diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index faa6dcfde8..1ab0a2bcd3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ the release.
   ([#1733](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1733))
 * [chore] Move opensearch image version to .env file
   ([#1743](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1743))
+* [cartservice] Propagate cartservice exceptions
+  ([#1744](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1744))
 * [cartservice] Update cart service to fail when cartServiceFailure is enabled
   ([#1748](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1748))
 
diff --git a/src/cartservice/src/services/CartService.cs b/src/cartservice/src/services/CartService.cs
index 7c16fce91d..d071c37080 100644
--- a/src/cartservice/src/services/CartService.cs
+++ b/src/cartservice/src/services/CartService.cs
@@ -33,8 +33,18 @@ public override async Task<Empty> AddItem(AddItemRequest request, ServerCallCont
         activity?.SetTag("app.product.id", request.Item.ProductId);
         activity?.SetTag("app.product.quantity", request.Item.Quantity);
 
-        await _cartStore.AddItemAsync(request.UserId, request.Item.ProductId, request.Item.Quantity);
-        return Empty;
+        try
+        {
+            await _cartStore.AddItemAsync(request.UserId, request.Item.ProductId, request.Item.Quantity);
+
+            return Empty;
+        }
+        catch (RpcException ex)
+        {
+            activity?.RecordException(ex);
+            activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, ex.Message);
+            throw;
+        }
     }
 
     public override async Task<Cart> GetCart(GetCartRequest request, ServerCallContext context)
@@ -43,15 +53,24 @@ public override async Task<Cart> GetCart(GetCartRequest request, ServerCallConte
         activity?.SetTag("app.user.id", request.UserId);
         activity?.AddEvent(new("Fetch cart"));
 
-        var cart = await _cartStore.GetCartAsync(request.UserId);
-        var totalCart = 0;
-        foreach (var item in cart.Items)
+        try
         {
-            totalCart += item.Quantity;
-        }
-        activity?.SetTag("app.cart.items.count", totalCart);
+            var cart = await _cartStore.GetCartAsync(request.UserId);
+            var totalCart = 0;
+            foreach (var item in cart.Items)
+            {
+                totalCart += item.Quantity;
+            }
+            activity?.SetTag("app.cart.items.count", totalCart);
 
-        return cart;
+            return cart;
+        }
+        catch (RpcException ex)
+        {
+            activity?.RecordException(ex);
+            activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, ex.Message);
+            throw;
+        }
     }
 
     public override async Task<Empty> EmptyCart(EmptyCartRequest request, ServerCallContext context)