diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/contexts/workflow_task.py b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/contexts/workflow_task.py
index 1fc1a7d5aa..7243567fdf 100644
--- a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/contexts/workflow_task.py
+++ b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/contexts/workflow_task.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 from databricks.labs.ucx.hive_metastore.udfs import Udf
 from databricks.labs.ucx.installer.logs import TaskRunWarningRecorder
 from databricks.labs.ucx.progress.history import ProgressEncoder
+from databricks.labs.ucx.progress.jobs import JobsProgressEncoder
 from databricks.labs.ucx.progress.workflow_runs import WorkflowRunRecorder
 
 # As with GlobalContext, service factories unavoidably have a lot of public methods.
@@ -199,10 +200,10 @@ def grants_progress(self) -> ProgressEncoder[Grant]:
 
     @cached_property
     def jobs_progress(self) -> ProgressEncoder[JobInfo]:
-        return ProgressEncoder(
+        return JobsProgressEncoder(
             self.sql_backend,
             self.job_ownership,
-            JobInfo,
+            self.inventory_database,
             self.parent_run_id,
             self.workspace_id,
             self.config.ucx_catalog,
diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/progress/jobs.py b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/progress/jobs.py
index e69de29bb2..198139543c 100644
--- a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/progress/jobs.py
+++ b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/progress/jobs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import collections
+from dataclasses import replace
+from functools import cached_property
+
+from databricks.labs.lsql.backends import SqlBackend
+
+from databricks.labs.ucx.assessment.jobs import JobInfo, JobOwnership
+from databricks.labs.ucx.progress.history import ProgressEncoder
+from databricks.labs.ucx.progress.install import Historical
+from databricks.labs.ucx.source_code.jobs import JobProblem
+
+
+class JobsProgressEncoder(ProgressEncoder[JobInfo]):
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        sql_backend: SqlBackend,
+        ownership: JobOwnership,
+        inventory_database: str,
+        run_id: int,
+        workspace_id: int,
+        catalog: str,
+        schema: str = "multiworkspace",
+        table: str = "historical",
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__(
+            sql_backend,
+            ownership,
+            JobInfo,
+            run_id,
+            workspace_id,
+            catalog,
+            schema,
+            table,
+        )
+        self._inventory_database = inventory_database
+
+    @cached_property
+    def _job_problems(self) -> dict[int, list[str]]:
+        index = collections.defaultdict(list)
+        for row in self._sql_backend.fetch(
+            'SELECT * FROM workflow_problems',
+            catalog='hive_metastore',
+            schema=self._inventory_database,
+        ):
+            job_problem = JobProblem(**row.asDict())
+            failure = f'{job_problem.code}: {job_problem.task_key} task: {job_problem.path}: {job_problem.message}'
+            index[job_problem.job_id].append(failure)
+        return index
+
+    def _encode_record_as_historical(self, record: JobInfo) -> Historical:
+        historical = super()._encode_record_as_historical(record)
+        failures = self._job_problems.get(int(record.job_id), [])
+        return replace(historical, failures=historical.failures + failures)
diff --git a/tests/unit/progress/test_jobs.py b/tests/unit/progress/test_jobs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23c2aa1435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/progress/test_jobs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+from unittest.mock import create_autospec
+
+from databricks.labs.lsql import Row
+from databricks.labs.lsql.backends import MockBackend
+
+from databricks.labs.ucx.assessment.jobs import JobOwnership, JobInfo
+from databricks.labs.ucx.progress.jobs import JobsProgressEncoder
+from databricks.labs.ucx import __version__
+
+
+def test_jobs_progress_encoder() -> None:
+    common = {
+        'message': 'some failure',
+        'job_name': 'job_name',
+        'start_line': 1,
+        'start_col': 2,
+        'end_line': 3,
+        'end_col': 4,
+    }
+    sql_backend = MockBackend(
+        rows={
+            "workflow_problems": [
+                Row(job_id=1, code="cannot-autofix-table-reference", task_key="a", path="/some/path", **common),
+                Row(job_id=1, code="catalog-api-in-shared-clusters", task_key="b", path="/some/other", **common),
+                Row(job_id=2, code="catalog-api-in-shared-clusters", task_key="c", path="/x", **common),
+            ],
+        }
+    )
+    job_ownership = create_autospec(JobOwnership)
+    job_ownership.owner_of.return_value = "some_owner"
+    jobs_progress_encoder = JobsProgressEncoder(
+        sql_backend,
+        job_ownership,
+        "inventory",
+        2,
+        3,
+        "ucx",
+    )
+
+    jobs_progress_encoder.append_inventory_snapshot(
+        [
+            JobInfo(
+                job_id='1',
+                success=0,
+                failures='["some failure from config"]',
+            )
+        ]
+    )
+
+    rows = sql_backend.rows_written_for('`ucx`.`multiworkspace`.`historical`', 'append')
+    assert rows == [
+        Row(
+            workspace_id=3,
+            job_run_id=2,
+            object_type='JobInfo',
+            object_id=['1'],
+            data={'job_id': '1', 'success': '0'},
+            failures=[
+                'some failure from config',
+                'cannot-autofix-table-reference: a task: /some/path: some failure',
+                'catalog-api-in-shared-clusters: b task: /some/other: some failure',
+            ],
+            owner='some_owner',
+            ucx_version=__version__,
+        )
+    ]