diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 283bb25f..40862ea5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ This project bumps the version number for any changes (including documentation u
 
 ## [Unreleased] - i.e. pushed to main branch but not yet tagged as a release
 
+## [6.0.3] - 2024-10-18
+- BUGFIX: Rescue error when record status check finds more than one matching record, and add to Response errors for handling by ingest application
+
 ## [6.0.2] - 2024-09-13
 - BUGFIX: DataHandler now handles batch config passed as a String
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 617af1ed..f3965a9b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ GIT
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    collectionspace-mapper (6.0.2)
+    collectionspace-mapper (6.0.3)
       activesupport (= 6.0.4.7)
       chronic
       collectionspace-client (~> 0.15.0)
diff --git a/lib/collectionspace/mapper/response.rb b/lib/collectionspace/mapper/response.rb
index 435eec26..0f2e2656 100644
--- a/lib/collectionspace/mapper/response.rb
+++ b/lib/collectionspace/mapper/response.rb
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ def valid?
 
       def set_record_status
         if handler.batch.check_record_status
-          result = handler.status_checker.call(status_check_id)
+          result = get_record_status
+          return unless result
+
           @record_status = result[:status]
           @csid = result[:csid]
           @uri = result[:uri]
@@ -243,6 +245,22 @@ def status_check_id
           identifier
         end
       end
+
+      def get_record_status
+        handler.status_checker.call(status_check_id)
+      rescue CollectionSpace::Mapper::MultipleCsRecordsFoundError => err
+        add_error({
+          category: "multiple_matching_records_found",
+          message: err.message
+        })
+        nil
+      rescue CollectionSpace::Mapper::Error, StandardError => err
+        add_error({
+          category: "unknown",
+          message: err.message
+        })
+        nil
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/collectionspace/mapper/tools/record_status_service_client.rb b/lib/collectionspace/mapper/tools/record_status_service_client.rb
index 11653768..5e670321 100644
--- a/lib/collectionspace/mapper/tools/record_status_service_client.rb
+++ b/lib/collectionspace/mapper/tools/record_status_service_client.rb
@@ -69,14 +69,13 @@ def lookup(value)
           elsif ct == 1
             reportable_result(response.parsed[response_top][response_nested])
           elsif ct > 1
-            unless use_first?
-              fail CollectionSpace::Mapper::MultipleCsRecordsFoundError,
-                ct
+            if use_first?
+              item = response.parsed[response_top][response_nested].first
+              num_found = response.parsed[response_top][response_nested].length
+              reportable_result(item).merge({multiple_recs_found: num_found})
+            else
+              fail CollectionSpace::Mapper::MultipleCsRecordsFoundError, ct
             end
-
-            item = response.parsed[response_top][response_nested].first
-            num_found = response.parsed[response_top][response_nested].length
-            reportable_result(item).merge({multiple_recs_found: num_found})
           end
         end
 
diff --git a/lib/collectionspace/mapper/version.rb b/lib/collectionspace/mapper/version.rb
index c901acf9..68df9526 100644
--- a/lib/collectionspace/mapper/version.rb
+++ b/lib/collectionspace/mapper/version.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 module CollectionSpace
   module Mapper
-    VERSION = "6.0.2"
+    VERSION = "6.0.3"
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/collectionspace/mapper/response_spec.rb b/spec/collectionspace/mapper/response_spec.rb
index 3c2d122b..f71d3f41 100644
--- a/spec/collectionspace/mapper/response_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/collectionspace/mapper/response_spec.rb
@@ -115,6 +115,25 @@
         expect(response.uri).to eq("uri")
         expect(response.refname).to eq("refname")
       end
+
+      context "when multiple records error" do
+        it "sets status as expected" do
+          errmsg = "3 matching records found in CollectionSpace. "\
+            "Cannot determine which to update."
+
+          handler.config.status_checker = checker
+          allow(checker).to receive(:call).and_raise(
+            CollectionSpace::Mapper::MultipleCsRecordsFoundError, 3
+          )
+          response.set_record_status
+          expect(response.record_status).to be_nil
+          expect(response.csid).to be_nil
+          expect(response.errors).to include({
+            category: "multiple_matching_records_found",
+            message: errmsg
+          })
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     context "when checking is turned off" do
diff --git a/spec/collectionspace/mapper/tools/record_status_service_client_spec.rb b/spec/collectionspace/mapper/tools/record_status_service_client_spec.rb
index c62a1450..702d841b 100644
--- a/spec/collectionspace/mapper/tools/record_status_service_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/collectionspace/mapper/tools/record_status_service_client_spec.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@
           context "with default config" do
             it "raises error" do
               expect { result }.to raise_error(
-                CollectionSpace::Mapper::MultipleCsRecordsFoundError
+                CollectionSpace::Mapper::MultipleCsRecordsFoundError,
+                "2 matching records found in CollectionSpace. "\
+                  "Cannot determine which to update."
               )
             end
           end