diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index a85f330fa04..096b1609570 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - run: ./checkfmt.sh
       - run: ./generate.sh
-      - run: go vet ./...
+      - run: go vet -printf.funcs=Capturef ./...
 
   unit_test:
     docker:
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0d95d2a32f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+version: "2"
+
+linters:
+  settings:
+    govet:
+      settings:
+        printf:
+          funcs:
+            - Capturef
diff --git a/pkg/errors/error_capture.go b/pkg/errors/error_capture.go
index 7ecb1054571..872f66c02fe 100644
--- a/pkg/errors/error_capture.go
+++ b/pkg/errors/error_capture.go
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 package errors
 
+import (
+	stderrors "errors"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
 // Capture is a wrapper function which can be used to capture errors from closing via a defer.
 // An example:
 //
@@ -19,3 +24,47 @@ func Capture(rErr *error, fn func() error) func() {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// Capturef is similar to Capture but allows adding context when an error occurs.
+// If an fn returns an error, then a new error is creating by concatenating ": %w"
+// to fs and adding the error to the end of a.
+//
+// An additional difference to Capture is that if fn() returns an error, the
+// new error is joined to the existing rErr using errors.Join.
+//
+//	func Example(fn string) (rErr error) {
+//	    f, err := os.Open(fn)
+//	    if err != nil {
+//	        return err
+//	    }
+//	    defer errors.Capturef(&rErr, f.Close, "error closing %q", fn)()
+//	    ....
+//	}
+//
+// As an illustration, if Example is called with Example("meta.boltdb") and f.Close
+// fails with a disk full error (syscall.ENOSPC), then the error string returned
+// would be `error closing "meta.boltdb": no space left on device` and
+// errors.Is(Example("meta.boltdb"), syscall.ENOSPC) would return true.
+//
+// If fs is empty, a is ignored and the error returned by fn() is appended
+// to rErr unmodified.
+func Capturef(rErr *error, fn func() error, fs string, a ...any) func() {
+	return func() {
+		if fn != nil {
+			if err := fn(); err != nil {
+				if rErr != nil {
+					// Eventually, the behavior regarding an empty fs will allow
+					// Capture to be rewritten as a simple wrapper around Capturef.
+					// This can happen once we decide Capture should use errors.Join.
+					if fs != "" {
+						args := make([]any, 0, len(a)+1)
+						args = append(args, a...)
+						args = append(args, err)
+						err = fmt.Errorf(fs+": %w", args...)
+					}
+					*rErr = stderrors.Join(*rErr, err)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/errors/error_capture_test.go b/pkg/errors/error_capture_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8fbb94d226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/errors/error_capture_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+package errors
+
+import (
+	stderrors "errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestCapture(t *testing.T) {
+	errClose := stderrors.New("close error")
+	errOriginal := stderrors.New("original error")
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		origErr  error
+		closeErr error
+		wantErr  error
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "nil original, nil close",
+			origErr:  nil,
+			closeErr: nil,
+			wantErr:  nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "nil original, non-nil close",
+			origErr:  nil,
+			closeErr: errClose,
+			wantErr:  errClose,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "non-nil original, nil close",
+			origErr:  errOriginal,
+			closeErr: nil,
+			wantErr:  errOriginal,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "non-nil original, non-nil close",
+			origErr:  errOriginal,
+			closeErr: errClose,
+			wantErr:  errOriginal,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := tt.origErr
+			fn := Capture(&err, func() error {
+				return tt.closeErr
+			})
+			fn()
+
+			if tt.wantErr == nil {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			} else {
+				require.ErrorIs(t, err, tt.wantErr)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCapture_DeferPattern(t *testing.T) {
+	errClose := stderrors.New("close error")
+
+	fn := func() (err error) {
+		defer Capture(&err, func() error {
+			return errClose
+		})()
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	require.ErrorIs(t, fn(), errClose)
+}
+
+func TestCapture_DeferPatternPreservesOriginal(t *testing.T) {
+	errClose := stderrors.New("close error")
+	errOriginal := stderrors.New("original error")
+
+	fn := func() (err error) {
+		defer Capture(&err, func() error {
+			return errClose
+		})()
+		return errOriginal
+	}
+
+	err := fn()
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, errOriginal)
+}
+
+func TestCapturef(t *testing.T) {
+	errClose := stderrors.New("close error")
+	errOriginal := stderrors.New("original error")
+
+	t.Run("nil fn is no-op", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var err error
+		fn := Capturef(&err, nil, "")
+		fn()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("fn returns nil is no-op", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var err error
+		fn := Capturef(&err, func() error { return nil }, "")
+		fn()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("nil rErr does not panic", func(t *testing.T) {
+		fn := Capturef(nil, func() error { return errClose }, "")
+		require.NotPanics(t, fn)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("captures close error when original is nil and format is empty", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var err error
+		fn := Capturef(&err, func() error { return errClose }, "")
+		fn()
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, errClose)
+		require.EqualError(t, err, "close error")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("joins errors when both present and format is empty", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := errOriginal
+		fn := Capturef(&err, func() error { return errClose }, "")
+		fn()
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, errOriginal)
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, errClose)
+		require.EqualError(t, err, "original error\nclose error")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("preserves original when fn returns nil", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := errOriginal
+		fn := Capturef(&err, func() error { return nil }, "")
+		fn()
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, errOriginal)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("wraps close error with format string", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var err error
+		errDisk := stderrors.New("no space left on device")
+		fn := Capturef(&err, func() error { return errDisk }, "error closing %q", "meta.boltdb")
+		fn()
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, errDisk)
+		require.EqualError(t, err, `error closing "meta.boltdb": no space left on device`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("joins formatted close error with original", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := errOriginal
+		errDisk := stderrors.New("no space left on device")
+		fn := Capturef(&err, func() error { return errDisk }, "error closing %q", "meta.boltdb")
+		fn()
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, errOriginal)
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, errDisk)
+		require.EqualError(t, err, "original error\nerror closing \"meta.boltdb\": no space left on device")
+	})
+}
+
+func TestCapturef_DeferPattern(t *testing.T) {
+	errClose := stderrors.New("close error")
+
+	fn := func() (err error) {
+		defer Capturef(&err, func() error {
+			return errClose
+		}, "closing resource")()
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	err := fn()
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, errClose)
+	require.EqualError(t, err, "closing resource: close error")
+}
+
+func TestCapturef_DeferPatternJoinsErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	errClose := stderrors.New("close error")
+	errOriginal := stderrors.New("original error")
+
+	fn := func() (err error) {
+		defer Capturef(&err, func() error {
+			return errClose
+		}, "closing resource")()
+		return errOriginal
+	}
+
+	err := fn()
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, errOriginal)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, errClose)
+	require.EqualError(t, err, "original error\nclosing resource: close error")
+}
+
+func TestCapturef_FormatStringDocExample(t *testing.T) {
+	errDisk := stderrors.New("no space left on device")
+
+	fn := func(name string) (rErr error) {
+		closer := func() error { return errDisk }
+		defer Capturef(&rErr, closer, "error closing %q", name)()
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	err := fn("meta.boltdb")
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, errDisk)
+	require.EqualError(t, err, `error closing "meta.boltdb": no space left on device`)
+}