diff --git a/packages/compass-connections/src/stores/connections-store-redux.ts b/packages/compass-connections/src/stores/connections-store-redux.ts
index 700cdf17e32..eeb259f906f 100644
--- a/packages/compass-connections/src/stores/connections-store-redux.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-connections/src/stores/connections-store-redux.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import {
   isEndOfLifeVersion,
 } from '../utils/end-of-life-server';
 import type { ImportConnectionOptions } from '@mongodb-js/connection-storage/provider';
+import { getErrorCodeCauseChain } from '../utils/telemetry';
 
 export type ConnectionsEventMap = {
   connected: (
@@ -1278,6 +1279,7 @@ const connectionAttemptError = (
       async () => {
         const trackParams = {
           error_code: err.code,
+          error_code_cause_chain: getErrorCodeCauseChain(err),
           error_name: err.codeName ?? err.name,
         };
         if (connectionInfo) {
diff --git a/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/telemetry.spec.tsx b/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/telemetry.spec.tsx
index 87b010e9f4e..a06cd0ac565 100644
--- a/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/telemetry.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/telemetry.spec.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   trackConnectionDisconnectedEvent,
   trackConnectionCreatedEvent,
   trackConnectionRemovedEvent,
+  getErrorCodeCauseChain,
 } from './telemetry';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import type { ConnectionInfo } from '@mongodb-js/connection-storage/renderer';
@@ -64,4 +65,47 @@ describe('Connections telemetry', function () {
     expect(event).to.equal('Connection Removed');
     expect(properties).to.deep.equal(expected);
   });
+
+  describe('#getErrorCodeCauseChain', function () {
+    it('should return undefined when no error', function () {
+      const result = getErrorCodeCauseChain(undefined);
+      expect(result).to.be.undefined;
+    });
+
+    it('should return undefined when there are no error codes', function () {
+      const result = getErrorCodeCauseChain({});
+      expect(result).to.be.undefined;
+    });
+
+    it('should return an array with the error code', function () {
+      const error: any = new Error('Test error');
+      error.code = 123;
+
+      const result = getErrorCodeCauseChain(error);
+      expect(result).to.deep.equal([123]);
+    });
+
+    it('should return an array of error codes from the cause chain', function () {
+      const error: Error & { code?: number } = new Error('Test error');
+      error.code = 123;
+
+      // No code / codeName on error two.
+      const errorTwo = new Error('Test error two');
+
+      const errorThree: Error & { codeName?: string } = new Error(
+        'Test error three'
+      );
+      errorThree.codeName = 'PINEAPPLE';
+
+      const errorFour: Error & { code?: number } = new Error('Test error four');
+      errorFour.code = 1111;
+
+      error.cause = errorTwo;
+      errorTwo.cause = errorThree;
+      errorThree.cause = errorFour;
+
+      const result = getErrorCodeCauseChain(error);
+      expect(result).to.deep.equal([123, 'PINEAPPLE', 1111]);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/telemetry.tsx b/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/telemetry.tsx
index 8c2b632f8af..8bfebf519d0 100644
--- a/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/telemetry.tsx
+++ b/packages/compass-connections/src/utils/telemetry.tsx
@@ -27,3 +27,25 @@ export function trackConnectionRemovedEvent(
 ): void {
   track('Connection Removed', {}, connectionInfo);
 }
+
+export function getErrorCodeCauseChain(
+  err: unknown
+): (string | number)[] | undefined {
+  const errorCodesInCauseChain: (string | number)[] = [];
+  let current = err;
+
+  while (current && typeof current === 'object') {
+    if ('code' in current && current.code) {
+      errorCodesInCauseChain.push(current.code as string | number);
+    } else if ('codeName' in current && current.codeName) {
+      errorCodesInCauseChain.push(current.codeName as string | number);
+    }
+    current = (current as { cause?: unknown }).cause;
+  }
+
+  if (errorCodesInCauseChain.length === 0) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  return errorCodesInCauseChain;
+}
diff --git a/packages/compass-telemetry/src/telemetry-events.ts b/packages/compass-telemetry/src/telemetry-events.ts
index 3ced818db18..66e4f2b0305 100644
--- a/packages/compass-telemetry/src/telemetry-events.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-telemetry/src/telemetry-events.ts
@@ -832,6 +832,12 @@ type ConnectionFailedEvent = ConnectionScopedEvent<{
      * The error name.
      */
     error_name: string;
+
+    /**
+     * The error codes (or code names) from the error's cause chain.
+     * The driver and the OIDC library we use are two places that use cause chains.
+     */
+    error_code_cause_chain: (string | number)[] | undefined;
   } & ExtraConnectionData;
 }>;