diff --git a/src/runtime/error.rs b/src/runtime/error.rs
index c156a4ac99d9a11ae70d463086107a12beb90b89..c226b4368b276d20e7fa161f8300b96a7db46a35 100644
--- a/src/runtime/error.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/error.rs
@@ -24,13 +24,17 @@ pub enum AddComponentError {
 }
 ////////////////////////
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum UnrecoverableSyncError {
+    PollFailed,
+    BrokenEndpoint(usize),
+    MalformedStateError(MalformedStateError),
+}
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum SyncError {
     NotConnected,
     InconsistentProtoComponent(ProtoComponentId),
     RoundFailure,
-    PollFailed,
-    BrokenEndpoint(usize),
-    MalformedStateError(MalformedStateError),
+    Unrecoverable(UnrecoverableSyncError),
 }
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum MalformedStateError {
@@ -65,3 +69,9 @@ pub enum NextBatchError {
 pub enum NewNetPortError {
     AlreadyConnected,
 }
+/////////////////////
+impl From<UnrecoverableSyncError> for SyncError {
+    fn from(e: UnrecoverableSyncError) -> Self {
+        Self::Unrecoverable(e)
+    }
+}