diff --git a/validation/api/src/internal.rs b/validation/api/src/internal.rs
index 91ebfa9..0c18e1f 100644
--- a/validation/api/src/internal.rs
+++ b/validation/api/src/internal.rs
@@ -120,6 +120,20 @@ impl Context{
 
 		Ok(())
 	}
+	pub async fn action_submission_accepted(&self,config:ActionSubmissionAcceptedRequest)->Result<(),Error>{
+		let url_raw=format!("{}/submissions/{}/status/validator-failed",self.0.base_url,config.SubmissionID);
+		let mut url=reqwest::Url::parse(url_raw.as_str()).map_err(Error::Parse)?;
+
+		{
+			url.query_pairs_mut()
+				.append_pair("StatusMessage",config.StatusMessage.as_str());
+		}
+
+		response_ok(
+			self.0.post_empty_body(url).await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
+		).await.map_err(Error::Response)?;
+
+		Ok(())
+	}
 	action!(action_submission_validated,"validator-validated");
-	action!(action_submission_accepted,"validator-failed");
 }
diff --git a/validation/api/src/types.rs b/validation/api/src/types.rs
index 5d61187..1be3133 100644
--- a/validation/api/src/types.rs
+++ b/validation/api/src/types.rs
@@ -177,4 +177,10 @@ pub struct ActionSubmissionUploadedRequest{
 	pub TargetAssetID:Option<u64>,
 }
 
+#[allow(nonstandard_style)]
+pub struct ActionSubmissionAcceptedRequest{
+	pub SubmissionID:i64,
+	pub StatusMessage:String,
+}
+
 pub struct SubmissionID(pub i64);
diff --git a/validation/src/validator.rs b/validation/src/validator.rs
index 54822c3..7b4e437 100644
--- a/validation/src/validator.rs
+++ b/validation/src/validator.rs
@@ -73,11 +73,12 @@ impl Validator{
 					submissions_api::types::SubmissionID(submission_id)
 				).await.map_err(ValidateError::ApiActionSubmissionValidate)?;
 			},
-			Err(_)=>{
+			Err(e)=>{
 				// update the submission model status to accepted
-				self.api.action_submission_accepted(
-					submissions_api::types::SubmissionID(submission_id)
-				).await.map_err(ValidateError::ApiActionSubmissionValidate)?;
+				self.api.action_submission_accepted(submissions_api::types::ActionSubmissionAcceptedRequest{
+					SubmissionID:submission_id,
+					StatusMessage:format!("{e}"),
+				}).await.map_err(ValidateError::ApiActionSubmissionValidate)?;
 			},
 		}