diff --git a/pkg/agent/dummy_data_gatherer.go b/pkg/agent/dummy_data_gatherer.go
index 46741edc..73ef6a16 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/dummy_data_gatherer.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/dummy_data_gatherer.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (g *dummyDataGatherer) Delete() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *dummyDataGatherer) Fetch() (interface{}, error) {
+func (c *dummyDataGatherer) Fetch() (interface{}, int, error) {
 	var err error
 	if c.attemptNumber < c.FailedAttempts {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("First %d attempts will fail", c.FailedAttempts)
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ func (c *dummyDataGatherer) Fetch() (interface{}, error) {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("This data gatherer will always fail")
 	}
 	c.attemptNumber++
-	return nil, err
+	return nil, -1, err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/agent/run.go b/pkg/agent/run.go
index 5e5d8383..7bcea229 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/run.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/run.go
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ func gatherAndOutputData(config Config, preflightClient client.Client, dataGathe
 			log.Printf("retrying in %v after error: %s", t, err)
 		})
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("%v", err)
+			log.Fatalf("Exiting due to fatal error uploading: %v", err)
 		}
 
 	}
@@ -362,14 +362,18 @@ func gatherData(config Config, dataGatherers map[string]datagatherer.DataGathere
 
 	var dgError *multierror.Error
 	for k, dg := range dataGatherers {
-		dgData, err := dg.Fetch()
+		dgData, count, err := dg.Fetch()
 		if err != nil {
 			dgError = multierror.Append(dgError, fmt.Errorf("error in datagatherer %s: %w", k, err))
 
 			continue
 		}
 
-		log.Printf("successfully gathered data from %q datagatherer", k)
+		if count >= 0 {
+			log.Printf("successfully gathered %d items from %q datagatherer", count, k)
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("successfully gathered data from %q datagatherer", k)
+		}
 		readings = append(readings, &api.DataReading{
 			ClusterID:     config.ClusterID,
 			DataGatherer:  k,
@@ -401,7 +405,6 @@ func gatherData(config Config, dataGatherers map[string]datagatherer.DataGathere
 func postData(config Config, preflightClient client.Client, readings []*api.DataReading) error {
 	baseURL := config.Server
 
-	log.Println("Running Agent...")
 	log.Println("Posting data to:", baseURL)
 
 	if VenafiCloudMode {
@@ -447,7 +450,7 @@ func postData(config Config, preflightClient client.Client, readings []*api.Data
 			}
 			defer res.Body.Close()
 
-			return fmt.Errorf("received response with status code %d. Body: %s", code, errorContent)
+			return fmt.Errorf("received response with status code %d. Body: [%s]", code, errorContent)
 		}
 		log.Println("Data sent successfully.")
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/client/client_api_token.go b/pkg/client/client_api_token.go
index cade4842..8670d52d 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client_api_token.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client_api_token.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (c *APITokenClient) PostDataReadings(orgID, clusterID string, readings []*a
 			errorContent = string(body)
 		}
 
-		return fmt.Errorf("received response with status code %d. Body: %s", code, errorContent)
+		return fmt.Errorf("received response with status code %d. Body: [%s]", code, errorContent)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/client/client_oauth.go b/pkg/client/client_oauth.go
index c7c83381..b5238e3b 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client_oauth.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client_oauth.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (c *OAuthClient) PostDataReadings(orgID, clusterID string, readings []*api.
 			errorContent = string(body)
 		}
 
-		return fmt.Errorf("received response with status code %d. Body: %s", code, errorContent)
+		return fmt.Errorf("received response with status code %d. Body: [%s]", code, errorContent)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/client/client_unauthenticated.go b/pkg/client/client_unauthenticated.go
index e05ebfc6..4a8133e7 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client_unauthenticated.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client_unauthenticated.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (c *UnauthenticatedClient) PostDataReadings(orgID, clusterID string, readin
 			errorContent = string(body)
 		}
 
-		return fmt.Errorf("received response with status code %d. Body: %s", code, errorContent)
+		return fmt.Errorf("received response with status code %d. Body: [%s]", code, errorContent)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/client/client_venafi_cloud.go b/pkg/client/client_venafi_cloud.go
index e81b6fe7..d0068141 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client_venafi_cloud.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client_venafi_cloud.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (c *VenafiCloudClient) PostDataReadingsWithOptions(readings []*api.DataRead
 		if err == nil {
 			errorContent = string(body)
 		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("received response with status code %d. Body: %s", code, errorContent)
+		return fmt.Errorf("received response with status code %d. Body: [%s]", code, errorContent)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func (c *VenafiCloudClient) PostDataReadings(_ string, _ string, readings []*api
 		if err == nil {
 			errorContent = string(body)
 		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("received response with status code %d. Body: %s", code, errorContent)
+		return fmt.Errorf("received response with status code %d. Body: [%s]", code, errorContent)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ func (c *VenafiCloudClient) sendHTTPRequest(request *http.Request, responseObjec
 
 	if response.StatusCode != http.StatusOK && response.StatusCode != http.StatusCreated {
 		body, _ := io.ReadAll(response.Body)
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to execute http request to VaaS. Request %s, status code: %d, body: %s", request.URL, response.StatusCode, body)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to execute http request to Venafi Control Plane. Request %s, status code: %d, body: [%s]", request.URL, response.StatusCode, body)
 	}
 
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body)
diff --git a/pkg/datagatherer/datagatherer.go b/pkg/datagatherer/datagatherer.go
index 7b37abef..ec5b8b67 100644
--- a/pkg/datagatherer/datagatherer.go
+++ b/pkg/datagatherer/datagatherer.go
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ type Config interface {
 // DataGatherer is the interface for Data Gatherers. Data Gatherers are in charge of fetching data from a certain cloud provider API or Kubernetes component.
 type DataGatherer interface {
 	// Fetch retrieves data.
-	Fetch() (interface{}, error)
+	// count is the number of items that were discovered. A negative count means the number
+	// of items was indeterminate.
+	Fetch() (data interface{}, count int, err error)
 	// Run starts the data gatherer's informers for resource collection.
 	// Returns error if the data gatherer informer wasn't initialized
 	Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) error
diff --git a/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/client.go b/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/client.go
index d8513205..f7c75824 100644
--- a/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/client.go
+++ b/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/client.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func NewDiscoveryClient(kubeconfigPath string) (discovery.DiscoveryClient, error
 
 	cfg, err := loadRESTConfig(kubeconfigPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return *discoveryClient, errors.WithStack(err)
+		return discovery.DiscoveryClient{}, errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 
 	discoveryClient, err = discovery.NewDiscoveryClientForConfig(cfg)
diff --git a/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/discovery.go b/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/discovery.go
index 6b7ecef6..0a6dfe45 100644
--- a/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/discovery.go
+++ b/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/discovery.go
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ func (g *DataGathererDiscovery) Delete() error {
 }
 
 // Fetch will fetch discovery data from the apiserver, or return an error
-func (g *DataGathererDiscovery) Fetch() (interface{}, error) {
+func (g *DataGathererDiscovery) Fetch() (interface{}, int, error) {
 	data, err := g.cl.ServerVersion()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get server version: %v", err)
+		return nil, -1, fmt.Errorf("failed to get server version: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	response := map[string]interface{}{
@@ -73,5 +73,5 @@ func (g *DataGathererDiscovery) Fetch() (interface{}, error) {
 		"server_version": data,
 	}
 
-	return response, nil
+	return response, len(response), nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/dynamic.go b/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/dynamic.go
index ef29f2bb..c9007017 100644
--- a/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/dynamic.go
+++ b/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/dynamic.go
@@ -251,8 +251,6 @@ type DataGathererDynamic struct {
 	informer              k8scache.SharedIndexInformer
 	dynamicSharedInformer dynamicinformer.DynamicSharedInformerFactory
 	nativeSharedInformer  informers.SharedInformerFactory
-	informerCtx           context.Context
-	informerCancel        context.CancelFunc
 
 	// isInitialized is set to true when data is first collected, prior to
 	// this the fetch method will return an error
@@ -266,12 +264,6 @@ func (g *DataGathererDynamic) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("informer was not initialized, impossible to start")
 	}
 
-	// starting a new ctx for the informer
-	// WithCancel copies the parent ctx and creates a new done() channel
-	informerCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(g.ctx)
-	g.informerCtx = informerCtx
-	g.informerCancel = cancel
-
 	// attach WatchErrorHandler, it needs to be set before starting an informer
 	err := g.informer.SetWatchErrorHandler(func(r *k8scache.Reflector, err error) {
 		if strings.Contains(fmt.Sprintf("%s", err), "the server could not find the requested resource") {
@@ -279,8 +271,6 @@ func (g *DataGathererDynamic) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) error {
 		} else {
 			log.Printf("datagatherer informer for %q has failed and is backing off due to error: %s", g.groupVersionResource, err)
 		}
-		// cancel the informer ctx to stop the informer in case of error
-		cancel()
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to SetWatchErrorHandler on informer: %s", err)
@@ -302,7 +292,7 @@ func (g *DataGathererDynamic) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) error {
 // before collecting the resources.
 func (g *DataGathererDynamic) WaitForCacheSync(stopCh <-chan struct{}) error {
 	if !k8scache.WaitForCacheSync(stopCh, g.informer.HasSynced) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("timed out waiting for caches to sync, using parent stop channel")
+		return fmt.Errorf("timed out waiting for Kubernetes caches to sync")
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -312,15 +302,14 @@ func (g *DataGathererDynamic) WaitForCacheSync(stopCh <-chan struct{}) error {
 // informer
 func (g *DataGathererDynamic) Delete() error {
 	g.cache.Flush()
-	g.informerCancel()
 	return nil
 }
 
 // Fetch will fetch the requested data from the apiserver, or return an error
 // if fetching the data fails.
-func (g *DataGathererDynamic) Fetch() (interface{}, error) {
+func (g *DataGathererDynamic) Fetch() (interface{}, int, error) {
 	if g.groupVersionResource.String() == "" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("resource type must be specified")
+		return nil, -1, fmt.Errorf("resource type must be specified")
 	}
 
 	var list = map[string]interface{}{}
@@ -344,19 +333,19 @@ func (g *DataGathererDynamic) Fetch() (interface{}, error) {
 			}
 			continue
 		}
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse cached resource")
+		return nil, -1, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse cached resource")
 	}
 
 	// Redact Secret data
 	err := redactList(items)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
+		return nil, -1, errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 
 	// add gathered resources to items
 	list["items"] = items
 
-	return list, nil
+	return list, len(items), nil
 }
 
 func redactList(list []*api.GatheredResource) error {
diff --git a/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/dynamic_test.go b/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/dynamic_test.go
index d4b01005..150304ff 100644
--- a/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/dynamic_test.go
+++ b/pkg/datagatherer/k8s/dynamic_test.go
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ func TestDynamicGatherer_Fetch(t *testing.T) {
 			if waitTimeout(&wg, 30*time.Second) {
 				t.Fatalf("unexpected timeout")
 			}
-			res, err := dynamiDg.Fetch()
+			res, count, err := dynamiDg.Fetch()
 			if err != nil && !tc.err {
 				t.Errorf("expected no error but got: %v", err)
 			}
@@ -662,6 +662,10 @@ func TestDynamicGatherer_Fetch(t *testing.T) {
 					gotJSON, _ := json.MarshalIndent(list, "", "  ")
 					t.Fatalf("unexpected JSON: \ngot \n%s\nwant\n%s", string(gotJSON), expectedJSON)
 				}
+
+				if len(list) != count {
+					t.Errorf("wrong count of resources reported: got %d, want %d", count, len(list))
+				}
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -922,7 +926,7 @@ func TestDynamicGathererNativeResources_Fetch(t *testing.T) {
 			if waitTimeout(&wg, 5*time.Second) {
 				t.Fatalf("unexpected timeout")
 			}
-			res, err := dynamiDg.Fetch()
+			res, count, err := dynamiDg.Fetch()
 			if err != nil && !tc.err {
 				t.Errorf("expected no error but got: %v", err)
 			}
@@ -951,6 +955,10 @@ func TestDynamicGathererNativeResources_Fetch(t *testing.T) {
 					gotJSON, _ := json.MarshalIndent(list, "", "  ")
 					t.Fatalf("unexpected JSON: \ngot \n%s\nwant\n%s", string(gotJSON), expectedJSON)
 				}
+
+				if len(list) != count {
+					t.Errorf("wrong count of resources reported: got %d, want %d", count, len(list))
+				}
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/datagatherer/local/local.go b/pkg/datagatherer/local/local.go
index 1e2512fe..248fcb46 100644
--- a/pkg/datagatherer/local/local.go
+++ b/pkg/datagatherer/local/local.go
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ func (g *DataGatherer) WaitForCacheSync(stopCh <-chan struct{}) error {
 }
 
 // Fetch loads and returns the data from the LocalDatagatherer's dataPath
-func (g *DataGatherer) Fetch() (interface{}, error) {
+func (g *DataGatherer) Fetch() (interface{}, int, error) {
 	dataBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(g.dataPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, -1, err
 	}
-	return dataBytes, nil
+	return dataBytes, -1, nil
 }