diff --git a/internal/worker/analysis.go b/internal/worker/analysis.go
index eb52215..8fd820b 100644
--- a/internal/worker/analysis.go
+++ b/internal/worker/analysis.go
@@ -201,11 +201,18 @@
 		return addSource(ctx, row.Diagnostics, 1)
 	})
 	if err != nil {
+		// The errors are classified as to explicitly make a distinction
+		// between misc errors for modules and non-modules. The intended
+		// audience for analysis pipeline will directly look at errors.
+		// Without this distinction, experiments where there are a lot of
+		// misc errors might sway users into thinking that something is
+		// wrong with their analysis, while in fact it can be the case
+		// that synthetic (non-modules) are just outdated.
 		switch {
 		case isNoModulesSpecified(err):
 			// We try to turn every non-module project into a module, so this
 			// branch should never be reached. We keep this for sanity and to
-			// catch any errors during the conversion.
+			// catch any regressions.
 			err = fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", err, derrors.LoadPackagesNoGoModError)
 		case isNoRequiredModule(err):
 			err = fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", err, derrors.LoadPackagesNoRequiredModuleError)
@@ -219,6 +226,8 @@
 			err = fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", err, derrors.LoadVendorError)
 		case isProxyCacheMiss(err):
 			err = fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", err, derrors.ProxyError)
+		case isBuildIssue(err):
+			err = fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", err, derrors.LoadPackagesError)
 		case !hasGoMod:
 			// Classify misc errors on synthetic modules separately.
 			err = fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", err, derrors.ScanSyntheticModuleError)
diff --git a/internal/worker/govulncheck_scan.go b/internal/worker/govulncheck_scan.go
index d5f5da6..206b2f6 100644
--- a/internal/worker/govulncheck_scan.go
+++ b/internal/worker/govulncheck_scan.go
@@ -320,10 +320,7 @@
 	row.ScanMemory = int64(stats.ScanMemory)
 	if err != nil {
 		switch {
-		case isMissingGoMod(err) || isNoModulesSpecified(err):
-			// Covers the missing go.mod file cases when running govulncheck in the sandbox
-			err = fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", err, derrors.LoadPackagesNoGoModError)
-		case isLoadError(err):
+		case isGovulncheckLoadError(err) || isBuildIssue(err):
 			err = fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", err, derrors.LoadPackagesError)
 		case isNoRequiredModule(err):
 			// Should be subsumed by LoadPackagesError, kept for sanity
@@ -341,6 +338,10 @@
 			// Should be subsumed by LoadPackagesError, kept for sanity.
 			// and to catch unexpected changes in govulncheck output.
 			err = fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", err, derrors.LoadVendorError)
+		case isMissingGoMod(err) || isNoModulesSpecified(err):
+			// Should be subsumed by LoadPackagesError, kept for sanity
+			// and to catch unexpected changes in govulncheck output.
+			err = fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", err, derrors.LoadPackagesNoGoModError)
 		case isTooManyFiles(err):
 			err = fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", err, derrors.ScanModuleTooManyOpenFiles)
 		case isProxyCacheMiss(err):
@@ -558,7 +559,7 @@
 	return findings, nil
 }
 
-func isLoadError(err error) bool {
+func isGovulncheckLoadError(err error) bool {
 	return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "govulncheck: loading packages:") ||
 		strings.Contains(err.Error(), "FindAndBuildBinaries")
 }
diff --git a/internal/worker/scan.go b/internal/worker/scan.go
index 1d41b05..65e2f12 100644
--- a/internal/worker/scan.go
+++ b/internal/worker/scan.go
@@ -353,3 +353,16 @@
 	errStr := err.Error()
 	return strings.Contains(errStr, "server response") && strings.Contains(errStr, "temporarily unavailable")
 }
+
+// isBuildIssue recognizes general load issues that might not
+// be directly captured by govulncheck or analysis binaries.
+// These errors happen sometimes when go mod download fails
+// but are effectively a build issue from user perspective.
+// They often occur for synthetic projects, but module projects
+// might have them as well.
+func isBuildIssue(err error) bool {
+	errStr := err.Error()
+	return strings.Contains(errStr, "does not contain package") ||
+		strings.Contains(errStr, "but was required") ||
+		strings.Contains(errStr, "relative import paths are not supported in module mode")
+}