diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/common/types/connectors.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/common/types/connectors.ts
index 2f5b47c824c9d..655322e86f1b5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/common/types/connectors.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/common/types/connectors.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export interface IngestPipelineParams {
 export interface Connector {
   api_key_id: string | null;
   configuration: ConnectorConfiguration;
+  error: string | null;
   id: string;
   index_name: string;
   is_native: boolean;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/__mocks__/search_indices.mock.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/__mocks__/search_indices.mock.ts
index 4d3f2aa884fab..457f37f5d13a9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/__mocks__/search_indices.mock.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/__mocks__/search_indices.mock.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export const indices: ElasticsearchIndexWithIngestion[] = [
     connector: {
       api_key_id: null,
       configuration: { foo: { label: 'bar', value: 'barbar' } },
+      error: null,
       id: '2',
       index_name: 'connector',
       is_native: false,
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ export const indices: ElasticsearchIndexWithIngestion[] = [
     connector: {
       api_key_id: null,
       configuration: { foo: { label: 'bar', value: 'barbar' } },
+      error: null,
       id: '4',
       index_name: 'connector-crawler',
       is_native: true,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/__mocks__/view_index.mock.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/__mocks__/view_index.mock.ts
index 7deb9b563ce56..52901d3e067c9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/__mocks__/view_index.mock.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/__mocks__/view_index.mock.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export const connectorIndex: ConnectorViewIndex = {
   connector: {
     api_key_id: null,
     configuration: { foo: { label: 'bar', value: 'barbar' } },
+    error: null,
     id: '2',
     index_name: 'connector',
     is_native: false,
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ export const connectorCrawlerIndex: CrawlerViewIndex = {
   connector: {
     api_key_id: null,
     configuration: { foo: { label: 'bar', value: 'barbar' } },
+    error: null,
     id: '4',
     index_name: 'connector-crawler',
     is_native: true,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/overview.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/overview.tsx
index c0b392b646626..f30c9a24dda92 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/overview.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/overview.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 
 import { useValues } from 'kea';
 
-import { EuiSpacer } from '@elastic/eui';
+import { EuiCallOut, EuiSpacer, EuiText } from '@elastic/eui';
 
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 
@@ -30,6 +30,24 @@ export const SearchIndexOverview: React.FC = () => {
   return (
     <>
       <EuiSpacer />
+      {isConnectorIndex(indexData) && indexData.connector.error && (
+        <>
+          <EuiCallOut
+            iconType="alert"
+            color="danger"
+            title={i18n.translate(
+              'xpack.enterpriseSearch.content.searchIndex.connectorErrorCallOut.title',
+              {
+                defaultMessage: 'Your connector has reported an error',
+              }
+            )}
+          >
+            <EuiSpacer size="s" />
+            <EuiText size="s">{indexData.connector.error}</EuiText>
+          </EuiCallOut>
+          <EuiSpacer />
+        </>
+      )}
       {isCrawlerIndex(indexData) ? (
         <CrawlerTotalStats />
       ) : (
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/add_connector.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/add_connector.test.ts
index 24b01c5e0bf03..d8a0ace2603dd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/add_connector.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/add_connector.test.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ describe('addConnector lib function', () => {
       document: {
         api_key_id: null,
         configuration: {},
+        error: null,
         index_name: 'index_name',
         is_native: false,
         language: 'fr',
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ describe('addConnector lib function', () => {
       document: {
         api_key_id: null,
         configuration: {},
+        error: null,
         index_name: 'index_name',
         is_native: true,
         language: null,
@@ -266,6 +268,7 @@ describe('addConnector lib function', () => {
       document: {
         api_key_id: null,
         configuration: {},
+        error: null,
         index_name: 'search-index_name',
         is_native: false,
         language: 'en',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/add_connector.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/add_connector.ts
index 6838ef95ce936..63c4d1834c4f4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/add_connector.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/add_connector.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export const addConnector = async (
   const document: ConnectorDocument = {
     api_key_id: null,
     configuration: {},
+    error: null,
     index_name: input.index_name,
     is_native: input.is_native,
     language: input.language,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/start_sync.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/start_sync.test.ts
index a1212fc04fdce..144a9b1dbc8b3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/start_sync.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/start_sync.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ describe('addConnector lib function', () => {
           api_key_id: null,
           configuration: {},
           created_at: null,
+          error: null,
           index_name: 'index_name',
           last_seen: null,
           last_sync_error: null,
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ describe('addConnector lib function', () => {
         api_key_id: null,
         configuration: {},
         created_at: null,
+        error: null,
         index_name: 'index_name',
         last_seen: null,
         last_sync_error: null,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/update_connector_scheduling.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/update_connector_scheduling.test.ts
index 86845b090bf93..68d3f7b17ef58 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/update_connector_scheduling.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/connectors/update_connector_scheduling.test.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ describe('addConnector lib function', () => {
           api_key_id: null,
           configuration: {},
           created_at: null,
+          error: null,
           index_name: 'index_name',
           last_seen: null,
           last_sync_error: null,
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ describe('addConnector lib function', () => {
         api_key_id: null,
         configuration: {},
         created_at: null,
+        error: null,
         index_name: 'index_name',
         last_seen: null,
         last_sync_error: null,