diff --git a/broker.go b/broker.go
index 0a7adcc..01457dd 100644
--- a/broker.go
+++ b/broker.go
@@ -175,15 +175,18 @@ func (s Status) CompleteSinks() []NodeID {
 	return s.completeSinks
 }
 
-func (s Status) getError(threshold, thresholdSinks int) error {
+func (s Status) getError(ctxErr error, threshold, thresholdSinks int) error {
+	var err error
 	switch {
 	case len(s.complete) < threshold:
-		return fmt.Errorf("event not processed by enough 'filter' and 'sink' nodes")
+		err = fmt.Errorf("event not processed by enough 'filter' and 'sink' nodes")
 	case len(s.completeSinks) < thresholdSinks:
-		return fmt.Errorf("event not processed by enough 'sink' nodes")
+		err = fmt.Errorf("event not processed by enough 'sink' nodes")
 	default:
 		return nil
 	}
+
+	return errors.Join(err, ctxErr)
 }
 
 // Send writes an event of type t to all registered pipelines concurrently and
diff --git a/broker_test.go b/broker_test.go
index 38a6ab6..ee8334e 100644
--- a/broker_test.go
+++ b/broker_test.go
@@ -1187,3 +1187,90 @@ func TestBroker_Status_CompleteSinks(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestStatus_getError(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		complete             []NodeID
+		completeSinks        []NodeID
+		isErrorExpected      bool
+		expectedErrorMessage string
+		shouldCancelContext  bool
+	}{
+		"no-problems": {
+			complete:        []NodeID{"1", "2"},
+			completeSinks:   []NodeID{"2"},
+			isErrorExpected: false,
+		},
+		"no-problems-context-cancelled": {
+			complete:            []NodeID{"1", "2"},
+			completeSinks:       []NodeID{"2"},
+			shouldCancelContext: true,
+			isErrorExpected:     false,
+		},
+		"not-enough-nodes": {
+			complete:             []NodeID{},
+			completeSinks:        []NodeID{},
+			isErrorExpected:      true,
+			expectedErrorMessage: "event not processed by enough 'filter' and 'sink' nodes",
+		},
+		"not-enough-nodes-context-cancelled": {
+			complete:             []NodeID{},
+			completeSinks:        []NodeID{},
+			shouldCancelContext:  true,
+			isErrorExpected:      true,
+			expectedErrorMessage: "event not processed by enough 'filter' and 'sink' nodes\ncontext canceled",
+		},
+		"not-enough-sink-nodes": {
+			complete:             []NodeID{"1"},
+			completeSinks:        []NodeID{},
+			isErrorExpected:      true,
+			expectedErrorMessage: "event not processed by enough 'sink' nodes",
+		},
+		"not-enough-sink-nodes-context-cancelled": {
+			complete:             []NodeID{"1"},
+			completeSinks:        []NodeID{},
+			shouldCancelContext:  true,
+			isErrorExpected:      true,
+			expectedErrorMessage: "event not processed by enough 'sink' nodes\ncontext canceled",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name, tc := range tests {
+		name := name
+		tc := tc
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+			t.Cleanup(func() { cancel() })
+
+			s := Status{
+				complete:      tc.complete,
+				completeSinks: tc.completeSinks,
+			}
+
+			if tc.shouldCancelContext {
+				// Cancel the context NOW if we want to test the output from getError.
+				cancel()
+			}
+
+			// NOTE: threshold and thresholdSinks can be added to tests struct
+			// if needed for additional tests.
+			err := s.getError(ctx.Err(), 1, 1)
+
+			switch {
+			case tc.isErrorExpected:
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				require.EqualError(t, err, tc.expectedErrorMessage)
+				if tc.shouldCancelContext {
+					errors.Is(err, context.Canceled)
+				}
+			default:
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/graph.go b/graph.go
index a396781..68f56cd 100644
--- a/graph.go
+++ b/graph.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (g *graph) process(ctx context.Context, e *Event) (Status, error) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return status, status.getError(g.successThreshold, g.successThresholdSinks)
+	return status, status.getError(ctx.Err(), g.successThreshold, g.successThresholdSinks)
 }
 
 // Recursively process every node in the graph.