Better error message when failing to request from another process (#12060)

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/replication/http/_base.py b/synapse/replication/http/_base.py

index bc1d28dd19..2e697c74a6 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/http/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/http/_base.py
@@ -268,7 +268,9 @@ class ReplicationEndpoint(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
                     raise e.to_synapse_error()
                 except Exception as e:
                     _outgoing_request_counter.labels(cls.NAME, "ERR").inc()
-                    raise SynapseError(502, "Failed to talk to main process") from e
+                    raise SynapseError(
+                        502, f"Failed to talk to {instance_name} process"
+                    ) from e
 
                 _outgoing_request_counter.labels(cls.NAME, 200).inc()
                 return result