diff --git a/src/Runner.Common/Constants.cs b/src/Runner.Common/Constants.cs
index a022d7484..74157bbe4 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Common/Constants.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Common/Constants.cs
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             {
                 public static readonly string DiskSpaceWarning = "runner.diskspace.warning";
                 public static readonly string Node12Warning = "DistributedTask.AddWarningToNode12Action";
+                public static readonly string LogTemplateErrorsAsDebugMessages = "DistributedTask.LogTemplateErrorsAsDebugMessages";
                 public static readonly string UseContainerPathForTemplate = "DistributedTask.UseContainerPathForTemplate";
                 public static readonly string AllowRunnerContainerHooks = "DistributedTask.AllowRunnerContainerHooks";
             }
diff --git a/src/Runner.Worker/ExecutionContext.cs b/src/Runner.Worker/ExecutionContext.cs
index c2a3ad2f7..fcab25a8d 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Worker/ExecutionContext.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Worker/ExecutionContext.cs
@@ -1401,7 +1401,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
         public void Error(string format, params Object[] args)
         {
-            _executionContext.Error(string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, format, args));
+            /* TraceWriter should be used for logging and not creating erros. */
+            if (logTemplateErrorsAsDebugMessages())
+            {
+                _executionContext.Debug(string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, format, args));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _executionContext.Error(string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, format, args));
+            }
         }
 
         public void Info(string format, params Object[] args)
@@ -1414,8 +1422,18 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             // todo: switch to verbose?
             _executionContext.Debug(string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, $"{format}", args));
         }
+
+        private bool logTemplateErrorsAsDebugMessages()
+        {
+            if (_executionContext.Global.EnvironmentVariables.TryGetValue(Constants.Runner.Features.LogTemplateErrorsAsDebugMessages, out var logErrorsAsDebug))
+            {
+                return StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(logErrorsAsDebug, defaultValue: false);
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 
+
     public static class WellKnownTags
     {
         public static readonly string Section = "##[section]";