diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/util/io/HttpRequests.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/util/io/HttpRequests.java
index 98952a16bb33..f25f743625f3 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/util/io/HttpRequests.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/util/io/HttpRequests.java
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ public final class HttpRequests {
       return myUrl;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String getMessage() {
+      return "Status: " + myStatusCode;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
       return super.toString() + ". Status=" + myStatusCode + ", Url=" + myUrl;
diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/TaskManagerImpl.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/TaskManagerImpl.java
index 94bfe2307d51..9dc54791e98f 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/TaskManagerImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/TaskManagerImpl.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.startup.StartupManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.Messages;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Comparing;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.Condition;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.AbstractVcs;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.ProjectLevelVcsManager;
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ import com.intellij.util.Function;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.Convertor;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.MultiMap;
+import com.intellij.util.io.HttpRequests;
 import com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.xmlb.XmlSerializationException;
 import com.intellij.util.xmlb.XmlSerializer;
@@ -814,8 +814,8 @@ public class TaskManagerImpl extends TaskManager implements ProjectComponent, Pe
           reason = e.getMessage();
         }
         //noinspection InstanceofCatchParameter
-        if (e instanceof SocketTimeoutException) {
-          LOG.warn("Socket timeout from " + repository);
+        if (e instanceof SocketTimeoutException || e instanceof HttpRequests.HttpStatusException) {
+          LOG.warn("Can't connect to " + repository + ": " + e.getMessage());
         }
         else {
           LOG.warn("Cannot connect to " + repository, e);
diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/youtrack/YouTrackRepository.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/youtrack/YouTrackRepository.java
index da3af81ddacf..97ab3a3ba738 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/youtrack/YouTrackRepository.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/youtrack/YouTrackRepository.java
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import com.intellij.tasks.impl.BaseRepository;
 import com.intellij.tasks.impl.BaseRepositoryImpl;
 import com.intellij.tasks.impl.LocalTaskImpl;
 import com.intellij.tasks.impl.TaskUtil;
-import com.intellij.util.Function;
 import com.intellij.util.NullableFunction;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
+import com.intellij.util.io.HttpRequests;
 import com.intellij.util.text.VersionComparatorUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.xmlb.annotations.Tag;
 import org.apache.axis.utils.XMLChar;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class YouTrackRepository extends BaseRepositoryImpl {
     String response;
     try {
       if (method.getStatusCode() != 200) {
-        throw new Exception("Cannot login: HTTP status code " + method.getStatusCode());
+        throw new HttpRequests.HttpStatusException("Cannot login", method.getStatusCode(), method.getPath());
       }
       response = method.getResponseBodyAsString(1000);
     }