diff --git a/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/common_types.go b/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/common_types.go
index de3ea0fe..ae3c0e34 100644
--- a/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/common_types.go
+++ b/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/common_types.go
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ type CommonSpec struct {
 
 // CommonSpec is a set of status attributes that must be exposed on all addons.
 type CommonStatus struct {
-	Healthy bool     `json:"healthy"`
-	Errors  []string `json:"errors,omitempty"`
-	Phase   string   `json:"phase,omitempty"`
+	VersionCheckErrors []string
+	StatusErrors       []string
+	Healthy            bool     `json:"healthy"`
+	Errors             []string `json:"errors,omitempty"`
+	Phase              string   `json:"phase,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Patchable is a trait for addon CRDs that expose a raw set of Patches to be
diff --git a/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/status/aggregate.go b/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/status/aggregate.go
index 9d6e92cf..37de6e0b 100644
--- a/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/status/aggregate.go
+++ b/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/status/aggregate.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (a *aggregator) Reconciled(ctx context.Context, src declarative.Declarative
 
 	status := currentStatus
 	status.Healthy = statusHealthy
-	status.Errors = statusErrors
+	status.StatusErrors = statusErrors
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(status, currentStatus) {
 		err := utils.SetCommonStatus(src, status)
diff --git a/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/status/version.go b/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/status/version.go
index 54192439..54420cc5 100644
--- a/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/status/version.go
+++ b/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/status/version.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (p *versionCheck) VersionCheck(
 
 	status := currentStatus
 	status.Healthy = false
-	status.Errors = errors
+	status.VersionCheckErrors = errors
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(status, currentStatus) {
 		err := utils.SetCommonStatus(src, status)
diff --git a/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/utils/helpers.go b/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/utils/helpers.go
index 04e24e94..89463a2f 100644
--- a/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/utils/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/utils/helpers.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func SetCommonStatus(instance runtime.Object, status addonsv1alpha1.CommonStatus
 	case addonsv1alpha1.CommonObject:
 		v.SetCommonStatus(status)
 	case *unstructured.Unstructured:
-		unstructStatus, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(status)
+		unstructStatus, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(&status)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to convert unstructured to addonStatus: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -87,3 +87,12 @@ func GetCommonName(instance runtime.Object) (string, error) {
 		return "", genError(v)
 	}
 }
+
+func CompileErrors(status addonsv1alpha1.CommonStatus) addonsv1alpha1.CommonStatus {
+	fmt.Println(status.StatusErrors)
+	status.Errors = []string{}
+	status.Errors = append(status.Errors, status.VersionCheckErrors...)
+	status.Errors = append(status.Errors, status.StatusErrors...)
+	fmt.Println(status.Errors)
+	return status
+}
diff --git a/pkg/patterns/declarative/reconciler.go b/pkg/patterns/declarative/reconciler.go
index 6c608c6b..4b082b74 100644
--- a/pkg/patterns/declarative/reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/patterns/declarative/reconciler.go
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder-declarative-pattern/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/utils"
 
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 
@@ -189,6 +191,25 @@ func (r *Reconciler) reconcileExists(ctx context.Context, name types.NamespacedN
 				log.Error(err, "failed to reconcile status")
 			}
 		}
+
+		status, err := utils.GetCommonStatus(instance)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error(err, "failed to get status")
+		}
+		compiledStatus := utils.CompileErrors(status)
+		fmt.Println("compiling errors")
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(status, compiledStatus) {
+			err := utils.SetCommonStatus(instance, compiledStatus)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error(err, "failed to update status")
+			}
+
+			err = r.client.Status().Update(context.Background(), instance)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error(err, "failed to update status")
+			}
+		}
+
 	}()
 
 	objects, err = parseListKind(objects)