diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/source/preload/PreloadException.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/source/preload/PreloadException.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      https://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 androidx.media3.exoplayer.source.preload;
+
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+import androidx.media3.common.MediaItem;
+import androidx.media3.common.util.UnstableApi;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/** Thrown when a non-recoverable preload failure occurs. */
+@UnstableApi
+public final class PreloadException extends Exception {
+
+  /** The {@link MediaItem} that this instance is associated with. */
+  public final MediaItem mediaItem;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates an instance.
+   *
+   * @param mediaItem The {@link MediaItem} that this instance is associated with.
+   * @param message See {@link #getMessage()}.
+   * @param cause See {@link #getCause()}.
+   */
+  public PreloadException(
+      MediaItem mediaItem, @Nullable String message, @Nullable Throwable cause) {
+    super(message, cause);
+    this.mediaItem = mediaItem;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns whether the error data associated to this exception equals the error data associated to
+   * {@code other}.
+   *
+   * <p>Note that this method does not compare the exceptions' stack traces.
+   */
+  public boolean errorInfoEquals(@Nullable PreloadException other) {
+    if (this == other) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    @Nullable Throwable thisCause = getCause();
+    @Nullable Throwable thatCause = other.getCause();
+    if (thisCause != null && thatCause != null) {
+      if (!Objects.equals(thisCause.getMessage(), thatCause.getMessage())) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (!Objects.equals(thisCause.getClass(), thatCause.getClass())) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    } else if (thisCause != null || thatCause != null) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return Objects.equals(mediaItem, other.mediaItem)
+        && Objects.equals(getMessage(), other.getMessage());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/source/preload/PreloadExceptionTest.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/source/preload/PreloadExceptionTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      https://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 androidx.media3.exoplayer.source.preload;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import androidx.media3.common.MediaItem;
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+/** Unit test for {@link PreloadException}. */
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
+public final class PreloadExceptionTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void errorInfoEquals_withSameInstance_shouldReturnTrue() {
+    PreloadException preloadException =
+        new PreloadException(
+            new MediaItem.Builder().setMediaId("testId").build(),
+            "Preload error",
+            new IOException("cause message"));
+
+    assertThat(preloadException.errorInfoEquals(preloadException)).isTrue();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void errorInfoEquals_withSameInfo_shouldReturnTrue() {
+    MediaItem mediaItem = new MediaItem.Builder().setMediaId("testId").build();
+    IOException exception1 = new IOException("cause message");
+    PreloadException preloadException1 =
+        new PreloadException(mediaItem, "Preload error", exception1);
+    IOException exception2 = new IOException("cause message");
+    PreloadException preloadException2 =
+        new PreloadException(mediaItem, "Preload error", exception2);
+
+    assertThat(preloadException1.errorInfoEquals(preloadException2)).isTrue();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void errorInfoEquals_withNull_shouldReturnFalse() {
+    PreloadException preloadException =
+        new PreloadException(
+            new MediaItem.Builder().setMediaId("testId").build(),
+            "Preload error",
+            new Exception("Cause message"));
+
+    assertThat(preloadException.errorInfoEquals(null)).isFalse();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void errorInfoEquals_withNonEqualCauseMessage_shouldReturnFalse() {
+    MediaItem mediaItem = new MediaItem.Builder().setMediaId("testId").build();
+    IOException exception1 = new IOException("cause message");
+    PreloadException preloadException1 =
+        new PreloadException(mediaItem, "Preload error", exception1);
+    IOException exception2 = new IOException("other cause message");
+    PreloadException preloadException2 =
+        new PreloadException(mediaItem, "Preload error", exception2);
+
+    assertThat(preloadException1.errorInfoEquals(preloadException2)).isFalse();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void errorInfoEquals_withDifferentCauseExceptionType_shouldReturnFalse() {
+    MediaItem mediaItem = new MediaItem.Builder().setMediaId("testId").build();
+    IOException exception1 = new IOException("cause message");
+    PreloadException preloadException1 =
+        new PreloadException(mediaItem, "Preload error", exception1);
+    TimeoutException exception2 = new TimeoutException("cause message");
+    PreloadException preloadException2 =
+        new PreloadException(mediaItem, "Preload error", exception2);
+
+    assertThat(preloadException1.errorInfoEquals(preloadException2)).isFalse();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void errorInfoEquals_withNullCause_shouldReturnFalse() {
+    MediaItem mediaItem = new MediaItem.Builder().setMediaId("testId").build();
+    IOException exception1 = new IOException("cause message");
+    PreloadException preloadException1 =
+        new PreloadException(mediaItem, "Preload error", exception1);
+    PreloadException preloadException2 =
+        new PreloadException(mediaItem, "Preload error", /* cause= */ null);
+
+    assertThat(preloadException1.errorInfoEquals(preloadException2)).isFalse();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void errorInfoEquals_withNonEqualMediaItem_shouldReturnFalse() {
+    PreloadException preloadException1 =
+        new PreloadException(
+            new MediaItem.Builder().setMediaId("testId1").build(),
+            "Preload error",
+            new IOException("cause message"));
+    PreloadException preloadException2 =
+        new PreloadException(
+            new MediaItem.Builder().setMediaId("testId2").build(),
+            "Preload error",
+            new IOException("cause message"));
+
+    assertThat(preloadException1.errorInfoEquals(preloadException2)).isFalse();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void errorInfoEquals_withNonEqualMessage_shouldReturnFalse() {
+    MediaItem mediaItem = new MediaItem.Builder().setMediaId("testId").build();
+    PreloadException preloadException1 =
+        new PreloadException(mediaItem, "Preload error", new IOException("cause message"));
+    PreloadException preloadException2 =
+        new PreloadException(mediaItem, "Other preload error", new IOException("cause message"));
+
+    assertThat(preloadException1.errorInfoEquals(preloadException2)).isFalse();
+  }
+}