diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1f2140a94..9126a161d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/eiannone/keyboard v0.0.0-20220611211555-0d226195f203
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsevents v0.2.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0
 	github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.5.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-shellwords v1.0.12
@@ -117,6 +116,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.26.1 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/in-toto/in-toto-golang v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inhies/go-bytesize v0.0.0-20220417184213-4913239db9cf // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/compose/up.go b/pkg/compose/up.go
index 9cbba83dc..b3c4373e2 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/up.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/up.go
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ package compose
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"slices"
+	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
 
@@ -33,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/compose/v2/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/docker/compose/v2/pkg/progress"
 	"github.com/eiannone/keyboard"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
@@ -61,14 +62,11 @@ func (s *composeService) Up(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options
 		return err
 	}
 
-	var eg multierror.Group
-
 	// if we get a second signal during shutdown, we kill the services
 	// immediately, so the channel needs to have sufficient capacity or
 	// we might miss a signal while setting up the second channel read
 	// (this is also why signal.Notify is used vs signal.NotifyContext)
 	signalChan := make(chan os.Signal, 2)
-	defer close(signalChan)
 	signal.Notify(signalChan, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	defer signal.Stop(signalChan)
 	var isTerminated atomic.Bool
@@ -103,26 +101,45 @@ func (s *composeService) Up(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options
 
 	printer := newLogPrinter(logConsumer)
 
-	doneCh := make(chan bool)
+	// global context to handle canceling goroutines
+	globalCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	var (
+		eg   errgroup.Group
+		mu   sync.Mutex
+		errs []error
+	)
+
+	appendErr := func(err error) {
+		if err != nil {
+			mu.Lock()
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+			mu.Unlock()
+		}
+	}
+
 	eg.Go(func() error {
 		first := true
 		gracefulTeardown := func() {
 			first = false
 			fmt.Println("Gracefully Stopping... press Ctrl+C again to force")
 			eg.Go(func() error {
-				return progress.RunWithLog(context.WithoutCancel(ctx), func(ctx context.Context) error {
-					return s.stop(ctx, project.Name, api.StopOptions{
+				err := progress.RunWithLog(context.WithoutCancel(globalCtx), func(c context.Context) error {
+					return s.stop(c, project.Name, api.StopOptions{
 						Services: options.Create.Services,
 						Project:  project,
 					}, printer.HandleEvent)
 				}, s.stdinfo(), logConsumer)
+				appendErr(err)
+				return nil
 			})
 			isTerminated.Store(true)
 		}
 
 		for {
 			select {
-			case <-doneCh:
+			case <-globalCtx.Done():
 				if watcher != nil {
 					return watcher.Stop()
 				}
@@ -133,12 +150,12 @@ func (s *composeService) Up(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options
 				}
 			case <-signalChan:
 				if first {
-					keyboard.Close() //nolint:errcheck
+					_ = keyboard.Close()
 					gracefulTeardown()
 					break
 				}
 				eg.Go(func() error {
-					err := s.kill(context.WithoutCancel(ctx), project.Name, api.KillOptions{
+					err := s.kill(context.WithoutCancel(globalCtx), project.Name, api.KillOptions{
 						Services: options.Create.Services,
 						Project:  project,
 						All:      true,
@@ -148,18 +165,21 @@ func (s *composeService) Up(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options
 						return nil
 					}
 
-					return err
+					appendErr(err)
+					return nil
 				})
 				return nil
 			case event := <-kEvents:
-				navigationMenu.HandleKeyEvents(ctx, event, project, options)
+				navigationMenu.HandleKeyEvents(globalCtx, event, project, options)
 			}
 		}
 	})
 
 	if options.Start.Watch && watcher != nil {
-		err = watcher.Start(ctx)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err := watcher.Start(globalCtx); err != nil {
+			// cancel the global context to terminate background goroutines
+			cancel()
+			_ = eg.Wait()
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -186,12 +206,14 @@ func (s *composeService) Up(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options
 				exitCode = event.ExitCode
 				_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(s.stdinfo(), progress.ErrorColor("Aborting on container exit..."))
 				eg.Go(func() error {
-					return progress.RunWithLog(context.WithoutCancel(ctx), func(ctx context.Context) error {
-						return s.stop(ctx, project.Name, api.StopOptions{
+					err := progress.RunWithLog(context.WithoutCancel(globalCtx), func(c context.Context) error {
+						return s.stop(c, project.Name, api.StopOptions{
 							Services: options.Create.Services,
 							Project:  project,
 						}, printer.HandleEvent)
 					}, s.stdinfo(), logConsumer)
+					appendErr(err)
+					return nil
 				})
 			}
 		})
@@ -208,13 +230,10 @@ func (s *composeService) Up(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options
 		})
 	}
 
-	// use an independent context tied to the errgroup for background attach operations
-	// the primary context is still used for other operations
-	// this means that once any attach operation fails, all other attaches are cancelled,
-	// but an attach failing won't interfere with the rest of the start
-	_, attachCtx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
-	containers, err := s.attach(attachCtx, project, printer.HandleEvent, options.Start.AttachTo)
+	containers, err := s.attach(globalCtx, project, printer.HandleEvent, options.Start.AttachTo)
 	if err != nil {
+		cancel()
+		_ = eg.Wait()
 		return err
 	}
 	attached := make([]string, len(containers))
@@ -230,38 +249,46 @@ func (s *composeService) Up(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options
 			return
 		}
 		eg.Go(func() error {
-			ctr, err := s.apiClient().ContainerInspect(ctx, event.ID)
+			ctr, err := s.apiClient().ContainerInspect(globalCtx, event.ID)
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				appendErr(err)
+				return nil
 			}
 
-			err = s.doLogContainer(ctx, options.Start.Attach, event.Source, ctr, api.LogOptions{
+			err = s.doLogContainer(globalCtx, options.Start.Attach, event.Source, ctr, api.LogOptions{
 				Follow: true,
 				Since:  ctr.State.StartedAt,
 			})
 			if errdefs.IsNotImplemented(err) {
 				// container may be configured with logging_driver: none
 				// as container already started, we might miss the very first logs. But still better than none
-				return s.doAttachContainer(ctx, event.Service, event.ID, event.Source, printer.HandleEvent)
+				err := s.doAttachContainer(globalCtx, event.Service, event.ID, event.Source, printer.HandleEvent)
+				appendErr(err)
+				return nil
 			}
-			return err
+			appendErr(err)
+			return nil
 		})
 	})
 
 	eg.Go(func() error {
-		err := monitor.Start(context.Background())
-		// Signal for the signal-handler goroutines to stop
-		close(doneCh)
-		return err
+		err := monitor.Start(globalCtx)
+		// cancel the global context to terminate signal-handler goroutines
+		cancel()
+		appendErr(err)
+		return nil
 	})
 
 	// We use the parent context without cancellation as we manage sigterm to stop the stack
 	err = s.start(context.WithoutCancel(ctx), project.Name, options.Start, printer.HandleEvent)
 	if err != nil && !isTerminated.Load() { // Ignore error if the process is terminated
+		cancel()
+		_ = eg.Wait()
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = eg.Wait().ErrorOrNil()
+	_ = eg.Wait()
+	err = errors.Join(errs...)
 	if exitCode != 0 {
 		errMsg := ""
 		if err != nil {