diff --git a/azurelinuxagent/ga/monitor.py b/azurelinuxagent/ga/monitor.py
index c1215806..d6b66921 100644
--- a/azurelinuxagent/ga/monitor.py
+++ b/azurelinuxagent/ga/monitor.py
@@ -406,7 +406,11 @@ class MonitorHandler(object):
             CGroupsTelemetry.track_cgroup(CGroups.for_extension(""))
             CGroupsTelemetry.track_agent()
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error("monitor: Exception tracking wrapper and agent: {0} [{1}]", e, traceback.format_exc())
+            # when a hierarchy is not mounted, we raise an exception
+            # and we should therefore only issue a warning, since this
+            # is not unexpected
+            logger.warn("Monitor: cgroups not initialized: {0}", ustr(e))
+            logger.verbose(traceback.format_exc())
 
     def send_cgroup_telemetry(self):
         if self.last_cgroup_telemetry is None:
@@ -419,13 +423,15 @@ class MonitorHandler(object):
                         if value > 0:
                             report_metric(metric_group, metric_name, cgroup_name, value)
             except Exception as e:
-                logger.warn("Failed to collect performance metrics: {0} [{1}]", e, traceback.format_exc())
+                logger.warn("Monitor: failed to collect cgroups performance metrics: {0}", ustr(e))
+                logger.verbose(traceback.format_exc())
 
             # Look for extension cgroups we're not already tracking and track them
             try:
                 CGroupsTelemetry.update_tracked(self.protocol.client.get_current_handlers())
             except Exception as e:
-                logger.warn("Monitor: updating tracked extensions raised {0}: {1}", e, traceback.format_exc())
+                logger.warn("Monitor: failed to update cgroups tracked extensions: {0}", ustr(e))
+                logger.verbose(traceback.format_exc())
 
             self.last_cgroup_telemetry = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
 
diff --git a/azurelinuxagent/pa/provision/cloudinit.py b/azurelinuxagent/pa/provision/cloudinit.py
index 9609d7da..3f3cdb04 100644
--- a/azurelinuxagent/pa/provision/cloudinit.py
+++ b/azurelinuxagent/pa/provision/cloudinit.py
@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ class CloudInitProvisionHandler(ProvisionHandler):
                 duration=elapsed_milliseconds(utc_start))
 
         except ProvisionError as e:
-            logger.error("Provisioning failed: {0}", ustr(e))
+            msg = "Provisioning with cloud-init failed: {0} ({1}s)".format(ustr(e), self._get_uptime_seconds())
+            logger.error(msg)
             self.report_not_ready("ProvisioningFailed", ustr(e))
-            self.report_event(ustr(e))
+            self.report_event(msg)
             return
 
     def wait_for_ovfenv(self, max_retry=1800, sleep_time=1):
diff --git a/azurelinuxagent/pa/provision/default.py b/azurelinuxagent/pa/provision/default.py
index a6e50824..0eb0823c 100644
--- a/azurelinuxagent/pa/provision/default.py
+++ b/azurelinuxagent/pa/provision/default.py
@@ -98,9 +98,10 @@ class ProvisionHandler(object):
             logger.info("Provisioning complete")
 
         except (ProtocolError, ProvisionError) as e:
+            msg = "Provisioning failed: {0} ({1}s)".format(ustr(e), self._get_uptime_seconds())
+            logger.error(msg)
             self.report_not_ready("ProvisioningFailed", ustr(e))
-            self.report_event(ustr(e), is_success=False)
-            logger.error("Provisioning failed: {0}", ustr(e))
+            self.report_event(msg, is_success=False)
             return
 
     @staticmethod

CGroups error in Ubuntu 14.04
```
2018/07/31 11:41:06.400633 ERROR ExtHandler monitor: Exception tracking wrapper and agent: 'Hierarchy memory is not mounted' [Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bin/WALinuxAgent-2.2.30-py2.7.egg/azurelinuxagent/ga/monitor.py", line 397, in init_cgroups
    CGroupsTelemetry.track_cgroup(CGroups.for_extension(""))
  File "bin/WALinuxAgent-2.2.30-py2.7.egg/azurelinuxagent/common/cgroups.py", line 360, in for_extension
    return CGroups(name, CGroups._construct_custom_path_for_hierarchy)
  File "bin/WALinuxAgent-2.2.30-py2.7.egg/azurelinuxagent/common/cgroups.py", line 401, in __init__
    raise CGroupsException("Hierarchy {0} is not mounted".format(hierarchy))
azurelinuxagent.common.cgroups.CGroupsException: 'Hierarchy memory is not mounted'
]
```
diff --git a/tests/pa/test_provision.py b/tests/pa/test_provision.py
index 0335bc9c..27f75266 100644
--- a/tests/pa/test_provision.py
+++ b/tests/pa/test_provision.py
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ class TestProvision(AgentTestCase):
         fileutil.write_file(ovfenv_file, ovfenv_data)
 
         ph.run()
-        ph.report_event.assert_called_once_with(
-            '[ProvisionError] --unit-test--', is_success=False)
+        positional_args, kw_args = ph.report_event.call_args_list[0]
+        self.assertTrue(re.match(r'Provisioning failed: \[ProvisionError\] --unit-test-- \(\d+\.\d+s\)', positional_args[0]) is not None)
 
     @patch('azurelinuxagent.pa.provision.default.ProvisionHandler.write_agent_disabled')
     @distros()

pip install -e .
parse_log_pytest
pytest
nose pytest
apt-get update apt-get install -y gcc
3.4
pytest --no-header -rA --tb=line --color=no -p no:cacheprovider -W ignore::DeprecationWarning
attrs @ file:///opt/conda/conda-bld/attrs_1642510447205/work
certifi==2021.5.30
importlib-metadata @ file:///tmp/build/80754af9/importlib-metadata_1631916693255/work
iniconfig @ file:///home/linux1/recipes/ci/iniconfig_1610983019677/work
more-itertools @ file:///tmp/build/80754af9/more-itertools_1637733554872/work
nose==1.3.7
packaging @ file:///tmp/build/80754af9/packaging_1637314298585/work
pluggy @ file:///tmp/build/80754af9/pluggy_1615976315926/work
py @ file:///opt/conda/conda-bld/py_1644396412707/work
pyparsing @ file:///tmp/build/80754af9/pyparsing_1635766073266/work
pytest==6.2.4
toml @ file:///tmp/build/80754af9/toml_1616166611790/work
typing_extensions @ file:///opt/conda/conda-bld/typing_extensions_1647553014482/work
-e git+https://github.com/Azure/WALinuxAgent.git@ae2aec6fc31a4742c139d93cfc5e571e7afc741b#egg=WALinuxAgent
zipp @ file:///tmp/build/80754af9/zipp_1633618647012/work

name: WALinuxAgent
channels:
  - defaults
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
  - conda-forge
dependencies:
  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1=main
  - _openmp_mutex=5.1=1_gnu
  - attrs=21.4.0=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - ca-certificates=2025.2.25=h06a4308_0
  - certifi=2021.5.30=py36h06a4308_0
  - importlib-metadata=4.8.1=py36h06a4308_0
  - importlib_metadata=4.8.1=hd3eb1b0_0
  - iniconfig=1.1.1=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.40=h12ee557_0
  - libffi=3.3=he6710b0_2
  - libgcc-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libgomp=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - more-itertools=8.12.0=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - ncurses=6.4=h6a678d5_0
  - openssl=1.1.1w=h7f8727e_0
  - packaging=21.3=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - pip=21.2.2=py36h06a4308_0
  - pluggy=0.13.1=py36h06a4308_0
  - py=1.11.0=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - pyparsing=3.0.4=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - pytest=6.2.4=py36h06a4308_2
  - python=3.6.13=h12debd9_1
  - readline=8.2=h5eee18b_0
  - setuptools=58.0.4=py36h06a4308_0
  - sqlite=3.45.3=h5eee18b_0
  - tk=8.6.14=h39e8969_0
  - toml=0.10.2=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - typing_extensions=4.1.1=pyh06a4308_0
  - wheel=0.37.1=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - xz=5.6.4=h5eee18b_1
  - zipp=3.6.0=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - zlib=1.2.13=h5eee18b_1
  - pip:
      - nose==1.3.7
prefix: /opt/conda/envs/WALinuxAgent

tests/pa/test_provision.py::TestProvision::test_provision_telemetry_fail
tests/pa/test_provision.py::TestProvision::test_customdata tests/pa/test_provision.py::TestProvision::test_handle_provision_guest_agent tests/pa/test_provision.py::TestProvision::test_is_provisioned_is_provisioned tests/pa/test_provision.py::TestProvision::test_is_provisioned_not_deprovisioned tests/pa/test_provision.py::TestProvision::test_is_provisioned_not_provisioned tests/pa/test_provision.py::TestProvision::test_provision tests/pa/test_provision.py::TestProvision::test_provision_telemetry_pga_bad tests/pa/test_provision.py::TestProvision::test_provision_telemetry_pga_empty tests/pa/test_provision.py::TestProvision::test_provision_telemetry_pga_false tests/pa/test_provision.py::TestProvision::test_provision_telemetry_pga_true tests/pa/test_provision.py::TestProvision::test_provisioning_is_skipped_when_not_enabled
azurelinuxagent/pa/provision/default.py azurelinuxagent/ga/monitor.py azurelinuxagent/pa/provision/cloudinit.py
azurelinuxagent/pa/provision/default.py azurelinuxagent/ga/monitor.py azurelinuxagent/pa/provision/cloudinit.py