, argc);
     }
     char* fs_type;
     char* partition_type;
@@ -313,21 +315,22 @@
     }
 
     if (strlen(fs_type) == 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "fs_type argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "fs_type argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
         goto done;
     }
     if (strlen(partition_type) == 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "partition_type argument to %s() can't be empty",
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "partition_type argument to %s() can't be empty",
                    name);
         goto done;
     }
     if (strlen(location) == 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "location argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "location argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
         goto done;
     }
 
     if (strlen(mount_point) == 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "mount_point argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "mount_point argument to %s() can't be empty",
+                   name);
         goto done;
     }
 
@@ -402,7 +405,7 @@
 Value* RenameFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     char* result = NULL;
     if (argc != 2) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 2 args, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 2 args, got %d", name, argc);
     }
 
     char* src_name;
@@ -412,21 +415,21 @@
         return NULL;
     }
     if (strlen(src_name) == 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "src_name argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "src_name argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
         goto done;
     }
     if (strlen(dst_name) == 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "dst_name argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "dst_name argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
         goto done;
     }
     if (make_parents(dst_name) != 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "Creating parent of %s failed, error %s",
+        ErrorAbort(state, kFileRenameFailure, "Creating parent of %s failed, error %s",
           dst_name, strerror(errno));
     } else if (access(dst_name, F_OK) == 0 && access(src_name, F_OK) != 0) {
         // File was already moved
         result = dst_name;
     } else if (rename(src_name, dst_name) != 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "Rename of %s to %s failed, error %s",
+        ErrorAbort(state, kFileRenameFailure, "Rename of %s to %s failed, error %s",
           src_name, dst_name, strerror(errno));
     } else {
         result = dst_name;
@@ -469,7 +472,7 @@
 
 Value* ShowProgressFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc != 2) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 2 args, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 2 args, got %d", name, argc);
     }
     char* frac_str;
     char* sec_str;
@@ -490,7 +493,7 @@
 
 Value* SetProgressFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc != 1) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 1 arg, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 1 arg, got %d", name, argc);
     }
     char* frac_str;
     if (ReadArgs(state, argv, 1, &frac_str) < 0) {
@@ -509,7 +512,7 @@
 Value* PackageExtractDirFn(const char* name, State* state,
                           int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc != 2) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 2 args, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 2 args, got %d", name, argc);
     }
     char* zip_path;
     char* dest_path;
@@ -537,7 +540,7 @@
 Value* PackageExtractFileFn(const char* name, State* state,
                            int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc < 1 || argc > 2) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 1 or 2 args, got %d",
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 1 or 2 args, got %d",
                           name, argc);
     }
     bool success = false;
@@ -645,7 +648,7 @@
 //    unlinks any previously existing src1, src2, etc before creating symlinks.
 Value* SymlinkFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc == 0) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 1+ args, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 1+ args, got %d", name, argc);
     }
     char* target;
     target = Evaluate(state, argv[0]);
@@ -681,7 +684,7 @@
     }
     free(srcs);
     if (bad) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s: some symlinks failed", name);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kSymlinkFailure, "%s: some symlinks failed", name);
     }
     return StringValue(strdup(""));
 }
@@ -905,14 +908,16 @@
     bool recursive = (strcmp(name, "set_metadata_recursive") == 0);
 
     if ((argc % 2) != 1) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects an odd number of arguments, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure,
+                          "%s() expects an odd number of arguments, got %d", name, argc);
     }
 
     char** args = ReadVarArgs(state, argc, argv);
     if (args == NULL) return NULL;
 
     if (lstat(args[0], &sb) == -1) {
-        result = ErrorAbort(state, "%s: Error on lstat of \"%s\": %s", name, args[0], strerror(errno));
+        result = ErrorAbort(state, kSetMetadataFailure, "%s: Error on lstat of \"%s\": %s",
+                            name, args[0], strerror(errno));
         goto done;
     }
 
@@ -941,7 +946,7 @@
     }
 
     if (bad > 0) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s: some changes failed", name);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kSetMetadataFailure, "%s: some changes failed", name);
     }
 
     return StringValue(strdup(""));
@@ -949,7 +954,7 @@
 
 Value* GetPropFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc != 1) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 1 arg, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 1 arg, got %d", name, argc);
     }
     char* key = Evaluate(state, argv[0]);
     if (key == NULL) return NULL;
@@ -978,32 +983,36 @@
 
     struct stat st;
     if (stat(filename, &st) < 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "%s: failed to stat \"%s\": %s", name, filename, strerror(errno));
+        ErrorAbort(state, kFileGetPropFailure, "%s: failed to stat \"%s\": %s", name, filename,
+                   strerror(errno));
         goto done;
     }
 
 #define MAX_FILE_GETPROP_SIZE    65536
 
     if (st.st_size > MAX_FILE_GETPROP_SIZE) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "%s too large for %s (max %d)", filename, name, MAX_FILE_GETPROP_SIZE);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kFileGetPropFailure, "%s too large for %s (max %d)", filename, name,
+                   MAX_FILE_GETPROP_SIZE);
         goto done;
     }
 
     buffer = reinterpret_cast<char*>(malloc(st.st_size+1));
     if (buffer == NULL) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "%s: failed to alloc %lld bytes", name, (long long)st.st_size+1);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kFileGetPropFailure, "%s: failed to alloc %lld bytes", name,
+                   (long long)st.st_size+1);
         goto done;
     }
 
     FILE* f;
     f = fopen(filename, "rb");
     if (f == NULL) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "%s: failed to open %s: %s", name, filename, strerror(errno));
+        ErrorAbort(state, kFileOpenFailure, "%s: failed to open %s: %s", name, filename,
+                   strerror(errno));
         goto done;
     }
 
     if (ota_fread(buffer, 1, st.st_size, f) != static_cast<size_t>(st.st_size)) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "%s: failed to read %lld bytes from %s",
+        ErrorAbort(state, kFreadFailure, "%s: failed to read %lld bytes from %s",
                    name, (long long)st.st_size+1, filename);
         fclose(f);
         goto done;
@@ -1069,16 +1078,16 @@
 
     char* partition = NULL;
     if (partition_value->type != VAL_STRING) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "partition argument to %s must be string", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "partition argument to %s must be string", name);
         goto done;
     }
     partition = partition_value->data;
     if (strlen(partition) == 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "partition argument to %s can't be empty", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "partition argument to %s can't be empty", name);
         goto done;
     }
     if (contents->type == VAL_STRING && strlen((char*) contents->data) == 0) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "file argument to %s can't be empty", name);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "file argument to %s can't be empty", name);
         goto done;
     }
 
@@ -1159,7 +1168,8 @@
 
     size_t bytes;
     if (!android::base::ParseUint(bytes_str, &bytes)) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "%s(): can't parse \"%s\" as byte count\n\n", name, bytes_str);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s(): can't parse \"%s\" as byte count\n\n",
+                   name, bytes_str);
         free(bytes_str);
         return nullptr;
     }
@@ -1171,9 +1181,8 @@
 
 Value* ApplyPatchFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc < 6 || (argc % 2) == 1) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s(): expected at least 6 args and an "
-                                 "even number, got %d",
-                          name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s(): expected at least 6 args and an "
+                                 "even number, got %d", name, argc);
     }
 
     char* source_filename;
@@ -1187,7 +1196,8 @@
 
     size_t target_size;
     if (!android::base::ParseUint(target_size_str, &target_size)) {
-        ErrorAbort(state, "%s(): can't parse \"%s\" as byte count", name, target_size_str);
+        ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s(): can't parse \"%s\" as byte count",
+                   name, target_size_str);
         free(source_filename);
         free(target_filename);
         free(target_sha1);
@@ -1211,11 +1221,11 @@
 
     for (int i = 0; i < patchcount; ++i) {
         if (patch_shas[i]->type != VAL_STRING) {
-            ErrorAbort(state, "%s(): sha-1 #%d is not string", name, i);
+            ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s(): sha-1 #%d is not string", name, i);
             return nullptr;
         }
         if (patches[i]->type != VAL_BLOB) {
-            ErrorAbort(state, "%s(): patch #%d is not blob", name, i);
+            ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s(): patch #%d is not blob", name, i);
             return nullptr;
         }
     }
@@ -1238,7 +1248,7 @@
 Value* ApplyPatchCheckFn(const char* name, State* state,
                          int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc < 1) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s(): expected at least 1 arg, got %d",
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s(): expected at least 1 arg, got %d",
                           name, argc);
     }
 
@@ -1283,7 +1293,7 @@
 
 Value* WipeCacheFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc != 0) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects no args, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects no args, got %d", name, argc);
     }
     fprintf(((UpdaterInfo*)(state->cookie))->cmd_pipe, "wipe_cache\n");
     return StringValue(strdup("t"));
@@ -1291,7 +1301,7 @@
 
 Value* RunProgramFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc < 1) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects at least 1 arg", name);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects at least 1 arg", name);
     }
     char** args = ReadVarArgs(state, argc, argv);
     if (args == NULL) {
@@ -1345,7 +1355,7 @@
 //
 Value* Sha1CheckFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc < 1) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects at least 1 arg", name);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects at least 1 arg", name);
     }
 
     std::unique_ptr<Value*, decltype(&free)> arg_values(ReadValueVarArgs(state, argc, argv), free);
@@ -1393,7 +1403,7 @@
 // is actually a FileContents*).
 Value* ReadFileFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc != 1) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 1 arg, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 1 arg, got %d", name, argc);
     }
     char* filename;
     if (ReadArgs(state, argv, 1, &filename) < 0) return NULL;
@@ -1429,7 +1439,7 @@
 // partition.
 Value* RebootNowFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc != 2) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 2 args, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 2 args, got %d", name, argc);
     }
 
     char* filename;
@@ -1455,7 +1465,7 @@
 
     sleep(5);
     free(property);
-    ErrorAbort(state, "%s() failed to reboot", name);
+    ErrorAbort(state, kRebootFailure, "%s() failed to reboot", name);
     return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -1471,7 +1481,7 @@
 // bytes.
 Value* SetStageFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc != 2) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 2 args, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 2 args, got %d", name, argc);
     }
 
     char* filename;
@@ -1501,7 +1511,7 @@
 // is the block device for the misc partition.
 Value* GetStageFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc != 1) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 1 arg, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 1 arg, got %d", name, argc);
     }
 
     char* filename;
@@ -1519,7 +1529,7 @@
 
 Value* WipeBlockDeviceFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc != 2) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects 2 args, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 2 args, got %d", name, argc);
     }
 
     char* filename;
@@ -1541,7 +1551,7 @@
 
 Value* EnableRebootFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc != 0) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects no args, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects no args, got %d", name, argc);
     }
     UpdaterInfo* ui = (UpdaterInfo*)(state->cookie);
     fprintf(ui->cmd_pipe, "enable_reboot\n");
@@ -1550,12 +1560,12 @@
 
 Value* Tune2FsFn(const char* name, State* state, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
     if (argc == 0) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() expects args, got %d", name, argc);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects args, got %d", name, argc);
     }
 
     char** args = ReadVarArgs(state, argc, argv);
     if (args == NULL) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() could not read args", name);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() could not read args", name);
     }
 
     char** args2 = reinterpret_cast<char**>(malloc(sizeof(char*) * (argc+1)));
@@ -1573,7 +1583,8 @@
     free(args2[0]);
     free(args2);
     if (result != 0) {
-        return ErrorAbort(state, "%s() returned error code %d", name, result);
+        return ErrorAbort(state, kTune2FsFailure, "%s() returned error code %d",
+                          name, result);
     }
     return StringValue(strdup("t"));
 }
diff --git a/updater/updater.cpp b/updater/updater.cpp
index 1693fa1..b5db71e 100644
--- a/updater/updater.cpp
+++ b/updater/updater.cpp
@@ -156,11 +156,28 @@
             printf("script aborted: %s\n", state.errmsg);
             char* line = strtok(state.errmsg, "\n");
             while (line) {
+                // Parse the error code in abort message.
+                // Example: "E30: This package is for bullhead devices."
+                if (*line == 'E') {
+                    if (sscanf(line, "E%u: ", &state.error_code) != 1) {
+                         printf("Failed to parse error code: [%s]\n", line);
+                    }
+                }
                 fprintf(cmd_pipe, "ui_print %s\n", line);
                 line = strtok(NULL, "\n");
             }
             fprintf(cmd_pipe, "ui_print\n");
         }
+
+        if (state.error_code != kNoError) {
+            fprintf(cmd_pipe, "log error: %d\n", state.error_code);
+            // Cause code should provide additional information about the abort;
+            // report only when an error exists.
+            if (state.cause_code != kNoCause) {
+                fprintf(cmd_pipe, "log cause: %d\n", state.cause_code);
+            }
+        }
+
         free(state.errmsg);
         return 7;
     } else {