diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
deleted file mode 120000
index 21a48da..0000000
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-reqwest-middleware/CHANGELOG.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/reqwest-middleware/CHANGELOG.md b/reqwest-middleware/CHANGELOG.md
index ac38b2d..09e2f03 100644
--- a/reqwest-middleware/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/reqwest-middleware/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- `request_middleware::Error` is now a transparent error enum and doesn't add its own context anymore.
+
 ## [0.3.3] - 2024-07-08
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/reqwest-middleware/src/error.rs b/reqwest-middleware/src/error.rs
index 2ed8dfe..48285ec 100644
--- a/reqwest-middleware/src/error.rs
+++ b/reqwest-middleware/src/error.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
     /// There was an error running some middleware
-    #[error("Middleware error: {0}")]
+    #[error(transparent)]
     Middleware(#[from] anyhow::Error),
     /// Error from the underlying reqwest client
-    #[error("Request error: {0}")]
+    #[error(transparent)]
     Reqwest(#[from] reqwest::Error),
 }
 
diff --git a/reqwest-retry/CHANGELOG.md b/reqwest-retry/CHANGELOG.md
index 1533a78..6d0be57 100644
--- a/reqwest-retry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/reqwest-retry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [0.6.0]
 
 ## [0.6.1] - 2024-08-08
 
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 - Upgraded `retry-policies` to `0.4.0`.
+- **Breaking Change** Errors are now reported as `RetryError` that adds the number of retries to the error chain if there were any. This changes the returned error types.
 
 ## [0.5.0] - 2024-04-10
 
diff --git a/reqwest-retry/Cargo.toml b/reqwest-retry/Cargo.toml
index e4e90a4..d400558 100644
--- a/reqwest-retry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/reqwest-retry/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "reqwest-retry"
-version = "0.6.1"
+version = "0.7.1"
 authors = ["Rodrigo Gryzinski <rodrigo.gryzinski@truelayer.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Retry middleware for reqwest."
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ futures = "0.3.0"
 http = "1.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false }
 retry-policies = "0.4"
+thiserror = "1.0.61"
 tracing = "0.1.26"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
diff --git a/reqwest-retry/src/lib.rs b/reqwest-retry/src/lib.rs
index d33ea1d..807ae9a 100644
--- a/reqwest-retry/src/lib.rs
+++ b/reqwest-retry/src/lib.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ mod retryable;
 mod retryable_strategy;
 
 pub use retry_policies::{policies, Jitter, RetryDecision, RetryPolicy};
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 pub use middleware::RetryTransientMiddleware;
 pub use retryable::Retryable;
@@ -37,3 +38,16 @@ pub use retryable_strategy::{
     default_on_request_failure, default_on_request_success, DefaultRetryableStrategy,
     RetryableStrategy,
 };
+
+/// Custom error type to attach the number of retries to the error message.
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum RetryError {
+    #[error("Request failed after {retries} retries")]
+    WithRetries {
+        retries: u32,
+        #[source]
+        err: reqwest_middleware::Error,
+    },
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Error(reqwest_middleware::Error),
+}
diff --git a/reqwest-retry/src/middleware.rs b/reqwest-retry/src/middleware.rs
index e4f01d1..ec750bf 100644
--- a/reqwest-retry/src/middleware.rs
+++ b/reqwest-retry/src/middleware.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 
 use crate::retryable_strategy::RetryableStrategy;
-use crate::{retryable::Retryable, retryable_strategy::DefaultRetryableStrategy};
+use crate::{retryable::Retryable, retryable_strategy::DefaultRetryableStrategy, RetryError};
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use http::Extensions;
 use reqwest::{Request, Response};
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ where
 
             // We classify the response which will return None if not
             // errors were returned.
-            break match self.retryable_strategy.handle(&result) {
+            match self.retryable_strategy.handle(&result) {
                 Some(Retryable::Transient) => {
                     // If the response failed and the error type was transient
                     // we can safely try to retry the request.
@@ -178,11 +178,24 @@ where
 
                         n_past_retries += 1;
                         continue;
-                    } else {
-                        result
                     }
                 }
-                Some(_) | None => result,
+                Some(_) | None => {}
+            };
+
+            // Report whether we failed with or without retries.
+            break if n_past_retries > 0 {
+                result.map_err(|err| {
+                    Error::Middleware(
+                        RetryError::WithRetries {
+                            retries: n_past_retries,
+                            err,
+                        }
+                        .into(),
+                    )
+                })
+            } else {
+                result.map_err(|err| Error::Middleware(RetryError::Error(err).into()))
             };
         }
     }