diff --git a/zebra/kernel_netlink.c b/zebra/kernel_netlink.c
index e7ef28d0f7e0..e3b2f9cb6656 100644
--- a/zebra/kernel_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/kernel_netlink.c
@@ -1125,8 +1125,25 @@ static int nl_batch_read_resp(struct nl_batch *bth)
 	while (true) {
 		status = netlink_recv_msg(nl, msg, nl_batch_rx_buf,
 					  sizeof(nl_batch_rx_buf));
-		if (status == -1 || status == 0)
+		/*
+		 * status == -1 is a full on failure somewhere
+		 * since we don't know where the problem happened
+		 * we must mark all as failed
+		 *
+		 * Else we mark everything as worked
+		 *
+		 */
+		if (status == -1 || status == 0) {
+			while ((ctx = dplane_ctx_dequeue(&(bth->ctx_list))) !=
+			       NULL) {
+				if (status == -1)
+					dplane_ctx_set_status(
+						ctx,
+						ZEBRA_DPLANE_REQUEST_FAILURE);
+				dplane_ctx_enqueue_tail(bth->ctx_out_q, ctx);
+			}
 			return status;
+		}
 
 		h = (struct nlmsghdr *)nl_batch_rx_buf;
 		ignore_msg = false;
@@ -1138,15 +1155,18 @@ static int nl_batch_read_resp(struct nl_batch *bth)
 		 * requests at same time.
 		 */
 		while (true) {
-			ctx = dplane_ctx_dequeue(&(bth->ctx_list));
-			if (ctx == NULL)
-				break;
-
-			dplane_ctx_enqueue_tail(bth->ctx_out_q, ctx);
-
-			/* We have found corresponding context object. */
-			if (dplane_ctx_get_ns(ctx)->nls.seq == seq)
+			ctx = dplane_ctx_get_head(&(bth->ctx_list));
+			if (ctx == NULL) {
+				/*
+				 * This is a situation where we have gotten
+				 * into a bad spot.  We need to know that
+				 * this happens( does it? )
+				 */
+				zlog_err(
+					"%s:WARNING Received netlink Response for an error and no Contexts to associate with it",
+					__func__);
 				break;
+			}
 
 			/*
 			 * 'update' context objects take two consecutive
@@ -1161,10 +1181,35 @@ static int nl_batch_read_resp(struct nl_batch *bth)
 				ignore_msg = true;
 				break;
 			}
+
+			ctx = dplane_ctx_dequeue(&(bth->ctx_list));
+			dplane_ctx_enqueue_tail(bth->ctx_out_q, ctx);
+
+			/* We have found corresponding context object. */
+			if (dplane_ctx_get_ns(ctx)->nls.seq == seq)
+				break;
+
+			if (dplane_ctx_get_ns(ctx)->nls.seq > seq)
+				zlog_warn(
+					"%s:WARNING Recieved %u is less than any context on the queue ctx->seq %u",
+					__func__, seq,
+					dplane_ctx_get_ns(ctx)->nls.seq);
 		}
 
-		if (ignore_msg)
+		if (ignore_msg) {
+			/*
+			 * If we ignore the message due to an update
+			 * above we should still fricking decode the
+			 * message for our operator to understand
+			 * what is going on
+			 */
+			int err = netlink_parse_error(nl, h, bth->zns->is_cmd,
+						      false);
+
+			zlog_debug("%s: netlink error message seq=%d %d",
+				   __func__, h->nlmsg_seq, err);
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * We received a message with the sequence number that isn't
diff --git a/zebra/zebra_dplane.c b/zebra/zebra_dplane.c
index bf34fb54a927..656ebcf3b7f7 100644
--- a/zebra/zebra_dplane.c
+++ b/zebra/zebra_dplane.c
@@ -833,6 +833,13 @@ void dplane_ctx_list_append(struct dplane_ctx_q *to_list,
 	}
 }
 
+struct zebra_dplane_ctx *dplane_ctx_get_head(struct dplane_ctx_q *q)
+{
+	struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx = TAILQ_FIRST(q);
+
+	return ctx;
+}
+
 /* Dequeue a context block from the head of a list */
 struct zebra_dplane_ctx *dplane_ctx_dequeue(struct dplane_ctx_q *q)
 {
@@ -2296,6 +2303,8 @@ static int dplane_ctx_ns_init(struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx,
 {
 	dplane_info_from_zns(&(ctx->zd_ns_info), zns);
 
+	ctx->zd_is_update = is_update;
+
 #if defined(HAVE_NETLINK)
 	/* Increment message counter after copying to context struct - may need
 	 * two messages in some 'update' cases.
@@ -2514,7 +2523,6 @@ int dplane_ctx_nexthop_init(struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx, enum dplane_op_e op,
 	 * it probably won't require two messages
 	 */
 	dplane_ctx_ns_init(ctx, zns, (op == DPLANE_OP_NH_UPDATE));
-	ctx->zd_is_update = (op == DPLANE_OP_NH_UPDATE);
 
 	ret = AOK;
 
@@ -2537,7 +2545,6 @@ int dplane_ctx_lsp_init(struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx, enum dplane_op_e op,
 	/* Capture namespace info */
 	dplane_ctx_ns_init(ctx, zebra_ns_lookup(NS_DEFAULT),
 			   (op == DPLANE_OP_LSP_UPDATE));
-	ctx->zd_is_update = (op == DPLANE_OP_LSP_UPDATE);
 
 	memset(&ctx->u.lsp, 0, sizeof(ctx->u.lsp));
 
@@ -2813,7 +2820,6 @@ static int dplane_ctx_rule_init(struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx,
 
 	dplane_ctx_ns_init(ctx, zebra_ns_lookup(NS_DEFAULT),
 			   op == DPLANE_OP_RULE_UPDATE);
-	ctx->zd_is_update = (op == DPLANE_OP_RULE_UPDATE);
 
 	ctx->zd_vrf_id = new_rule->vrf_id;
 	strlcpy(ctx->zd_ifname, new_rule->ifname, sizeof(ctx->zd_ifname));
@@ -2859,7 +2865,6 @@ static int dplane_ctx_iptable_init(struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx,
 	ctx->zd_status = ZEBRA_DPLANE_REQUEST_SUCCESS;
 
 	dplane_ctx_ns_init(ctx, zebra_ns_lookup(NS_DEFAULT), false);
-	ctx->zd_is_update = false;
 
 	ctx->zd_vrf_id = iptable->vrf_id;
 	memcpy(&ctx->u.iptable, iptable, sizeof(struct zebra_pbr_iptable));
@@ -2899,7 +2904,6 @@ static int dplane_ctx_ipset_init(struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx,
 	ctx->zd_status = ZEBRA_DPLANE_REQUEST_SUCCESS;
 
 	dplane_ctx_ns_init(ctx, zebra_ns_lookup(NS_DEFAULT), false);
-	ctx->zd_is_update = false;
 
 	ctx->zd_vrf_id = ipset->vrf_id;
 
@@ -2934,7 +2938,6 @@ dplane_ctx_ipset_entry_init(struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx, enum dplane_op_e op,
 	ctx->zd_status = ZEBRA_DPLANE_REQUEST_SUCCESS;
 
 	dplane_ctx_ns_init(ctx, zebra_ns_lookup(NS_DEFAULT), false);
-	ctx->zd_is_update = false;
 
 	ctx->zd_vrf_id = ipset->vrf_id;
 
@@ -3015,7 +3018,6 @@ dplane_route_update_internal(struct route_node *rn,
 		 */
 		if ((op == DPLANE_OP_ROUTE_UPDATE) &&
 		    old_re && (old_re != re)) {
-			ctx->zd_is_update = true;
 
 			old_re->dplane_sequence =
 				zebra_router_get_next_sequence();
diff --git a/zebra/zebra_dplane.h b/zebra/zebra_dplane.h
index 977f00bd2ad3..1d55181388e0 100644
--- a/zebra/zebra_dplane.h
+++ b/zebra/zebra_dplane.h
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ void dplane_ctx_list_append(struct dplane_ctx_q *to_list,
 
 /* Dequeue a context block from the head of caller's tailq */
 struct zebra_dplane_ctx *dplane_ctx_dequeue(struct dplane_ctx_q *q);
+struct zebra_dplane_ctx *dplane_ctx_get_head(struct dplane_ctx_q *q);
 
 /*
  * Accessors for information from the context object