diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d346fee51..5f099c8ae 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2 v2.8.0
 	github.com/coreos/go-oidc v2.2.1+incompatible
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible
-	github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl v1.3.9
+	github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl v1.3.13
 	github.com/flyteorg/flyteplugins v1.0.40
 	github.com/flyteorg/flytepropeller v1.1.70
 	github.com/flyteorg/flytestdlib v1.0.15
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7e54d5e84..1da6f45e1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ github.com/fatih/structs v1.0.0/go.mod h1:9NiDSp5zOcgEDl+j00MP/WkGVPOlPRLejGD8Ga
 github.com/fatih/structs v1.1.0/go.mod h1:9NiDSp5zOcgEDl+j00MP/WkGVPOlPRLejGD8Ga6PJ7M=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.1 h1:lvB5Jl89CsZtGIWuTcDM1E/vkVs49/Ml7JJe07l8SPQ=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.1/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=
-github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl v1.3.9 h1:MHUa89yKwCz58mQC2OxTzYjr0d3fA14qKG462v+RAyk=
-github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl v1.3.9/go.mod h1:Pkt2skI1LiHs/2ZoekBnyPhuGOFMiuul6HHcKGZBsbM=
+github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl v1.3.13 h1:jOjiHl6jmSCOGC094QaRdSjjhThhzYPm0jHSxwAZ6UM=
+github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl v1.3.13/go.mod h1:Pkt2skI1LiHs/2ZoekBnyPhuGOFMiuul6HHcKGZBsbM=
 github.com/flyteorg/flyteplugins v1.0.40 h1:RTsYingqmqr13qBbi4CB2ArXDHNHUOkAF+HTLJQiQ/s=
 github.com/flyteorg/flyteplugins v1.0.40/go.mod h1:qyUPqVspLcLGJpKxVwHDWf+kBpOGuItOxCaF6zAmDio=
 github.com/flyteorg/flytepropeller v1.1.70 h1:/d1qqz13rdVADM85ST70eerAdBstJJz9UUB/mNSZi0w=
diff --git a/pkg/repositories/transformers/task_execution.go b/pkg/repositories/transformers/task_execution.go
index 849874e80..f335cc7ea 100644
--- a/pkg/repositories/transformers/task_execution.go
+++ b/pkg/repositories/transformers/task_execution.go
@@ -151,6 +151,15 @@ func CreateTaskExecutionModel(ctx context.Context, input CreateTaskExecutionMode
 		EventVersion: input.Request.Event.EventVersion,
 	}
 
+	if len(input.Request.Event.Reason) > 0 {
+		closure.Reasons = []*admin.Reason{
+			&admin.Reason{
+				OccurredAt: input.Request.Event.OccurredAt,
+				Message:    input.Request.Event.Reason,
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
 	eventPhase := input.Request.Event.Phase
 
 	// Different tasks may report different phases as their first event.
@@ -362,6 +371,18 @@ func UpdateTaskExecutionModel(ctx context.Context, request *admin.TaskExecutionE
 	taskExecutionClosure.UpdatedAt = request.Event.OccurredAt
 	taskExecutionClosure.Logs = mergeLogs(taskExecutionClosure.Logs, request.Event.Logs)
 	if len(request.Event.Reason) > 0 {
+		if taskExecutionClosure.Reason != request.Event.Reason {
+			// by tracking a time-series of reasons we increase the size of the TaskExecutionClosure in scenarios where
+			// a task reports a large number of unique reasons. if this size increase becomes problematic we this logic
+			// will need to be revisited.
+			taskExecutionClosure.Reasons = append(
+				taskExecutionClosure.Reasons,
+				&admin.Reason{
+					OccurredAt: request.Event.OccurredAt,
+					Message:    request.Event.Reason,
+				})
+		}
+
 		taskExecutionClosure.Reason = request.Event.Reason
 	}
 	if existingTaskPhase != core.TaskExecution_RUNNING.String() && taskExecutionModel.Phase == core.TaskExecution_RUNNING.String() {
diff --git a/pkg/repositories/transformers/task_execution_test.go b/pkg/repositories/transformers/task_execution_test.go
index 0ce13cc94..da7af92a2 100644
--- a/pkg/repositories/transformers/task_execution_test.go
+++ b/pkg/repositories/transformers/task_execution_test.go
@@ -255,7 +255,13 @@ func TestCreateTaskExecutionModelQueued(t *testing.T) {
 		CreatedAt: taskEventOccurredAtProto,
 		UpdatedAt: taskEventOccurredAtProto,
 		Reason:    "Task was scheduled",
-		TaskType:  "sidecar",
+		Reasons: []*admin.Reason{
+			&admin.Reason{
+				OccurredAt: taskEventOccurredAtProto,
+				Message:    "Task was scheduled",
+			},
+		},
+		TaskType: "sidecar",
 	}
 
 	expectedClosureBytes, err := proto.Marshal(expectedClosure)
@@ -338,6 +344,8 @@ func TestCreateTaskExecutionModelRunning(t *testing.T) {
 		CustomInfo: &customInfo,
 	}
 
+	t.Logf("expected %+v %+v\n", expectedClosure.Reason, expectedClosure.Reasons)
+
 	expectedClosureBytes, err := proto.Marshal(expectedClosure)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 
@@ -386,6 +394,13 @@ func TestUpdateTaskExecutionModelRunningToFailed(t *testing.T) {
 		CustomInfo: transformMapToStructPB(t, map[string]string{
 			"key1": "value1",
 		}),
+		Reason: "Task was scheduled",
+		Reasons: []*admin.Reason{
+			&admin.Reason{
+				OccurredAt: taskEventOccurredAtProto,
+				Message:    "Task was scheduled",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	closureBytes, err := proto.Marshal(existingClosure)
@@ -481,6 +496,16 @@ func TestUpdateTaskExecutionModelRunningToFailed(t *testing.T) {
 			"key1": "value1 updated",
 		}),
 		Reason: "task failed",
+		Reasons: []*admin.Reason{
+			&admin.Reason{
+				OccurredAt: taskEventOccurredAtProto,
+				Message:    "Task was scheduled",
+			},
+			&admin.Reason{
+				OccurredAt: occuredAtProto,
+				Message:    "task failed",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	expectedClosureBytes, err := proto.Marshal(expectedClosure)