diff --git a/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeInspector.java b/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeInspector.java
index c5386d00..7ab14335 100644
--- a/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeInspector.java
+++ b/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeInspector.java
@@ -26,19 +26,15 @@ public static DependencyTreeInspector configure() {
     private MavenArtifactResolver resolver;
     private boolean resolveDependencies;
     private DependencyTreeBuilder treeBuilder;
-    private DependencyTreeVisitor<?> treeVisitor;
+    private DependencyTreeVisitor<?> visitor;
     private boolean parallelProcessing;
     private MessageWriter log;
     private List<DependencyTreeRequest> roots = new ArrayList<>();
+    private String progressTrackerPrefix;
 
     private DependencyTreeInspector() {
     }
 
-    public DependencyTreeInspector setTreeBuilder(DependencyTreeBuilder treeBuilder) {
-        this.treeBuilder = treeBuilder;
-        return this;
-    }
-
     public DependencyTreeInspector setArtifactResolver(MavenArtifactResolver resolver) {
         this.resolver = resolver;
         return this;
@@ -49,8 +45,13 @@ public DependencyTreeInspector setResolveDependencies(boolean resolveDependencie
         return this;
     }
 
+    public DependencyTreeInspector setTreeBuilder(DependencyTreeBuilder treeBuilder) {
+        this.treeBuilder = treeBuilder;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public DependencyTreeInspector setTreeVisitor(DependencyTreeVisitor<?> treeVisitor) {
-        this.treeVisitor = treeVisitor;
+        this.visitor = treeVisitor;
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -95,6 +96,11 @@ public DependencyTreeInspector inspect(DependencyTreeRequest request) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public DependencyTreeInspector setProgressTrackerPrefix(String progressTrackerPrefix) {
+        this.progressTrackerPrefix = progressTrackerPrefix;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public void complete() {
 
         if (resolver == null) {
@@ -131,8 +137,8 @@ public void complete() {
             log = MessageWriter.info();
         }
 
-        if (treeVisitor == null) {
-            treeVisitor = new DependencyTreeVisitor<>() {
+        if (visitor == null) {
+            visitor = new DependencyTreeVisitor<>() {
                 @Override
                 public void visit(DependencyTreeVisit<Object> ctx) {
                 }
@@ -148,15 +154,19 @@ public void handleResolutionFailures(Collection<DependencyTreeError> requests) {
         }
 
         var scheduler = parallelProcessing
-                ? DependencyTreeVisitScheduler.parallel(treeBuilder, treeVisitor, log, roots.size())
-                : DependencyTreeVisitScheduler.sequential(treeBuilder, treeVisitor, log, roots.size());
+                ? new ParallelTreeVisitScheduler<>(
+                        new DependencyTreeVisitContext<>(visitor, log),
+                        roots.size(), treeBuilder, progressTrackerPrefix)
+                : new SequentialTreeVisitScheduler<>(
+                        new DependencyTreeVisitContext<>(visitor, log),
+                        roots.size(), treeBuilder, progressTrackerPrefix);
 
         for (var r : roots) {
             scheduler.process(r);
         }
         scheduler.waitForCompletion();
         if (!scheduler.getResolutionFailures().isEmpty()) {
-            treeVisitor.handleResolutionFailures(scheduler.getResolutionFailures());
+            visitor.handleResolutionFailures(scheduler.getResolutionFailures());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeRequest.java b/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeRequest.java
index cfb0ab3c..ea79ef48 100644
--- a/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeRequest.java
+++ b/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeRequest.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.eclipse.aether.graph.Dependency;
 import org.eclipse.aether.graph.Exclusion;
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ public static DependencyTreeRequest ofPlugin(Artifact artifact, Collection<Exclu
         return new DependencyTreeRequest(artifact, List.of(), exclusions, PLUGIN);
     }
 
+    // this is not the best idea but it'll work for now
+    private static final AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger();
+
+    private final Integer id;
     private final Artifact root;
     private final List<Dependency> constraints;
     private final Collection<Exclusion> exclusions;
@@ -42,10 +47,11 @@ private DependencyTreeRequest(Artifact root, List<Dependency> constraints, Colle
         this.constraints = constraints;
         this.exclusions = exclusions;
         this.type = type;
+        id = counter.incrementAndGet();
     }
 
-    String getId() {
-        return root.toString();
+    Integer getId() {
+        return id;
     }
 
     public Artifact getArtifact() {
diff --git a/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeVisitContext.java b/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeVisitContext.java
index 864fd6b4..63357229 100644
--- a/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeVisitContext.java
+++ b/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeVisitContext.java
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 class DependencyTreeVisitContext<E> implements DependencyTreeVisitor.DependencyTreeVisit<E> {
 
-    private final DependencyTreeVisitor<E> visitor;
-    private final MessageWriter log;
+    final DependencyTreeVisitor<E> visitor;
+    final MessageWriter log;
     DependencyNode root;
 
     DependencyTreeVisitContext(DependencyTreeVisitor<E> visitor, MessageWriter log) {
diff --git a/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeVisitScheduler.java b/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeVisitScheduler.java
index 4c97b3bf..adf68f3a 100644
--- a/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeVisitScheduler.java
+++ b/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeVisitScheduler.java
@@ -1,24 +1,9 @@
 package io.quarkus.domino.inspect;
 
-import io.quarkus.devtools.messagewriter.MessageWriter;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 public interface DependencyTreeVisitScheduler {
 
-    static <E> DependencyTreeVisitScheduler sequential(DependencyTreeBuilder treeBuilder,
-            DependencyTreeVisitor<E> visitor,
-            MessageWriter log,
-            int treesTotal) {
-        return new SequentialTreeVisitScheduler<>(visitor, log, treesTotal, treeBuilder);
-    }
-
-    static <E> DependencyTreeVisitScheduler parallel(DependencyTreeBuilder treeBuilder,
-            DependencyTreeVisitor<E> visitor,
-            MessageWriter log,
-            int treesTotal) {
-        return new ParallelTreeVisitScheduler<>(visitor, log, treesTotal, treeBuilder);
-    }
-
     void process(DependencyTreeRequest root);
 
     void waitForCompletion();
diff --git a/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeVisitSchedulerBase.java b/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeVisitSchedulerBase.java
index 3d3f7f42..2bed62bd 100644
--- a/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeVisitSchedulerBase.java
+++ b/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/DependencyTreeVisitSchedulerBase.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package io.quarkus.domino.inspect;
 
-import io.quarkus.devtools.messagewriter.MessageWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Formatter;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -15,10 +14,12 @@ abstract class DependencyTreeVisitSchedulerBase<E> implements DependencyTreeVisi
     protected final DependencyTreeVisitContext<E> ctx;
     protected final AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger();
     protected final int rootsTotal;
+    private final String progressTrackerPrefix;
 
-    DependencyTreeVisitSchedulerBase(DependencyTreeVisitor<E> visitor, MessageWriter log, int rootsTotal) {
-        ctx = new DependencyTreeVisitContext<>(visitor, log);
+    DependencyTreeVisitSchedulerBase(DependencyTreeVisitContext<E> ctx, int rootsTotal, String progressTrackerPrefix) {
+        this.ctx = ctx;
         this.rootsTotal = rootsTotal;
+        this.progressTrackerPrefix = progressTrackerPrefix;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -27,12 +28,15 @@ public List<DependencyTreeError> getResolutionFailures() {
     }
 
     protected String getResolvedTreeMessage(Artifact a) {
-        var sb = new StringBuilder(160);
+        var sb = new StringBuilder(180);
         var formatter = new Formatter(sb);
         var treeIndex = counter.incrementAndGet();
         final double percents = ((double) treeIndex * 100) / rootsTotal;
 
         formatter.format(FORMAT_BASE, treeIndex, rootsTotal, percents);
+        if (progressTrackerPrefix != null) {
+            sb.append(progressTrackerPrefix);
+        }
 
         sb.append(a.getGroupId()).append(':').append(a.getArtifactId()).append(':');
         if (!a.getClassifier().isEmpty()) {
@@ -47,10 +51,14 @@ protected String getResolvedTreeMessage(Artifact a) {
         return sb.append(a.getVersion()).toString();
     }
 
-    protected String formatErrorMessage(DependencyTreeRequest request, Exception e) {
+    protected String formatErrorMessage(DependencyTreeRequest request, Throwable e) {
         var sb = new StringBuilder();
         sb.append("Failed to process dependencies of ").append(request.getArtifact());
         if (e != null) {
+            if (e.getCause() != null) {
+                // the outer one is most probably a tree processing wrapper of the actual one thrown by the resolver
+                e = e.getCause();
+            }
             var error = e.getLocalizedMessage();
             sb.append(" because ").append(Character.toLowerCase(error.charAt(0))).append(error.substring(1));
         }
diff --git a/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/ParallelTreeVisitScheduler.java b/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/ParallelTreeVisitScheduler.java
index 379930af..04a31280 100644
--- a/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/ParallelTreeVisitScheduler.java
+++ b/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/ParallelTreeVisitScheduler.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package io.quarkus.domino.inspect;
 
-import io.quarkus.devtools.messagewriter.MessageWriter;
 import io.quarkus.domino.processor.ExecutionContext;
 import io.quarkus.domino.processor.NodeProcessor;
 import io.quarkus.domino.processor.ParallelTreeProcessor;
@@ -9,26 +8,22 @@
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyNode;
 
-public class ParallelTreeVisitScheduler<E> extends DependencyTreeVisitSchedulerBase<E> {
+class ParallelTreeVisitScheduler<E> extends DependencyTreeVisitSchedulerBase<E> {
 
-    final ParallelTreeProcessor<String, DependencyTreeRequest, DependencyNode> treeProcessor;
-    private final DependencyTreeVisitor<E> visitor;
-    private final MessageWriter log;
+    final ParallelTreeProcessor<Integer, DependencyTreeRequest, DependencyNode> treeProcessor;
 
-    public ParallelTreeVisitScheduler(DependencyTreeVisitor<E> visitor, MessageWriter log, int treesTotal,
-            DependencyTreeBuilder treeBuilder) {
-        super(visitor, log, treesTotal);
-        this.visitor = visitor;
-        this.log = log;
+    ParallelTreeVisitScheduler(DependencyTreeVisitContext<E> ctx, int treesTotal,
+            DependencyTreeBuilder treeBuilder, String progressTrackerPrefix) {
+        super(ctx, treesTotal, progressTrackerPrefix);
         treeProcessor = ParallelTreeProcessor
                 .with(new NodeProcessor<>() {
 
-                    private TaskResult<String, DependencyTreeRequest, DependencyNode> apply(
-                            ExecutionContext<String, DependencyTreeRequest, DependencyNode> execution) {
+                    private TaskResult<Integer, DependencyTreeRequest, DependencyNode> apply(
+                            ExecutionContext<Integer, DependencyTreeRequest, DependencyNode> execution) {
                         var request = execution.getNode();
                         try {
                             var node = treeBuilder.buildTree(request);
-                            log.info(getResolvedTreeMessage(request.getArtifact()));
+                            ctx.log.info(getResolvedTreeMessage(request.getArtifact()));
                             return execution.success(node);
                         } catch (Exception e) {
                             return execution.failure(e);
@@ -36,7 +31,7 @@ private TaskResult<String, DependencyTreeRequest, DependencyNode> apply(
                     }
 
                     @Override
-                    public String getNodeId(DependencyTreeRequest request) {
+                    public Integer getNodeId(DependencyTreeRequest request) {
                         return request.getId();
                     }
 
@@ -46,7 +41,7 @@ public Iterable<DependencyTreeRequest> getChildren(DependencyTreeRequest node) {
                     }
 
                     @Override
-                    public Function<ExecutionContext<String, DependencyTreeRequest, DependencyNode>, TaskResult<String, DependencyTreeRequest, DependencyNode>> createFunction() {
+                    public Function<ExecutionContext<Integer, DependencyTreeRequest, DependencyNode>, TaskResult<Integer, DependencyTreeRequest, DependencyNode>> createFunction() {
                         return this::apply;
                     }
                 });
@@ -63,10 +58,10 @@ public void waitForCompletion() {
         for (var r : results) {
             if (r.isFailure()) {
                 errors.add(new DependencyTreeError(r.getNode(), r.getException()));
-                log.error(formatErrorMessage(r.getNode(), r.getException()));
+                ctx.getLog().error(formatErrorMessage(r.getNode(), r.getException()));
             } else {
                 ctx.root = r.getOutcome();
-                visitor.visit(ctx);
+                ctx.visitor.visit(ctx);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/SequentialTreeVisitScheduler.java b/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/SequentialTreeVisitScheduler.java
index 9b0ff2fc..f0479160 100644
--- a/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/SequentialTreeVisitScheduler.java
+++ b/domino/api/src/main/java/io/quarkus/domino/inspect/SequentialTreeVisitScheduler.java
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
 package io.quarkus.domino.inspect;
 
-import io.quarkus.devtools.messagewriter.MessageWriter;
 import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyNode;
 
-public class SequentialTreeVisitScheduler<E> extends DependencyTreeVisitSchedulerBase<E> {
+class SequentialTreeVisitScheduler<E> extends DependencyTreeVisitSchedulerBase<E> {
 
-    private final DependencyTreeVisitor<E> visitor;
-    private final MessageWriter log;
     private final DependencyTreeBuilder treeBuilder;
 
-    public SequentialTreeVisitScheduler(DependencyTreeVisitor<E> visitor, MessageWriter log, int treesTotal,
-            DependencyTreeBuilder treeBuilder) {
-        super(visitor, log, treesTotal);
-        this.visitor = visitor;
-        this.log = log;
+    SequentialTreeVisitScheduler(DependencyTreeVisitContext<E> ctx, int treesTotal,
+            DependencyTreeBuilder treeBuilder, String progressTrackerPrefix) {
+        super(ctx, treesTotal, progressTrackerPrefix);
         this.treeBuilder = treeBuilder;
     }
 
@@ -22,14 +17,14 @@ public void process(DependencyTreeRequest req) {
         final DependencyNode rootNode;
         try {
             rootNode = treeBuilder.buildTree(req);
-            log.info(getResolvedTreeMessage(rootNode.getArtifact()));
+            ctx.log.info(getResolvedTreeMessage(rootNode.getArtifact()));
         } catch (Exception e) {
             errors.add(new DependencyTreeError(req, e));
-            log.error(formatErrorMessage(req, e));
+            ctx.log.error(formatErrorMessage(req, e));
             return;
         }
         ctx.root = rootNode;
-        visitor.visit(ctx);
+        ctx.visitor.visit(ctx);
     }
 
     @Override