diff --git a/build_tools/github/trigger_hosting.sh b/build_tools/github/trigger_hosting.sh
index 2a8e28ff164ff..e05b03366d868 100755
--- a/build_tools/github/trigger_hosting.sh
+++ b/build_tools/github/trigger_hosting.sh
@@ -31,10 +31,32 @@ else
      BRANCH=$HEAD_BRANCH
 fi
 
-curl --request POST \
+# Circle CI REST API returns HTTP responses with 20x status code even when the POST requests fail.
+# Hence we add some handling so that errors are reported on GitHub.
+# For details see: https://circleci.com/docs/api/v2/index.html#operation/triggerPipeline
+CIRCLE_CI_RESPONSE=$(curl --request POST \
      --url https://circleci.com/api/v2/project/gh/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/pipeline \
      --header "Circle-Token: $CIRCLE_CI_TOKEN" \
      --header "content-type: application/json" \
      --header "x-attribution-actor-id: github_actions" \
      --header "x-attribution-login: github_actions" \
-     --data \{\"branch\":\"$BRANCH\",\"parameters\":\{\"GITHUB_RUN_URL\":\"$GITHUB_RUN_URL\"\}\}
+     --data \{\"branch\":\"$BRANCH\",\"parameters\":\{\"GITHUB_RUN_URL\":\"$GITHUB_RUN_URL\"\}\})
+
+
+CIRCLE_CI_RESPONSE_MESSAGE=$(echo $CIRCLE_CI_RESPONSE | jq ".message")
+
+if [[ "$CIRCLE_CI_RESPONSE_MESSAGE" == "null" ]]; then
+  exit 0  # No message means there was no error.
+fi
+
+if [[ "$CIRCLE_CI_RESPONSE_MESSAGE" =~ .*"Not Found".* ]]; then
+  echo "The endpoint has not been found on Circle CI REST API. Please check the request correctness."
+fi
+
+if [[ "$CIRCLE_CI_RESPONSE_MESSAGE" =~ .*"Permission denied".* ]]; then
+  echo "Circle CI is blocking the start of the pipeline."
+  echo "Please check for correct registration of tokens on Circle CI on: https://app.circleci.com/settings/user/tokens"
+  echo "See: https://support.circleci.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050351292-How-to-Trigger-a-Workflow-via-CircleCI-API-v2"
+fi
+
+exit 1