diff --git a/crates/astria-composer/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/astria-composer/CHANGELOG.md
index e430c3d066..03f84b697e 100644
--- a/crates/astria-composer/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/astria-composer/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 
 - Bump penumbra dependencies [#1740](https://github.com/astriaorg/astria/pull/1740).
+- Propagate errors [#1838](https://github.com/astriaorg/astria/pull/1838).
 
 ## [1.0.0-rc.2] - 2024-10-23
 
diff --git a/crates/astria-composer/src/composer.rs b/crates/astria-composer/src/composer.rs
index 4a6e5b774d..ff5a0ee224 100644
--- a/crates/astria-composer/src/composer.rs
+++ b/crates/astria-composer/src/composer.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
     net::SocketAddr,
+    sync::Arc,
     time::Duration,
 };
 
@@ -12,11 +13,16 @@ use astria_eyre::eyre::{
 use itertools::Itertools as _;
 use tokio::{
     io,
+    join,
     signal::unix::{
         signal,
         SignalKind,
     },
-    sync::watch,
+    sync::{
+        watch,
+        Mutex,
+        OnceCell,
+    },
     task::{
         JoinError,
         JoinHandle,
@@ -226,7 +232,7 @@ impl Composer {
     pub async fn run_until_stopped(self) -> eyre::Result<()> {
         let Self {
             api_server,
-            mut composer_status_sender,
+            composer_status_sender,
             executor,
             executor_handle,
             mut geth_collector_tasks,
@@ -239,6 +245,8 @@ impl Composer {
             fee_asset,
         } = self;
 
+        let mut exit_err: OnceCell<eyre::Report> = OnceCell::new();
+
         // we need the API server to shutdown at the end, since it is used by k8s
         // to report the liveness of the service
         let api_server_shutdown_token = CancellationToken::new();
@@ -259,12 +267,19 @@ impl Composer {
         let mut executor_task = tokio::spawn(executor.run_until_stopped());
 
         // wait for collectors and executor to come online
-        wait_for_collectors(&geth_collector_statuses, &mut composer_status_sender)
-            .await
-            .wrap_err("geth collectors failed to become ready")?;
-        wait_for_executor(executor_status, &mut composer_status_sender)
-            .await
-            .wrap_err("executor failed to become ready")?;
+        let composer_status_sender = Arc::new(Mutex::new(composer_status_sender));
+        let collectors_startup_fut =
+            wait_for_collectors(&geth_collector_statuses, composer_status_sender.clone());
+        let executor_startup_fut = wait_for_executor(executor_status, composer_status_sender);
+
+        match join!(collectors_startup_fut, executor_startup_fut) {
+            (Ok(()), Ok(())) => {}
+            (Err(e), Ok(())) => error!(%e, "geth collectors failed to become ready"),
+            (Ok(()), Err(e)) => error!(%e, "executor failed to become ready"),
+            (Err(collector_err), Err(executor_err)) => {
+                error!(%collector_err, %executor_err, "geth collectors and executor failed to become ready");
+            }
+        };
 
         // run the grpc server
         let mut grpc_server_handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
@@ -293,7 +308,7 @@ impl Composer {
                     };
             },
             o = &mut api_task => {
-                    report_exit("api server unexpectedly ended", o);
+                    report_exit("api server unexpectedly ended", o, &exit_err);
                     break ShutdownInfo {
                         api_server_shutdown_token,
                         composer_shutdown_token: shutdown_token,
@@ -304,7 +319,7 @@ impl Composer {
                     };
             },
             o = &mut executor_task => {
-                    report_exit("executor unexpectedly ended", o);
+                    report_exit("executor unexpectedly ended", o, &exit_err);
                     break ShutdownInfo {
                         api_server_shutdown_token,
                         composer_shutdown_token: shutdown_token,
@@ -315,7 +330,7 @@ impl Composer {
                     };
             },
             o = &mut grpc_server_handle => {
-                    report_exit("grpc server unexpectedly ended", o);
+                    report_exit("grpc server unexpectedly ended", o, &exit_err);
                     break ShutdownInfo {
                         api_server_shutdown_token,
                         composer_shutdown_token: shutdown_token,
@@ -326,7 +341,7 @@ impl Composer {
                     };
             },
             Some((rollup, collector_exit)) = geth_collector_tasks.join_next() => {
-                report_exit("collector", collector_exit);
+                report_exit("collector", collector_exit, &exit_err);
                 if let Some(url) = rollups.get(&rollup) {
                     let collector = geth::Builder {
                         chain_name: rollup.clone(),
@@ -348,7 +363,11 @@ impl Composer {
             });
         };
 
-        shutdown_info.run().await
+        let shutdown_res = shutdown_info.run().await;
+        if let Some(exit_err) = exit_err.take() {
+            return Err(exit_err);
+        }
+        shutdown_res
     }
 }
 
@@ -467,14 +486,14 @@ fn spawn_geth_collectors(
 #[instrument(skip_all, err)]
 async fn wait_for_executor(
     mut executor_status: watch::Receiver<executor::Status>,
-    composer_status_sender: &mut watch::Sender<composer::Status>,
+    composer_status_sender: Arc<Mutex<watch::Sender<composer::Status>>>,
 ) -> eyre::Result<()> {
     executor_status
         .wait_for(executor::Status::is_connected)
         .await
         .wrap_err("executor failed while waiting for it to become ready")?;
 
-    composer_status_sender.send_modify(|status| {
+    composer_status_sender.lock().await.send_modify(|status| {
         status.set_executor_connected(true);
     });
 
@@ -485,7 +504,7 @@ async fn wait_for_executor(
 #[instrument(skip_all, err)]
 async fn wait_for_collectors(
     collector_statuses: &HashMap<String, watch::Receiver<collectors::geth::Status>>,
-    composer_status_sender: &mut watch::Sender<composer::Status>,
+    composer_status_sender: Arc<Mutex<watch::Sender<composer::Status>>>,
 ) -> eyre::Result<()> {
     use futures::{
         future::FutureExt as _,
@@ -525,21 +544,27 @@ async fn wait_for_collectors(
         }
     }
 
-    composer_status_sender.send_modify(|status| {
+    composer_status_sender.lock().await.send_modify(|status| {
         status.set_all_collectors_connected(true);
     });
 
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn report_exit(task_name: &str, outcome: Result<eyre::Result<()>, JoinError>) {
+fn report_exit(
+    task_name: &str,
+    outcome: Result<eyre::Result<()>, JoinError>,
+    exit_err: &OnceCell<eyre::Report>,
+) {
     match outcome {
         Ok(Ok(())) => info!(task = task_name, "task exited successfully"),
         Ok(Err(error)) => {
             error!(%error, task = task_name, "task returned with error");
+            let _ = exit_err.set(error);
         }
         Err(error) => {
             error!(%error, task = task_name, "task failed to complete");
+            let _ = exit_err.set(error.into());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/astria-composer/tests/blackbox/executor.rs b/crates/astria-composer/tests/blackbox/executor.rs
index 4abf7dd733..7c69492c86 100644
--- a/crates/astria-composer/tests/blackbox/executor.rs
+++ b/crates/astria-composer/tests/blackbox/executor.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use crate::helper::{
     mount_broadcast_tx_sync_rollup_data_submissions_mock,
     signed_tx_from_request,
     spawn_composer,
+    TEST_CHAIN_ID,
 };
 
 /// Test to check that the executor sends a signed transaction to the sequencer after its
@@ -203,20 +204,13 @@ async fn two_rollup_data_submissions_single_bundle() {
 /// ID
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn chain_id_mismatch_returns_error() {
-    // TODO(https://github.com/astriaorg/astria/issues/1833): this test will currently succeed if
-    // the executor fails for any reason on startup, not just if the chain ID is incorrect. This is
-    // a symptom of the current implementation of executor, though, which should be propagating
-    // errors. As such, I think it is out of the scope for the following test-only changes and
-    // should be fixed in a followup.
-
     let bad_chain_id = "bad_id";
     let test_composer = spawn_composer(&["test1"], Some(bad_chain_id), false).await;
     let err = test_composer.composer.await.unwrap().unwrap_err();
     for cause in err.chain() {
-        if cause
-            .to_string()
-            .contains("executor failed while waiting for it to become ready")
-        {
+        if cause.to_string().contains(&format!(
+            "expected chain ID `{TEST_CHAIN_ID}`, but received `{bad_chain_id}`"
+        )) {
             return;
         }
     }