diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests-library/ProjectAndFileTests.ts b/tests/e2e/tests-library/ProjectAndFileTests.ts
index c7a312a09af..ed60705ed1a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests-library/ProjectAndFileTests.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests-library/ProjectAndFileTests.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { Logger } from '../utils/Logger';
 import { TIMEOUT_CONSTANTS } from '../constants/TIMEOUT_CONSTANTS';
 import { CheCodeLocatorLoader } from '../pageobjects/ide/CheCodeLocatorLoader';
 import { By, SideBarView, ViewContent, ViewItem, ViewSection, Workbench } from 'monaco-page-objects';
+import { WorkspaceHandlingTests } from '../tests-library/WorkspaceHandlingTests';
 
 @injectable()
 export class ProjectAndFileTests {
@@ -25,7 +26,9 @@ export class ProjectAndFileTests {
 		@inject(CLASSES.DriverHelper)
 		private readonly driverHelper: DriverHelper,
 		@inject(CLASSES.CheCodeLocatorLoader)
-		private readonly cheCodeLocatorLoader: CheCodeLocatorLoader
+		private readonly cheCodeLocatorLoader: CheCodeLocatorLoader,
+		@inject(CLASSES.WorkspaceHandlingTests)
+		private readonly workspaceHandlingTests: WorkspaceHandlingTests
 	) {}
 
 	async waitWorkspaceReadinessForCheCodeEditor(): Promise<void> {
@@ -40,6 +43,10 @@ export class ProjectAndFileTests {
 			Logger.debug(`editor was opened in ${end - start} seconds.`);
 		} catch (err) {
 			Logger.error(`waiting for workspace readiness failed: ${err}`);
+
+			// assume that start workspace page is still opened
+			await this.workspaceHandlingTests.logStartWorkspaceInfo();
+
 			throw err;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests-library/WorkspaceHandlingTests.ts b/tests/e2e/tests-library/WorkspaceHandlingTests.ts
index e92702b725e..5262f31cab7 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests-library/WorkspaceHandlingTests.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests-library/WorkspaceHandlingTests.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ import { By, error } from 'selenium-webdriver';
 @injectable()
 export class WorkspaceHandlingTests {
 	private static WORKSPACE_NAME: By = By.xpath('//h1[contains(.,"Starting workspace ")]');
+	private static WORKSPACE_STATUS: By = By.xpath('//*/span[@class="pf-c-label__content"]');
+	private static WORKSPACE_ALERT_TITLE: By = By.xpath('//h4[@class="pf-c-alert__title"]');
+	private static WORKSPACE_ALERT_DESCRIPTION: By = By.xpath('//*/div[@class="pf-c-alert__description"]');
 	private static workspaceName: string = 'undefined';
 	private static parentGUID: string;
 
@@ -111,10 +114,9 @@ export class WorkspaceHandlingTests {
 			Logger.info(`obtained workspace name from workspace loader page: ${WorkspaceHandlingTests.workspaceName}`);
 			return;
 		}
-		Logger.error(`failed to obtain workspace name:${WorkspaceHandlingTests.workspaceName}`);
-		throw new error.InvalidArgumentError(
-			`WorkspaceHandlingTests.obtainWorkspaceNameFromStartingPage failed to obtain workspace name:${WorkspaceHandlingTests.workspaceName}`
-		);
+		Logger.error('failed to obtain workspace name');
+		await this.logStartWorkspaceInfo();
+		throw new error.InvalidArgumentError('WorkspaceHandlingTests.obtainWorkspaceNameFromStartingPage failed to obtain workspace name.');
 	}
 
 	async stopWorkspace(workspaceName: string): Promise<void> {
@@ -131,4 +133,38 @@ export class WorkspaceHandlingTests {
 		await this.dashboard.openDashboard();
 		await this.dashboard.stopAndRemoveWorkspaceByUI(workspaceName);
 	}
+
+	async logStartWorkspaceInfo(): Promise<void> {
+		const status: string = await this.getWorkspaceStatus();
+		const alertTitle: string = await this.getWorkspaceAlertTitle();
+		const alertDescription: string = await this.getWorkspaceAlertDescription();
+
+		Logger.info('Start workspace status: ' + status);
+		Logger.info('Start workspace progress title: ' + alertTitle);
+		Logger.info('Start workspace progress description: ' + alertDescription);
+	}
+
+	private async getWorkspaceAlertDescription(): Promise<string> {
+		try {
+			return await this.driverHelper.getDriver().findElement(WorkspaceHandlingTests.WORKSPACE_ALERT_DESCRIPTION).getText();
+		} catch (err) {
+			return '(unknown)';
+		}
+	}
+
+	private async getWorkspaceStatus(): Promise<string> {
+		try {
+			return await this.driverHelper.getDriver().findElement(WorkspaceHandlingTests.WORKSPACE_STATUS).getText();
+		} catch (err) {
+			return '(unknown)';
+		}
+	}
+
+	private async getWorkspaceAlertTitle(): Promise<string> {
+		try {
+			return await this.driverHelper.getDriver().findElement(WorkspaceHandlingTests.WORKSPACE_ALERT_TITLE).getAttribute('innerHTML');
+		} catch (err) {
+			return '(unknown)';
+		}
+	}
 }