diff --git a/orca-clouddriver/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/pollers/EphemeralServerGroupsPoller.java b/orca-clouddriver/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/pollers/EphemeralServerGroupsPoller.java
index 054e76f27bc..6781dce3a27 100644
--- a/orca-clouddriver/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/pollers/EphemeralServerGroupsPoller.java
+++ b/orca-clouddriver/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/pollers/EphemeralServerGroupsPoller.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import com.netflix.spectator.api.Counter;
 import com.netflix.spectator.api.Id;
 import com.netflix.spectator.api.Registry;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.core.RetrySupport;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.exceptions.SystemException;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.api.pipeline.models.ExecutionType;
@@ -274,7 +275,8 @@ private Map<String, Object> buildDestroyServerGroupOperation(
     return operation;
   }
 
-  private Optional<Application> getApplication(String applicationName) {
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  Optional<Application> getApplication(String applicationName) {
     try {
       return Optional.of(front50Service.get(applicationName));
     } catch (RetrofitError e) {
diff --git a/orca-clouddriver/src/test/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/pollers/EphemeralServerGroupsPollerTest.java b/orca-clouddriver/src/test/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/pollers/EphemeralServerGroupsPollerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f477d458cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orca-clouddriver/src/test/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/pollers/EphemeralServerGroupsPollerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 OpsMx, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.clouddriver.pollers;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.netflix.spectator.api.Registry;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.core.RetrySupport;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.exceptions.SystemException;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.clouddriver.CloudDriverService;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.clouddriver.config.PollerConfigurationProperties;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.front50.Front50Service;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.notifications.NotificationClusterLock;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.pipeline.ExecutionLauncher;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import retrofit.RetrofitError;
+import retrofit.client.Response;
+import retrofit.mime.TypedByteArray;
+
+public class EphemeralServerGroupsPollerTest {
+
+  private Front50Service front50Service;
+
+  private EphemeralServerGroupsPoller ephemeralServerGroupsPoller;
+
+  private NotificationClusterLock notificationClusterLock;
+  private ObjectMapper objectMapper;
+  private CloudDriverService cloudDriverService;
+  private RetrySupport retrySupport;
+  private Registry registry;
+  private ExecutionLauncher executionLauncher;
+  private PollerConfigurationProperties pollerConfigurationProperties;
+
+  @BeforeEach
+  public void setup() {
+
+    front50Service = mock(Front50Service.class);
+    notificationClusterLock = mock(NotificationClusterLock.class);
+    objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    cloudDriverService = mock(CloudDriverService.class);
+    retrySupport = mock(RetrySupport.class);
+    registry = mock(Registry.class);
+    executionLauncher = mock(ExecutionLauncher.class);
+    pollerConfigurationProperties = mock(PollerConfigurationProperties.class);
+    ephemeralServerGroupsPoller =
+        new EphemeralServerGroupsPoller(
+            notificationClusterLock,
+            objectMapper,
+            cloudDriverService,
+            retrySupport,
+            registry,
+            executionLauncher,
+            front50Service,
+            pollerConfigurationProperties);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSystemExceptionStackTraceWhenRetrofitHttpErrorOccurs() {
+    var application = "testapp";
+
+    var url = "https://front50service.com/v2/applications/" + application;
+    Response mockResponse =
+        new Response(
+            url,
+            HttpStatus.NOT_ACCEPTABLE.value(),
+            HttpStatus.NOT_ACCEPTABLE.name(),
+            Collections.emptyList(),
+            new TypedByteArray(
+                "application/json", "{ \"error\": \"application testapp not found\"}".getBytes()));
+
+    RetrofitError httpError = RetrofitError.httpError(url, mockResponse, null, null);
+
+    when(front50Service.get(application)).thenThrow(httpError);
+
+    SystemException systemException = new SystemException(httpError.getMessage(), httpError);
+
+    System.out.println("cause : " + systemException.getCause());
+    assertThatThrownBy(() -> ephemeralServerGroupsPoller.getApplication(application))
+        .hasCause(systemException.getCause())
+        .hasCauseExactlyInstanceOf(RetrofitError.class);
+  }
+}