diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
index 1a6bc5c70d..7e1b4d8010 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import {
   CatalogEntitiesRequest,
   CatalogListResponse,
   CatalogRequestOptions,
+  CatalogEntityAncestorsRequest,
+  CatalogEntityAncestorsResponse,
 } from './types/api';
 import { DiscoveryApi } from './types/discovery';
 
@@ -44,6 +46,24 @@ export class CatalogClient implements CatalogApi {
     this.discoveryApi = options.discoveryApi;
   }
 
+  async getEntityAncestors(
+    request: CatalogEntityAncestorsRequest,
+    options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
+  ): Promise<CatalogEntityAncestorsResponse> {
+    const { kind, namespace, name } = Object.fromEntries(
+      Object.entries(request.entityName).map(([k, v]) => [
+        k,
+        encodeURIComponent(v),
+      ]),
+    );
+
+    return await this.requestRequired(
+      'GET',
+      `/entity/by-name/${kind}/${namespace}/${name}/ancestry`,
+      options,
+    );
+  }
+
   async getLocationById(
     id: string,
     options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts b/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts
index 679588b10a..609d67eac1 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ export type CatalogEntitiesRequest = {
   fields?: string[] | undefined;
 };
 
+/** @public */
+export type CatalogEntityAncestorsRequest = {
+  entityName: EntityName;
+};
+
+/** @public */
+export type CatalogEntityAncestorsResponse = {
+  root: EntityName;
+  items: { entity: Entity; parents: EntityName[] }[];
+};
+
 /** @public */
 export type CatalogListResponse<T> = {
   items: T[];
@@ -45,6 +56,10 @@ export interface CatalogApi {
     request?: CatalogEntitiesRequest,
     options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
   ): Promise<CatalogListResponse<Entity>>;
+  getEntityAncestors(
+    request: CatalogEntityAncestorsRequest,
+    options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
+  ): Promise<CatalogEntityAncestorsResponse>;
   getEntityByName(
     name: EntityName,
     options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityProcessingErrorsPanel/EntityProcessingErrorsPanel.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityProcessingErrorsPanel/EntityProcessingErrorsPanel.tsx
index 833ca74daa..9649edd6de 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityProcessingErrorsPanel/EntityProcessingErrorsPanel.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityProcessingErrorsPanel/EntityProcessingErrorsPanel.tsx
@@ -14,20 +14,30 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { Entity, UNSTABLE_EntityStatusItem } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { useEntity } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
+import {
+  Entity,
+  getEntityName,
+  UNSTABLE_EntityStatusItem,
+} from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { catalogApiRef, useEntity } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 import { Box } from '@material-ui/core';
 import React from 'react';
 import { ResponseErrorPanel } from '@backstage/core-components';
 import { ENTITY_STATUS_CATALOG_PROCESSING_TYPE } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
+import { useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { useAsync } from 'react-use';
 
-const errorfilter = (i: UNSTABLE_EntityStatusItem) =>
+const errorFilter = (i: UNSTABLE_EntityStatusItem) =>
   i.error &&
   i.level === 'error' &&
   i.type === ENTITY_STATUS_CATALOG_PROCESSING_TYPE;
 
-export const hasCatalogProcessingErrors = (entity: Entity) =>
-  entity?.status?.items?.filter(errorfilter).length! > 0;
+export const hasCatalogProcessingErrors = async (entity: Entity) => {
+  return entity?.status?.items?.filter(errorFilter).length! > 0;
+  const catalogApi = useApi(catalogApiRef);
+  const { status } = await catalogApi.getEntityStatus(entity.id);
+  return status.some(errorFilter);
+};
 
 /**
  * Displays a list of errors if the entity is invalid.
@@ -36,16 +46,55 @@ export const EntityProcessingErrorsPanel = () => {
   const { entity } = useEntity();
   const catalogProcessingErrors =
     (entity?.status?.items?.filter(
-      errorfilter,
+      errorFilter,
     ) as Required<UNSTABLE_EntityStatusItem>[]) || [];
 
-  return (
-    <>
-      {catalogProcessingErrors.map(({ error }, index) => (
-        <Box key={index} mb={1}>
-          <ResponseErrorPanel error={error} />
-        </Box>
-      ))}
-    </>
-  );
+  return catalogProcessingErrors.map(({ error }, index) => (
+    <Box key={index} mb={1}>
+      <ResponseErrorPanel error={error} />
+    </Box>
+  ));
+};
+
+/**
+ * Displays a list of errors from the ancestors of the current entity.
+ */
+export const EntityAncestorsProcessingErrorsPanel = () => {
+  const { entity } = useEntity();
+  const catalogApi = useApi(catalogApiRef);
+
+  const { loading, value, error } = useAsync(() =>
+    catalogApi.getEntityAncestors({ entityName: getEntityName(entity) }),
+  );
+
+  if (loading) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  if (error) {
+    return (
+      <Box mb={1}>
+        <ResponseErrorPanel error={error} />
+      </Box>
+    );
+  }
+
+  const ancestorErrors =
+    value?.items.flatMap(({ entity: ancestor }) =>
+      ancestor?.status?.items?.filter?.(errorFilter),
+    ) ?? [];
+
+  if (ancestorErrors.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const filteredAncestors = ancestorErrors.filter(
+    (e): e is UNSTABLE_EntityStatusItem => Boolean(e),
+  );
+
+  return filteredAncestors.map(({ error: ancestorError }, index) => (
+    <Box key={index} mb={1}>
+      <ResponseErrorPanel error={ancestorError!} />
+    </Box>
+  ));
 };
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntitySwitch/EntitySwitch.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntitySwitch/EntitySwitch.tsx
index 42898da018..fd6f7227cc 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntitySwitch/EntitySwitch.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntitySwitch/EntitySwitch.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const EntitySwitchCase = (_: {
 attachComponentData(EntitySwitchCase, ENTITY_SWITCH_KEY, true);
 
 type SwitchCase = {
-  if?: (entity: Entity) => boolean;
+  if?: (entity: Entity) => boolean | Promise<boolean>;
   children: JSX.Element;
 };