diff --git a/benchmarks/cli.py b/benchmarks/cli.py
index 8de0889..8b27435 100644
--- a/benchmarks/cli.py
+++ b/benchmarks/cli.py
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def cmd_run_experiment(experiments: Dict[str, ExperimentBuilder[Experiment]], ar
     logger.info(DECLogEntry.adapt_instance(experiment))
     experiment.build().run()
 
+    print(f"Experiment {args.experiment} completed successfully.")
+
 
 def cmd_describe_experiment(args):
     if not args.type:
diff --git a/benchmarks/core/concurrency.py b/benchmarks/core/concurrency.py
index a7a5170..e1d53ce 100644
--- a/benchmarks/core/concurrency.py
+++ b/benchmarks/core/concurrency.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+from concurrent import futures
 from concurrent.futures.thread import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from queue import Queue
-from typing import Iterable, Iterator, List
+from typing import Iterable, Iterator, List, cast
 
 from typing_extensions import TypeVar
 
@@ -50,8 +51,27 @@ def _consume(task: Iterable[T]) -> None:
                 yield item
 
         # This will cause any exceptions thrown in tasks to be re-raised.
-        for future in task_futures:
-            future.result()
+        ensure_successful(task_futures)
 
     finally:
         executor.shutdown(wait=True)
+
+
+def ensure_successful(futs: Iterable[futures.Future[T]]) -> List[T]:
+    future_list = list(futs)
+    futures.wait(future_list, return_when=futures.ALL_COMPLETED)
+
+    # We treat cancelled futures as if they were successful.
+    exceptions = [
+        fut.exception()
+        for fut in future_list
+        if not fut.cancelled() and fut.exception() is not None
+    ]
+
+    if exceptions:
+        raise ExceptionGroup(
+            "One or more computations failed to complete successfully",
+            cast(List[Exception], exceptions),
+        )
+
+    return [cast(T, fut.result()) for fut in future_list]
diff --git a/benchmarks/core/experiments/static_experiment.py b/benchmarks/core/experiments/static_experiment.py
index a7773f2..6cde1f9 100644
--- a/benchmarks/core/experiments/static_experiment.py
+++ b/benchmarks/core/experiments/static_experiment.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import logging
-from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool
+from concurrent.futures.thread import ThreadPoolExecutor
+
 from time import sleep
 from typing import Sequence, Optional
 
 from typing_extensions import Generic, List, Tuple
 
+from benchmarks.core.concurrency import ensure_successful
 from benchmarks.core.experiments.experiments import ExperimentWithLifecycle
 from benchmarks.core.network import (
     TInitialMetadata,
@@ -36,8 +38,8 @@ def __init__(
         self.file_size = file_size
         self.seed = seed
 
-        self._pool = ThreadPool(
-            processes=len(network) - len(seeders)
+        self._executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(
+            max_workers=len(network) - len(seeders)
             if concurrency is None
             else concurrency
         )
@@ -71,20 +73,34 @@ def _leech(leecher):
             _log_request(leecher, "leech", str(self.meta), RequestEventType.end)
             return download
 
-        downloads = list(self._pool.imap_unordered(_leech, leechers))
-
         logger.info("Now waiting for downloads to complete")
 
-        def _await_for_download(element: Tuple[int, DownloadHandle]) -> int:
+        downloads = ensure_successful(
+            [self._executor.submit(_leech, leecher) for leecher in leechers]
+        )
+
+        def _await_for_download(
+            element: Tuple[int, DownloadHandle],
+        ) -> Tuple[int, DownloadHandle]:
             index, download = element
             if not download.await_for_completion():
                 raise Exception(
                     f"Download ({index}, {str(download)}) did not complete in time."
                 )
-            return index
-
-        for i in self._pool.imap_unordered(_await_for_download, enumerate(downloads)):
-            logger.info("Download %d / %d completed", i + 1, len(downloads))
+            logger.info(
+                "Download %d / %d completed (node: %s)",
+                index + 1,
+                len(downloads),
+                download.node.name,
+            )
+            return element
+
+        ensure_successful(
+            [
+                self._executor.submit(_await_for_download, (i, download))
+                for i, download in enumerate(downloads)
+            ]
+        )
 
         # FIXME this is a hack to ensure that nodes get a chance to log their data before we
         #   run the teardown hook and remove the torrents.
@@ -96,15 +112,21 @@ def _remove(element: Tuple[int, Node[TNetworkHandle, TInitialMetadata]]):
             index, node = element
             assert self._cid is not None  # to please mypy
             node.remove(self._cid)
-            return index
+            logger.info("Node %d (%s) removed file", index + 1, node.name)
+            return element
 
         try:
-            for i in self._pool.imap_unordered(_remove, enumerate(self.nodes)):
-                logger.info("Node %d removed file", i + 1)
+            # Since teardown might be called as the result of an exception, it's expected
+            # that not all removes will succeed, so we don't check their result.
+            ensure_successful(
+                [
+                    self._executor.submit(_remove, (i, node))
+                    for i, node in enumerate(self.nodes)
+                ]
+            )
         finally:
             logger.info("Shut down thread pool.")
-            self._pool.close()
-            self._pool.join()
+            self._executor.shutdown(wait=True)
             logger.info("Done.")
 
     def _split_nodes(
diff --git a/benchmarks/core/experiments/tests/test_static_experiment.py b/benchmarks/core/experiments/tests/test_static_experiment.py
index 16397b2..0945aea 100644
--- a/benchmarks/core/experiments/tests/test_static_experiment.py
+++ b/benchmarks/core/experiments/tests/test_static_experiment.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from io import StringIO
 from typing import Optional, List
@@ -19,12 +20,22 @@ def __str__(self):
 
 
 class MockNode(Node[MockGenData, str]):
-    def __init__(self, name="mock_node") -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        name="mock_node",
+        download_lag: float = 0,
+        should_fail_download: bool = False,
+    ) -> None:
         self._name = name
         self.seeding: Optional[MockGenData] = None
         self.leeching: Optional[MockGenData] = None
-        self.download_was_awaited = False
+
         self.cleanup_was_called = False
+        self.download_lag = download_lag
+        self.download_completed = False
+        self.download_failed = False
+
+        self.should_fail_download = should_fail_download
 
     @property
     def name(self) -> str:
@@ -32,13 +43,18 @@ def name(self) -> str:
 
     def genseed(self, size: int, seed: int, meta: str) -> MockGenData:
         self.seeding = MockGenData(size=size, seed=seed, name=meta)
+        self.download_completed = True
         return self.seeding
 
     def leech(self, handle: MockGenData):
         self.leeching = handle
-        return MockDownloadHandle(self)
+        return MockDownloadHandle(self, self.download_lag, self.should_fail_download)
 
     def remove(self, handle: MockGenData):
+        assert (
+            self.download_completed or self.download_failed
+        ), "Removing download before completion"
+
         if self.leeching is not None:
             assert self.leeching == handle
         elif self.seeding is not None:
@@ -49,19 +65,40 @@ def remove(self, handle: MockGenData):
             )
 
         self.remove_was_called = True
+        return True
 
 
 class MockDownloadHandle(DownloadHandle):
-    def __init__(self, parent: MockNode) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self, parent: MockNode, lag: float = 0, should_fail: bool = False
+    ) -> None:
         self.parent = parent
+        self.lag = lag
+        self.should_fail = should_fail
+
+    @property
+    def node(self):
+        return self.parent
 
     def await_for_completion(self, timeout: float = 0) -> bool:
-        self.parent.download_was_awaited = True
+        if self.should_fail:
+            self.parent.download_failed = True
+            raise Exception("Oooops, I failed!")
+        time.sleep(self.lag)
+        self.parent.download_completed = True
         return True
 
 
-def mock_network(n: int) -> List[MockNode]:
-    return [MockNode(f"node-{i}") for i in range(n)]
+def mock_network(
+    n: int, fail: Optional[List[int]] = None, download_lag: float = 0.0
+) -> List[MockNode]:
+    fail_list = fail or []
+    return [
+        MockNode(
+            f"node-{i}", should_fail_download=i in fail_list, download_lag=download_lag
+        )
+        for i in range(n)
+    ]
 
 
 def test_should_generate_correct_data_and_seed():
@@ -104,7 +141,7 @@ def test_should_download_at_remaining_nodes():
         if node.leeching is not None:
             assert node.leeching == gendata
             assert node.seeding is None
-            assert node.download_was_awaited
+            assert node.download_completed
             actual_leechers.add(index)
 
     assert actual_leechers == set(range(13)) - set(seeders)
@@ -199,3 +236,27 @@ def test_should_delete_file_from_nodes_at_the_end_of_the_experiment():
 
     assert network[0].remove_was_called
     assert network[1].remove_was_called
+
+
+def test_should_not_have_pending_download_operations_running_at_teardown():
+    network = mock_network(n=3, fail=[1], download_lag=1)
+    seeders = [0]
+
+    experiment = StaticDisseminationExperiment(
+        seeders=seeders,
+        network=network,
+        meta="dataset-1",
+        file_size=1000,
+        seed=12,
+    )
+
+    try:
+        experiment.run()
+    except* Exception as e:
+        assert len(e.exceptions) == 1
+        assert str(e.exceptions[0]) == "Oooops, I failed!"
+
+    # Downloads should have been marked as completed even
+    # though we had one exception.
+    assert network[0].download_completed
+    assert network[2].download_completed
diff --git a/benchmarks/core/network.py b/benchmarks/core/network.py
index 76c9fc9..b660979 100644
--- a/benchmarks/core/network.py
+++ b/benchmarks/core/network.py
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 class DownloadHandle(ABC):
     """A :class:`DownloadHandle` is a reference to an ongoing download operation."""
 
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def node(self) -> "Node":
+        """The node that initiated the download."""
+        pass
+
     @abstractmethod
     def await_for_completion(self, timeout: float = 0) -> bool:
         """Blocks the current thread until either the download completes or a timeout expires.
diff --git a/benchmarks/core/tests/test_concurrency.py b/benchmarks/core/tests/test_concurrency.py
index e330133..0f6aa92 100644
--- a/benchmarks/core/tests/test_concurrency.py
+++ b/benchmarks/core/tests/test_concurrency.py
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
+from concurrent.futures.thread import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from threading import Semaphore
 from typing import Iterable
 
 import pytest
 
-from benchmarks.core.concurrency import pflatmap
+from benchmarks.core.concurrency import pflatmap, ensure_successful
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def executor():
+    executor = None
+    try:
+        executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=3)
+        yield executor
+    finally:
+        if executor is not None:
+            executor.shutdown(wait=True)
 
 
 def test_should_run_iterators_in_separate_threads():
@@ -44,7 +56,34 @@ def faulty_task():
         for val in it:
             actual_vals.add(val)
         assert False, "ValueError was not raised"
-    except ValueError:
+    except* ValueError:
         pass
 
     assert actual_vals == reference_vals
+
+
+def test_should_return_results_when_no_failures_occur(executor):
+    def reliable_task(i: int) -> int:
+        return i
+
+    assert set(
+        ensure_successful(executor.submit(reliable_task, i) for i in range(10))
+    ) == set(range(10))
+
+
+def test_should_raise_exception_when_one_task_fails(executor):
+    def reliable_task(i: int) -> int:
+        return i
+
+    def faulty_task(i: int):
+        raise ValueError("I'm very faulty")
+
+    try:
+        ensure_successful(
+            executor.submit(reliable_task if i % 2 == 0 else faulty_task, i)
+            for i in range(10)
+        )
+    except* ValueError as e:
+        assert len(e.exceptions) == 5
+        for exception in e.exceptions:
+            assert str(exception) == "I'm very faulty"
diff --git a/benchmarks/deluge/deluge_node.py b/benchmarks/deluge/deluge_node.py
index f6edfa6..a04a71c 100644
--- a/benchmarks/deluge/deluge_node.py
+++ b/benchmarks/deluge/deluge_node.py
@@ -207,9 +207,13 @@ def __getattr__(self, item):
 
 class DelugeDownloadHandle(DownloadHandle):
     def __init__(self, torrent: Torrent, node: DelugeNode) -> None:
-        self.node = node
+        self._node = node
         self.torrent = torrent
 
+    @property
+    def node(self) -> DelugeNode:
+        return self._node
+
     def await_for_completion(self, timeout: float = 0) -> bool:
         name = self.torrent.name
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d050445..2d241e9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,11 +26,9 @@ types-pyyaml = "^6.0.12.20240917"
 types-requests = "^2.32.0.20241016"
 httpx = "^0.28.1"
 
-
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pre-commit = "^4.0.1"
 
-
 [tool.poetry.group.agent.dependencies]
 uvicorn = "^0.34.0"
 
@@ -42,6 +40,9 @@ markers = [
 [tool.mypy]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 
+[tool.ruff]
+target-version = "py312"
+
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"