diff --git a/engine/include/XCEngine/Rendering/RenderMaterialUtility.h b/engine/include/XCEngine/Rendering/RenderMaterialUtility.h
index eb308314..59dfddd2 100644
--- a/engine/include/XCEngine/Rendering/RenderMaterialUtility.h
+++ b/engine/include/XCEngine/Rendering/RenderMaterialUtility.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace XCEngine {
@@ -244,6 +245,71 @@ inline BuiltinPassResourceSemantic ResolveBuiltinPassResourceSemantic(
     return BuiltinPassResourceSemantic::Unknown;
 }
 
+inline const char* BuiltinPassResourceSemanticToString(BuiltinPassResourceSemantic semantic) {
+    switch (semantic) {
+    case BuiltinPassResourceSemantic::PerObject:
+        return "PerObject";
+    case BuiltinPassResourceSemantic::Material:
+        return "Material";
+    case BuiltinPassResourceSemantic::Lighting:
+        return "Lighting";
+    case BuiltinPassResourceSemantic::ShadowReceiver:
+        return "ShadowReceiver";
+    case BuiltinPassResourceSemantic::BaseColorTexture:
+        return "BaseColorTexture";
+    case BuiltinPassResourceSemantic::ShadowMapTexture:
+        return "ShadowMapTexture";
+    case BuiltinPassResourceSemantic::LinearClampSampler:
+        return "LinearClampSampler";
+    case BuiltinPassResourceSemantic::ShadowMapSampler:
+        return "ShadowMapSampler";
+    case BuiltinPassResourceSemantic::Unknown:
+    default:
+        return "Unknown";
+    }
+}
+
+inline const char* ShaderResourceTypeToString(Resources::ShaderResourceType type) {
+    switch (type) {
+    case Resources::ShaderResourceType::ConstantBuffer:
+        return "ConstantBuffer";
+    case Resources::ShaderResourceType::Texture2D:
+        return "Texture2D";
+    case Resources::ShaderResourceType::TextureCube:
+        return "TextureCube";
+    case Resources::ShaderResourceType::Sampler:
+        return "Sampler";
+    default:
+        return "Unknown";
+    }
+}
+
+inline Containers::String DescribeShaderResourceBinding(
+    const Resources::ShaderResourceBindingDesc& binding) {
+    const BuiltinPassResourceSemantic resolvedSemantic = ResolveBuiltinPassResourceSemantic(binding);
+    return Containers::String("name=") + binding.name +
+           ", semantic=" + binding.semantic +
+           ", resolvedSemantic=" + Containers::String(BuiltinPassResourceSemanticToString(resolvedSemantic)) +
+           ", type=" + Containers::String(ShaderResourceTypeToString(binding.type)) +
+           ", set=" + Containers::String(std::to_string(binding.set).c_str()) +
+           ", binding=" + Containers::String(std::to_string(binding.binding).c_str());
+}
+
+inline Containers::String DescribeShaderResourceBindings(
+    const Containers::Array<Resources::ShaderResourceBindingDesc>& bindings) {
+    Containers::String description;
+    for (size_t bindingIndex = 0; bindingIndex < bindings.Size(); ++bindingIndex) {
+        if (!description.Empty()) {
+            description += " | ";
+        }
+
+        description += "[" + Containers::String(std::to_string(bindingIndex).c_str()) + "] ";
+        description += DescribeShaderResourceBinding(bindings[bindingIndex]);
+    }
+
+    return description;
+}
+
 inline bool IsBuiltinPassResourceTypeCompatible(
     BuiltinPassResourceSemantic semantic,
     Resources::ShaderResourceType type) {
diff --git a/engine/src/Rendering/Passes/BuiltinDepthStylePassBase.cpp b/engine/src/Rendering/Passes/BuiltinDepthStylePassBase.cpp
index 08aa4fdd..38cd3879 100644
--- a/engine/src/Rendering/Passes/BuiltinDepthStylePassBase.cpp
+++ b/engine/src/Rendering/Passes/BuiltinDepthStylePassBase.cpp
@@ -422,7 +422,13 @@ BuiltinDepthStylePassBase::PassResourceLayout* BuiltinDepthStylePassBase::GetOrC
     BuiltinPassResourceBindingPlan bindingPlan = {};
     Containers::String bindingPlanError;
     if (!TryBuildSupportedBindingPlan(*resolvedShaderPass.pass, bindingPlan, &bindingPlanError)) {
-        return failLayout(bindingPlanError.CStr());
+        const Containers::String contextualError =
+            Containers::String("BuiltinDepthStylePassBase failed to resolve pass resource bindings for shader='") +
+            resolvedShaderPass.shader->GetPath() +
+            "', pass='" + resolvedShaderPass.passName +
+            "': " + bindingPlanError +
+            ". Bindings: " + DescribeShaderResourceBindings(resolvedShaderPass.pass->resources);
+        return failLayout(contextualError.CStr());
     }
 
     std::vector<BuiltinPassSetLayoutMetadata> setLayouts;
diff --git a/engine/src/Rendering/Pipelines/BuiltinForwardPipeline.cpp b/engine/src/Rendering/Pipelines/BuiltinForwardPipeline.cpp
index 6022500e..caeb961e 100644
--- a/engine/src/Rendering/Pipelines/BuiltinForwardPipeline.cpp
+++ b/engine/src/Rendering/Pipelines/BuiltinForwardPipeline.cpp
@@ -549,7 +549,13 @@ BuiltinForwardPipeline::PassResourceLayout* BuiltinForwardPipeline::GetOrCreateP
     BuiltinPassResourceBindingPlan bindingPlan = {};
     Containers::String bindingPlanError;
     if (!TryBuildBuiltinPassResourceBindingPlan(resourceBindings, bindingPlan, &bindingPlanError)) {
-        return failLayout(bindingPlanError.CStr());
+        const Containers::String contextualError =
+            Containers::String("BuiltinForwardPipeline failed to resolve pass resource bindings for shader='") +
+            resolvedShaderPass.shader->GetPath() +
+            "', pass='" + resolvedShaderPass.passName +
+            "': " + bindingPlanError +
+            ". Bindings: " + DescribeShaderResourceBindings(resourceBindings);
+        return failLayout(contextualError.CStr());
     }
 
     const bool hasAnyResource = !bindingPlan.bindings.Empty();