diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/error-response.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/error-response.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ed4a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/error-response.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * Model of an error response
+ */
+export interface ErrorResponse {
+    /**
+     * The short, human-readable description of the error.
+     */
+    title: string;
+
+    /**
+     * The optional human-readable explanation of the error with details helping the client to correct the error.
+     */
+    details?: string;
+}
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/experiment-error-response.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/experiment-error-response.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32c095b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/experiment-error-response.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { ErrorResponse } from "./error-response";
+import { Experiment } from "./experiment";
+
+/**
+ * Model of an error response
+ */
+export interface TraceErrorResponse extends ErrorResponse {
+    /**
+     * The experiment that this error corresponds to.
+     */
+    experiment: Experiment;
+}
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/trace-error-response.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/trace-error-response.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dcc686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/models/trace-error-response.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { ErrorResponse } from "./error-response";
+import { Trace } from "./trace";
+
+/**
+ * Model of an error response
+ */
+export interface TraceErrorResponse extends ErrorResponse {
+    /**
+     * The trace that this error corresponds to.
+     */
+    trace: Trace;
+}
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/rest-client.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/rest-client.ts
index c231638..6111b7a 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/rest-client.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/rest-client.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export class RestClient {
         url: string,
         body?: any,
         normalizer?: Normalizer<T>,
-    ): Promise<TspClientResponse<Deserialized<T>>> {
+    ): Promise<TspClientResponse<Deserialized<T|undefined>>> {
         let response: HttpResponse;
         try {
             response = await this.httpRequest({
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ export class RestClient {
         if (response.headers?.get('Content-Type') === 'application/json') {
             try {
                 const parsed = this.jsonParse(response.text);
+
+                // Check if the server sent an error
+                if (response.status >= 400) {
+                     return new TspClientResponse(response.text, response.status, response.statusText, undefined, parsed);
+                }
                 try {
                     const responseModel = normalizer ? normalizer(parsed) : parsed;
                     return new TspClientResponse(response.text, response.status, response.statusText, responseModel);
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/tsp-client-response.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/tsp-client-response.ts
index 908b5c3..67b9e04 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/tsp-client-response.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/tsp-client-response.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { ErrorResponse } from "../models/error-response";
+
 /**
  * Trace Server Protocol response.
  * The response includes the response model from the server if available,
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ export class TspClientResponse<T> {
         private readonly statusCode: number,
         private readonly statusMessage: string,
         private readonly responseModel?: T,
+        private readonly errorResponse?: ErrorResponse
     ) {}
 
     /**
@@ -47,6 +50,13 @@ export class TspClientResponse<T> {
         return this.text;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the error response from the server in an error case 
+     */
+    public getErrorResponse(): ErrorResponse | undefined {
+        return this.errorResponse;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Check if the status code is 200
      */
diff --git a/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/tsp-client.test.ts b/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/tsp-client.test.ts
index a0bbbe2..5239674 100644
--- a/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/tsp-client.test.ts
+++ b/tsp-typescript-client/src/protocol/tsp-client.test.ts
@@ -574,4 +574,15 @@ describe('HttpTspClient Deserialization', () => {
     const output = response.getModel()!;
     expect(output).toBeDefined();
   });
+
+  it('postTrace-failure', async () => {
+    httpRequestMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ status: 404, statusText: 'Not Found', text: '{"title": "No trace at /some/path"}', headers: new Headers({ 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }) });
+    const response = await client.openTrace(new Query({}));
+
+    expect(response.getStatusCode()).toEqual(404);
+    expect(response.getStatusMessage()).toEqual('Not Found');
+    expect(response.getText()).toEqual('{"title": "No trace at /some/path"}');
+    expect(response.getModel()).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(response.getErrorResponse()).toEqual({ title: 'No trace at /some/path' });
+  });
 });