diff --git a/packages/main/src/plugin/progress-impl.spec.ts b/packages/main/src/plugin/progress-impl.spec.ts
index ec5cd99c29b75..376cb14dabc86 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/plugin/progress-impl.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/plugin/progress-impl.spec.ts
@@ -66,18 +66,15 @@ test('Should create a task and propagate the exception', async () => {
 
   const progress = new ProgressImpl(taskManager);
 
-  try {
-    await progress.withProgress({ location: ProgressLocation.TASK_WIDGET, title: 'My task' }, async () => {
+  await expect(
+    progress.withProgress({ location: ProgressLocation.TASK_WIDGET, title: 'My task' }, async () => {
       throw new Error('dummy error');
-    });
-    // Should NEVER be here.
-    expect(true).toBe(false);
-  } catch (e: unknown) {
-    expect((e as Error).message).toBe('dummy error');
-  }
+    }),
+  ).rejects.toThrowError('dummy error');
 
   expect(updateTaskMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   expect(updateTaskMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+    error: 'Error: dummy error',
     state: 'completed',
     status: 'failure',
   });
@@ -109,3 +106,26 @@ test('Should create a task and propagate the result', async () => {
     status: 'success',
   });
 });
+
+test('Should update the task name', async () => {
+  const createTaskMock = vi.fn();
+  const updateTaskMock = vi.fn();
+  const taskManager = {
+    createTask: createTaskMock,
+    updateTask: updateTaskMock,
+  } as unknown as TaskManager;
+
+  createTaskMock.mockImplementation(() => ({}));
+  const progress = new ProgressImpl(taskManager);
+
+  await progress.withProgress<void>({ location: ProgressLocation.TASK_WIDGET, title: 'My task' }, async progress => {
+    progress.report({ message: 'New title' });
+  });
+
+  expect(updateTaskMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  expect(updateTaskMock).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({
+    name: 'New title',
+    state: 'completed',
+    status: 'success',
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/main/src/plugin/progress-impl.ts b/packages/main/src/plugin/progress-impl.ts
index 5887fd0c2ce81..4d1d9fb7ae996 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/plugin/progress-impl.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/plugin/progress-impl.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export class ProgressImpl {
       {
         report: value => {
           if (value.message) {
-            t.error = value.message;
+            t.name = value.message;
           }
           if (value.increment) {
             t.progress = value.increment;
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export class ProgressImpl {
         // Middleware to set to error the task
         t.status = 'failure';
         t.state = 'completed';
+        t.error = String(err);
         // We propagate the error to the caller, so it can handle it if needed
         throw err;
       })