diff --git a/go/libraries/utils/pipeline/stage.go b/go/libraries/utils/pipeline/stage.go
index d2051d6f1a..0933d6f3e8 100644
--- a/go/libraries/utils/pipeline/stage.go
+++ b/go/libraries/utils/pipeline/stage.go
@@ -85,11 +85,28 @@ func (s *Stage) start(eg *errgroup.Group, ctx context.Context) {
 	for i := 0; i < parallelism; i++ {
 		routineIndex := i
 		routineCtx := context.WithValue(ctx, localStorageKey, LocalStorage{})
-		eg.Go(func() error {
+		eg.Go(func() (rerr error) {
 			defer func() {
 				if atomic.AddInt32(&stageWorkers, -1) == 0 {
 					if s.outCh != nil {
-						close(s.outCh)
+						// To finalize our channel in the non-error case,
+						// we send a `nil` sentinel indicating we are done
+						// and then close the channel.
+						if rerr == nil {
+							select {
+							case <-ctx.Done():
+							case s.outCh <- nil:
+							}
+							close(s.outCh)
+						} else {
+							// In the error case, we do not want to close the
+							// channel until we are certain our consumer will
+							// see the failure in the context Err().
+							go func() {
+								<-ctx.Done()
+								close(s.outCh)
+							}()
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}()
@@ -116,19 +133,12 @@ func (s *Stage) start(eg *errgroup.Group, ctx context.Context) {
 func (s *Stage) runFirstStageInPipeline(ctx context.Context) error {
 	for {
 		if ctx.Err() != nil {
-			return nil
+			return ctx.Err()
 		}
 
 		iwp, err := s.stageFunc(ctx, nil)
 		if err == io.EOF {
-			// We send one last `nil` as an end-of-stream sentinel
-			// before we close the channel.
-			select {
-			case <-ctx.Done():
-				return nil
-			case s.outCh <- nil:
-				return nil
-			}
+			return nil
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -136,7 +146,7 @@ func (s *Stage) runFirstStageInPipeline(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return nil
+			return ctx.Err()
 		case s.outCh <- iwp:
 		}
 	}
@@ -147,15 +157,12 @@ func (s *Stage) runPipelineStage(ctx context.Context) error {
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return nil
+			return ctx.Err()
 		case inBatch, ok := <-s.inCh:
 			if !ok {
-				return nil
+				return ctx.Err()
 			}
 			err := s.transformBatch(ctx, inBatch)
-			if err == io.EOF {
-				return nil
-			}
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -178,7 +185,7 @@ func (s *Stage) transformBatch(ctx context.Context, inBatch []ItemWithProps) err
 
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return nil
+			return ctx.Err()
 		case s.outCh <- currBatch:
 		}
 	}