diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
index 796e64b35f6432..3fbc68d180a987 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.UpdateSchema;
 import org.apache.iceberg.UpdateStatistics;
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.AlreadyExistsException;
-import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.ValidationException;
 import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Expressions;
 import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Term;
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.CloseableIterable;
@@ -1032,7 +1031,7 @@ public Optional<ConnectorOutputMetadata> finishCreateTable(ConnectorSession sess
                 // Commit the transaction if the table is being created without data
                 AppendFiles appendFiles = transaction.newFastAppend();
                 commit(appendFiles, session);
-                transaction.commitTransaction();
+                commitTransaction(transaction, "create table");
                 transaction = null;
                 return Optional.empty();
             }
@@ -1211,7 +1210,7 @@ public Optional<ConnectorOutputMetadata> finishInsert(ConnectorSession session,
         }
 
         commit(appendFiles, session);
-        transaction.commitTransaction();
+        commitTransaction(transaction, "insert");
         // TODO (https://github.com/trinodb/trino/issues/15439) this may not exactly be the snapshot we committed, if there is another writer
         long newSnapshotId = transaction.table().currentSnapshot().snapshotId();
         transaction = null;
@@ -1235,7 +1234,7 @@ public Optional<ConnectorOutputMetadata> finishInsert(ConnectorSession session,
                         .setStatistics(newSnapshotId, statisticsFile)
                         .commit();
 
-                transaction.commitTransaction();
+                commitTransaction(transaction, "update statistics on insert");
             }
             catch (Exception e) {
                 // Write was committed, so at this point we cannot fail the query
@@ -1581,7 +1580,7 @@ private void finishOptimize(ConnectorSession session, IcebergTableExecuteHandle
         Snapshot snapshot = requireNonNull(icebergTable.snapshot(optimizeHandle.snapshotId().get()), "snapshot is null");
         rewriteFiles.validateFromSnapshot(snapshot.snapshotId());
         commit(rewriteFiles, session);
-        transaction.commitTransaction();
+        commitTransaction(transaction, "optimize");
 
         // TODO (https://github.com/trinodb/trino/issues/15439) this may not exactly be the snapshot we committed, if there is another writer
         long newSnapshotId = transaction.table().currentSnapshot().snapshotId();
@@ -1599,7 +1598,7 @@ private void finishOptimize(ConnectorSession session, IcebergTableExecuteHandle
             transaction.updateStatistics()
                     .setStatistics(newSnapshotId, newStatsFile)
                     .commit();
-            transaction.commitTransaction();
+            commitTransaction(transaction, "update statistics after optimize");
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
             // Write was committed, so at this point we cannot fail the query
@@ -1609,6 +1608,16 @@ private void finishOptimize(ConnectorSession session, IcebergTableExecuteHandle
         transaction = null;
     }
 
+    private static void commitTransaction(Transaction transaction, String operation)
+    {
+        try {
+            transaction.commitTransaction();
+        }
+        catch (RuntimeException e) {
+            throw new TrinoException(ICEBERG_COMMIT_ERROR, format("Failed to commit during %s: %s", operation, firstNonNull(e.getMessage(), e)), e);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void executeTableExecute(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableExecuteHandle tableExecuteHandle)
     {
@@ -1639,7 +1648,7 @@ private void executeDropExtendedStats(ConnectorSession session, IcebergTableExec
             updateStatistics.removeStatistics(statisticsFile.snapshotId());
         }
         updateStatistics.commit();
-        transaction.commitTransaction();
+        commitTransaction(transaction, "drop extended stats");
         transaction = null;
     }
 
@@ -1919,12 +1928,7 @@ public void setTableProperties(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableHandle ta
             }
         }
 
-        try {
-            transaction.commitTransaction();
-        }
-        catch (RuntimeException e) {
-            throw new TrinoException(ICEBERG_COMMIT_ERROR, "Failed to commit new table properties", e);
-        }
+        commitTransaction(transaction, "set table properties");
     }
 
     private static void updatePartitioning(Table icebergTable, Transaction transaction, List<String> partitionColumns)
@@ -2356,7 +2360,7 @@ public void finishStatisticsCollection(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableH
                     "Unexpected computed statistics that cannot be attached to a snapshot because none exists: %s",
                     computedStatistics);
 
-            transaction.commitTransaction();
+            commitTransaction(transaction, "statistics collection");
             transaction = null;
             return;
         }
@@ -2373,7 +2377,7 @@ public void finishStatisticsCollection(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableH
                 .setStatistics(snapshotId, statisticsFile)
                 .commit();
 
-        transaction.commitTransaction();
+        commitTransaction(transaction, "statistics collection");
         transaction = null;
     }
 
@@ -2532,13 +2536,8 @@ private void finishWrite(ConnectorSession session, IcebergTableHandle table, Col
         }
 
         rowDelta.validateDataFilesExist(referencedDataFiles.build());
-        try {
-            commit(rowDelta, session);
-            transaction.commitTransaction();
-        }
-        catch (ValidationException e) {
-            throw new TrinoException(ICEBERG_COMMIT_ERROR, "Failed to commit Iceberg update to table: " + table.getSchemaTableName(), e);
-        }
+        commit(rowDelta, session);
+        commitTransaction(transaction, "write");
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -3091,7 +3090,7 @@ public Optional<ConnectorOutputMetadata> finishRefreshMaterializedView(
         appendFiles.set(TRINO_QUERY_START_TIME, session.getStart().toString());
         commit(appendFiles, session);
 
-        transaction.commitTransaction();
+        commitTransaction(transaction, "refresh materialized view");
         transaction = null;
         fromSnapshotForRefresh = Optional.empty();
         return Optional.of(new HiveWrittenPartitions(commitTasks.stream()