diff --git a/lightning/restore/restore.go b/lightning/restore/restore.go
index 146a824fd0d5d..9133f17713ee2 100644
--- a/lightning/restore/restore.go
+++ b/lightning/restore/restore.go
@@ -58,6 +58,34 @@ type saveCp struct {
 	merger    TableCheckpointMerger
 }
 
+type errorSummary struct {
+	status CheckpointStatus
+	err    error
+}
+type errorSummaries struct {
+	sync.Mutex
+	summary map[string]errorSummary
+}
+
+func (es *errorSummaries) emitLog() {
+	es.Lock()
+	defer es.Unlock()
+	if errorCount := len(es.summary); errorCount > 0 {
+		var msg strings.Builder
+		fmt.Fprintf(&msg, "Totally **%d** tables failed to be imported.\n", errorCount)
+		for tableName, errorSummary := range es.summary {
+			fmt.Fprintf(&msg, "- [%s] [%s] %s\n", tableName, errorSummary.status.MetricName(), errorSummary.err.Error())
+		}
+		common.AppLogger.Error(msg.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func (es *errorSummaries) record(tableName string, err error, status CheckpointStatus) {
+	es.Lock()
+	defer es.Unlock()
+	es.summary[tableName] = errorSummary{status: status, err: err}
+}
+
 type RestoreController struct {
 	cfg             *config.Config
 	dbMetas         map[string]*mydump.MDDatabaseMeta
@@ -67,6 +95,8 @@ type RestoreController struct {
 	importer        *kv.Importer
 	postProcessLock sync.Mutex // a simple way to ensure post-processing is not concurrent without using complicated goroutines
 
+	errorSummaries errorSummaries
+
 	checkpointsDB CheckpointsDB
 	saveCpCh      chan saveCp
 	checkpointsWg sync.WaitGroup
@@ -90,6 +120,10 @@ func NewRestoreController(ctx context.Context, dbMetas map[string]*mydump.MDData
 		regionWorkers: NewRestoreWorkerPool(ctx, cfg.App.RegionConcurrency, "region"),
 		importer:      importer,
 
+		errorSummaries: errorSummaries{
+			summary: make(map[string]errorSummary),
+		},
+
 		checkpointsDB: cpdb,
 		saveCpCh:      make(chan saveCp),
 	}
@@ -155,6 +189,8 @@ outside:
 	common.AppLogger.Infof("Timing statistic :\n%s", statistic)
 	common.AppLogger.Infof("the whole procedure takes %v", time.Since(timer))
 
+	rc.errorSummaries.emitLog()
+
 	return errors.Trace(err)
 }
 
@@ -222,8 +258,8 @@ func (rc *RestoreController) saveStatusCheckpoint(tableName string, err error, s
 	case err == nil:
 		break
 	case !common.IsContextCanceledError(err):
-		common.AppLogger.Warnf("Save checkpoint error for table %s before step %d: %+v", tableName, statusIfSucceed, err)
 		merger.SetInvalid()
+		rc.errorSummaries.record(tableName, err, statusIfSucceed)
 	default:
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/tests/error_summary/config.toml b/tests/error_summary/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1b320a351227f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error_summary/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+[lightning]
+check-requirements = false
+file = "/tmp/lightning_test_result/lightning-error-summary.log"
+level = "info"
+
+[checkpoint]
+enable = false
+
+[tikv-importer]
+addr = "127.0.0.1:8808"
+
+[mydumper]
+data-source-dir = "tests/error_summary/data"
+
+[tidb]
+host = "127.0.0.1"
+port = 4000
+user = "root"
+status-port = 10080
+pd-addr = "127.0.0.1:2379"
+log-level = "error"
+
+[post-restore]
+checksum = true
+compact = false
+analyze = false
diff --git a/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary-schema-create.sql b/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary-schema-create.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3f2f251c05755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary-schema-create.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CREATE DATABASE error_summary;
diff --git a/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.a-schema.sql b/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.a-schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9194930f668c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.a-schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CREATE TABLE a(
+    id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+    k INT NOT NULL
+);
diff --git a/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.a.sql b/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.a.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a2c1003db3991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.a.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+INSERT INTO a (id, k) VALUES (2, 3), (5, 7);
diff --git a/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.b-schema.sql b/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.b-schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..77020697ed871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.b-schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CREATE TABLE b(
+    id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+    k INT NOT NULL
+);
diff --git a/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.b.sql b/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.b.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b79d523eece7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.b.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+INSERT INTO b (id, k) VALUES (11, 13), (17, 19);
diff --git a/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.c-schema.sql b/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.c-schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..31432c7326acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.c-schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CREATE TABLE c(
+    id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+    k INT NOT NULL
+);
diff --git a/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.c.sql b/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.c.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..be11c04ab4cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error_summary/data/error_summary.c.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+INSERT INTO c VALUES (10, 100), (1000, 10000);
diff --git a/tests/error_summary/run.sh b/tests/error_summary/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..61b6716be04ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error_summary/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+# Check that error summary are written at the bottom of import.
+
+# The easiest way to induce error is to prepopulate the target table with conflicting content.
+run_sql 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS error_summary;'
+run_sql 'DROP TABLE IF EXISTS error_summary.a;'
+run_sql 'DROP TABLE IF EXISTS error_summary.c;'
+run_sql 'CREATE TABLE error_summary.a (id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, k INT NOT NULL);'
+run_sql 'CREATE TABLE error_summary.c (id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, k INT NOT NULL);'
+run_sql 'INSERT INTO error_summary.a VALUES (2, 4), (6, 8);'
+run_sql 'INSERT INTO error_summary.c VALUES (3, 9), (27, 81);'
+
+set +e
+run_lightning
+set -e
+
+# Verify that table `b` is indeed imported
+run_sql 'SELECT sum(id), sum(k) FROM error_summary.b'
+check_contains 'sum(id): 28'
+check_contains 'sum(k): 32'
+
+# Verify the log contains the expected messages at the last few lines
+tail -10 "$TEST_DIR/lightning-error-summary.log" > "$TEST_DIR/lightning-error-summary.tail"
+grep -Fq '[error] Totally **2** tables failed to be imported.' "$TEST_DIR/lightning-error-summary.tail"
+grep -Fq '[`error_summary`.`a`] [checksum] checksum mismatched' "$TEST_DIR/lightning-error-summary.tail"
+grep -Fq '[`error_summary`.`c`] [checksum] checksum mismatched' "$TEST_DIR/lightning-error-summary.tail"
+! grep -Fq '[`error_summary`.`b`] [checksum] checksum mismatched' "$TEST_DIR/lightning-error-summary.tail"