diff --git a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipcommit/factory.go b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipcommit/factory.go
index 648f62a23a2..fcb6e106d37 100644
--- a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipcommit/factory.go
+++ b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipcommit/factory.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (rf *CommitReportingPluginFactory) NewReportingPlugin(config types.Reportin
 // retried via RetryUntilSuccess. NewReportingPlugin must return successfully in order for the Commit plugin to
 // function, hence why we can only keep retrying it until it succeeds.
 func (rf *CommitReportingPluginFactory) NewReportingPluginFn(config types.ReportingPluginConfig) func() (reportingPluginAndInfo, error) {
-	return func() (reportingPluginAndInfo, error) {
+	newReportingPluginFn := func() (reportingPluginAndInfo, error) {
 		ctx := context.Background() // todo: consider adding some timeout
 
 		destPriceReg, err := rf.config.commitStore.ChangeConfig(ctx, config.OnchainConfig, config.OffchainConfig)
@@ -147,4 +147,14 @@ func (rf *CommitReportingPluginFactory) NewReportingPluginFn(config types.Report
 
 		return reportingPluginAndInfo{plugin, pluginInfo}, nil
 	}
+
+	return func() (reportingPluginAndInfo, error) {
+		result, err := newReportingPluginFn()
+		if err != nil {
+			rf.config.lggr.Errorw("NewReportingPlugin failed", "err", err)
+			rf.config.metricsCollector.NewReportingPluginError()
+		}
+
+		return result, err
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipcommit/factory_test.go b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipcommit/factory_test.go
index 825026bd17e..37997899519 100644
--- a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipcommit/factory_test.go
+++ b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipcommit/factory_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common/pkg/types/ccip"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/logger"
+	ccip2 "github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/internal/ccipdata"
 	ccipdataprovidermocks "github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/internal/ccipdata/ccipdataprovider/mocks"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/internal/ccipdata/mocks"
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ import (
 // retries a sufficient number of times to get through the transient errors and eventually succeed.
 func TestNewReportingPluginRetriesUntilSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	commitConfig := CommitPluginStaticConfig{}
+	commitConfig.lggr = logger.NullLogger
+	commitConfig.metricsCollector = ccip2.NoopMetricsCollector
 
 	// For this unit test, ensure that there is no delay between retries
 	commitConfig.newReportingPluginRetryConfig = ccipdata.RetryConfig{
diff --git a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipexec/factory.go b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipexec/factory.go
index 1a18793a833..0f8051bde36 100644
--- a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipexec/factory.go
+++ b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipexec/factory.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (rf *ExecutionReportingPluginFactory) NewReportingPlugin(config types.Repor
 // retried via RetryUntilSuccess. NewReportingPlugin must return successfully in order for the Exec plugin to function,
 // hence why we can only keep retrying it until it succeeds.
 func (rf *ExecutionReportingPluginFactory) NewReportingPluginFn(config types.ReportingPluginConfig) func() (reportingPluginAndInfo, error) {
-	return func() (reportingPluginAndInfo, error) {
+	newReportingPluginFn := func() (reportingPluginAndInfo, error) {
 		ctx := context.Background() // todo: consider setting a timeout
 
 		destPriceRegistry, destWrappedNative, err := rf.config.offRampReader.ChangeConfig(ctx, config.OnchainConfig, config.OffchainConfig)
@@ -154,4 +154,14 @@ func (rf *ExecutionReportingPluginFactory) NewReportingPluginFn(config types.Rep
 
 		return reportingPluginAndInfo{plugin, pluginInfo}, nil
 	}
+
+	return func() (reportingPluginAndInfo, error) {
+		result, err := newReportingPluginFn()
+		if err != nil {
+			rf.config.lggr.Errorw("NewReportingPlugin failed", "err", err)
+			rf.config.metricsCollector.NewReportingPluginError()
+		}
+
+		return result, err
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipexec/factory_test.go b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipexec/factory_test.go
index 7bbb9be0c69..869aa7e332c 100644
--- a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipexec/factory_test.go
+++ b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/ccipexec/factory_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common/pkg/types/ccip"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/logger"
+	ccip2 "github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/internal/ccipdata"
 	ccipdataprovidermocks "github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/internal/ccipdata/ccipdataprovider/mocks"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/internal/ccipdata/mocks"
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ import (
 // retries a sufficient number of times to get through the transient errors and eventually succeed.
 func TestNewReportingPluginRetriesUntilSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	execConfig := ExecutionPluginStaticConfig{}
+	execConfig.lggr = logger.TestLogger(t)
+	execConfig.metricsCollector = ccip2.NoopMetricsCollector
 
 	// For this unit test, ensure that there is no delay between retries
 	execConfig.newReportingPluginRetryConfig = ccipdata.RetryConfig{
diff --git a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/metrics.go b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/metrics.go
index f481b5d447d..9ec9fde316e 100644
--- a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/metrics.go
+++ b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ccip/metrics.go
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ var (
 		Name: "ccip_sequence_number_counter",
 		Help: "Sequence number of the last message processed by the plugin",
 	}, []string{"plugin", "source", "dest", "ocrPhase"})
+	newReportingPluginErrorCounter = promauto.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Name: "ccip_new_reporting_plugin_error_counter",
+		Help: "The count of the number of errors when calling NewReportingPlugin",
+	}, []string{"plugin"})
 )
 
 type ocrPhase string
@@ -35,6 +39,7 @@ type PluginMetricsCollector interface {
 	NumberOfMessagesBasedOnInterval(phase ocrPhase, seqNrMin, seqNrMax uint64)
 	UnexpiredCommitRoots(count int)
 	SequenceNumber(phase ocrPhase, seqNr uint64)
+	NewReportingPluginError()
 }
 
 type pluginMetricsCollector struct {
@@ -79,6 +84,12 @@ func (p *pluginMetricsCollector) SequenceNumber(phase ocrPhase, seqNr uint64) {
 		Set(float64(seqNr))
 }
 
+func (p *pluginMetricsCollector) NewReportingPluginError() {
+	newReportingPluginErrorCounter.
+		WithLabelValues(p.pluginName).
+		Inc()
+}
+
 var (
 	// NoopMetricsCollector is a no-op implementation of PluginMetricsCollector
 	NoopMetricsCollector PluginMetricsCollector = noop{}
@@ -97,3 +108,6 @@ func (d noop) UnexpiredCommitRoots(int) {
 
 func (d noop) SequenceNumber(ocrPhase, uint64) {
 }
+
+func (d noop) NewReportingPluginError() {
+}