diff --git a/torchft/manager.py b/torchft/manager.py
index 85af6235..0697bd4d 100644
--- a/torchft/manager.py
+++ b/torchft/manager.py
@@ -445,6 +445,8 @@ def _async_quorum(
         quorum_timeout: timedelta,
         curr_device: int,
     ) -> None:
+        torch.multiprocessing._set_thread_name("torchft_quorum")
+
         if curr_device >= 0 and torch.cuda.is_available():
             torch.cuda.set_device(curr_device)
         quorum = self._client._quorum(
@@ -605,6 +607,9 @@ def should_commit(self, timeout: Optional[timedelta] = None) -> bool:
 
         self._pending_work = []
 
+        if err := self._pg.errored():
+            self.report_error(err)
+
         # apply state_dict if healing
         if self._healing:
             self._apply_pending_state_dict()
diff --git a/torchft/manager_test.py b/torchft/manager_test.py
index 05793e1b..fb134967 100644
--- a/torchft/manager_test.py
+++ b/torchft/manager_test.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ def _create_manager(
         timeout: timedelta = timedelta(seconds=10),
     ) -> Manager:
         pg = create_autospec(ProcessGroup)
+        pg.errored.return_value = None
+
         self.store = TCPStore(
             host_name="localhost", port=0, is_master=True, wait_for_workers=False
         )
@@ -408,6 +410,39 @@ def test_allreduce_error(self, client_mock: MagicMock) -> None:
         manager.allreduce(torch.tensor([1.0])).wait()
         self.assertTrue(manager.should_commit())
 
+    @patch("torchft.manager.ManagerClient", autospec=True)
+    def test_pg_errored(self, client_mock: MagicMock) -> None:
+        manager = self._create_manager()
+        client_mock().should_commit = mock_should_commit
+
+        quorum = QuorumResult()
+        quorum.quorum_id = 123
+        quorum.replica_rank = 1
+        quorum.replica_world_size = 2
+        quorum.recover_src_manager_address = "manager address"
+        quorum.store_address = f"localhost:{self.store.port}"
+        quorum.max_step = 1
+        quorum.max_rank = 1
+        quorum.max_world_size = 2
+        quorum.heal = False
+
+        client_mock()._quorum.return_value = quorum
+
+        self.assertEqual(manager._quorum_id, -1)
+        self.assertEqual(manager.current_step(), 0)
+
+        manager.start_quorum()
+
+        injected_failure = RuntimeError("injected failure")
+
+        # pyre-ignore[16]: _pg is mocked
+        manager._pg.errored.return_value = injected_failure
+
+        self.assertFalse(manager.should_commit())
+        self.assertEqual(manager._errored, injected_failure)
+        # pyre-ignore[16]: _pg is mocked
+        self.assertEqual(manager._pg.errored.call_count, 1)
+
     @patch("torchft.manager.ManagerClient", autospec=True)
     def test_quorum_fixed_world_size(self, client_mock: MagicMock) -> None:
         # test active and spares
diff --git a/torchft/process_group.py b/torchft/process_group.py
index 2b13593e..5ae5ce85 100644
--- a/torchft/process_group.py
+++ b/torchft/process_group.py
@@ -344,6 +344,12 @@ def shutdown(self) -> None:
         """
         pass
 
+    def errored(self) -> Optional[Exception]:
+        """
+        Whether an async error occured that requires reconfiguration.
+        """
+        return None
+
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"{self.__class__.__name__}()"
 
@@ -657,6 +663,8 @@ def __init__(self, timeout: timedelta = timedelta(seconds=60.0)) -> None:
         super().__init__(timeout)
         self._use_abort: bool = torch.cuda.nccl.version() >= (2, 25)
 
+        self._errored: Optional[Exception] = None
+
     def _opts_hook(self, opts: T) -> T:
         if not self._use_abort:
             return opts
@@ -679,6 +687,8 @@ def _wrap_work(self, work: Work, opts: object) -> Work:
         return _WorkCUDATimeout(self, work, timeout)
 
     def _create_pg(self, store: Store, rank: int, world_size: int) -> BaseProcessGroup:
+        self._errored = None
+
         pg = BaseProcessGroup(store, rank, world_size)
         pg._set_default_backend(ProcessGroup.BackendType.NCCL)
         # pyre-fixme[16]: no attribute ProcessGroupNCCL
@@ -689,6 +699,18 @@ def _create_pg(self, store: Store, rank: int, world_size: int) -> BaseProcessGro
         )
         return pg
 
+    def abort(self) -> None:
+        super().abort()
+
+        self._errored = RuntimeError("aborted")
+
+    def errored(self) -> Optional[Exception]:
+        pg = self._pg
+        if pg is not None:
+            pg._wait_for_pending_works()
+
+        return self._errored
+
     def getBackendName(self) -> str:
         return "torchft-nccl"
 
diff --git a/torchft/process_group_test.py b/torchft/process_group_test.py
index 5a072fe5..59b05fb8 100644
--- a/torchft/process_group_test.py
+++ b/torchft/process_group_test.py
@@ -921,6 +921,8 @@ def _run_with_resiliency(self, collective: str, device: str = "cpu") -> None:
         def worker(pg: ProcessGroup, rank: int, dev: str) -> str:
             if dev == "cuda":
                 torch.cuda.set_device(rank)
+                # Use a separate stream to avoid deadlocks between threads.
+                torch.cuda.set_stream(torch.cuda.Stream())
 
             fault_rank = self.WORLD_SIZE - 1
             test = _COLLECTIVE_TO_FUNC[collective]
@@ -952,6 +954,10 @@ def worker(pg: ProcessGroup, rank: int, dev: str) -> str:
                 test(pg, rank, t1.clone())
                 raise RuntimeError("no error")
 
+            if err := pg.errored():
+                with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "aborted"):
+                    raise err
+
             return f"Rank{rank} final success."
 
         # run in parallel