diff --git a/protos/dmi/hw_events_mgmt_service.proto b/protos/dmi/hw_events_mgmt_service.proto
index 56f6068..641adbe 100644
--- a/protos/dmi/hw_events_mgmt_service.proto
+++ b/protos/dmi/hw_events_mgmt_service.proto
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
     Status status = 1;
     Reason reason = 2;
     EventsCfg events = 3;
+    string reason_detail = 4;
 }
 
 message EventsConfigurationRequest {
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@
     }
     Status status = 1;
     Reason reason = 2;
+    string reason_detail = 3;
 }
 
 message EventMetaData {
diff --git a/protos/dmi/hw_management_service.proto b/protos/dmi/hw_management_service.proto
index 209f8b8..3a703c4 100644
--- a/protos/dmi/hw_management_service.proto
+++ b/protos/dmi/hw_management_service.proto
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
     Status status = 1;
     Reason reason = 2;
     Hardware inventory = 3;
+    // It is recommended that upstream components/users of the DMI interface
+    // do not really interpret/parse the reson_detail, but rather use it for
+    // display purposes to the end user or use it for logging the error
+    string reason_detail = 4;
 }
 
 message HWComponentInfoGetRequest {
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@
     Status status = 1;
     Reason reason = 2;
     Component component = 3;
+    string reason_detail = 4;
 }
 
 message HWComponentInfoSetRequest {
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@
     }
     Status status = 1;
     Reason reason = 2;
+    string reason_detail = 3;
 }
 
 message StartManagingDeviceResponse {
@@ -79,6 +85,7 @@
     Status status = 1;
     Reason reason = 2;
     Uuid device_uuid = 3;
+    string reason_detail = 4;
 }
 
 message StopManagingDeviceRequest {
@@ -94,6 +101,7 @@
     }
     Status status = 1;
     Reason reason = 2;
+    string reason_detail = 3;
 }
 
 message ManagedDevicesResponse {
@@ -118,6 +126,7 @@
     }
     Status status = 1;
     Reason reason = 2;
+    string reason_detail = 3;
 }
 
 message GetLoggingEndpointResponse {
@@ -131,6 +140,7 @@
     Reason reason = 2;
     string logging_endpoint = 3;
     string logging_protocol = 4;
+    string reason_detail = 5;
 }
 
 message SetMsgBusEndpointRequest {
@@ -146,6 +156,7 @@
     Status status = 1;
     Reason reason = 2;
     string msgbus_endpoint = 3;
+    string reason_detail = 4;
 }
 
 message EntitiesLogLevel {
@@ -169,6 +180,7 @@
     Uuid device_uuid = 1;
     Status status = 2;
     Reason reason = 3;
+    string reason_detail = 4;
 }
 
 message GetLogLevelRequest {
@@ -188,6 +200,7 @@
     repeated EntitiesLogLevel logLevels = 2;
     Status status = 3;
     Reason reason = 4;
+    string reason_detail = 5;
 }
 
 message GetLoggableEntitiesRequest {
diff --git a/protos/dmi/hw_metrics_mgmt_service.proto b/protos/dmi/hw_metrics_mgmt_service.proto
index 103df46..72a8414 100644
--- a/protos/dmi/hw_metrics_mgmt_service.proto
+++ b/protos/dmi/hw_metrics_mgmt_service.proto
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     Status status = 1;
     Reason reason = 2;
     MetricsConfig metrics = 3;
+    string reason_detail = 4;
 }
 
 message MetricsConfigurationRequest {
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@
     }
     Status status = 1;
     Reason reason = 2;
+    string reason_detail = 3;
 }
 
 message MetricMetaData {
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@
     Status status = 1;
     Reason reason = 2;
     Metric metric = 3;
+    string reason_detail = 4;
 }
 
 service NativeMetricsManagementService {
diff --git a/protos/dmi/sw_image.proto b/protos/dmi/sw_image.proto
index 8013c8b..08d6327 100644
--- a/protos/dmi/sw_image.proto
+++ b/protos/dmi/sw_image.proto
@@ -57,4 +57,5 @@
     ImageState state = 3;
     // description contains more information about the current state of the procedure and is device dependant
     string description = 4;
+    string reason_detail = 5;
 }
diff --git a/protos/dmi/sw_management_service.proto b/protos/dmi/sw_management_service.proto
index 82917d4..c2901e9 100644
--- a/protos/dmi/sw_management_service.proto
+++ b/protos/dmi/sw_management_service.proto
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     Status status = 1;
     Reason reason = 2;
     SoftwareVersionInformation info = 3;
+    string reason_detail = 4;
 }
 
 message DownloadImageRequest {
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
     }
     Status status = 1;
     Reason reason = 2;
+    string reason_detail = 3;
 }
 
 message StartupConfigInfoRequest {
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@
     // The version of the startup configuration. It is recommended to use semVer, but the DM implementations
     // and operators could choose any other format as well.
     string version = 4;
+    string reason_detail = 5;
 }
 
 service NativeSoftwareManagementService {