diff --git a/crates/libafl/src/events/launcher.rs b/crates/libafl/src/events/launcher.rs
index 8bbefd90a99..1c325460f81 100644
--- a/crates/libafl/src/events/launcher.rs
+++ b/crates/libafl/src/events/launcher.rs
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ where
                     }
                 }
 
-                Self::wait_for_pids(&handles, self.spawn_broker);
+                Self::wait_for_pids(&handles, self.spawn_broker)?;
             }
             // This is the fork part for unix
             #[cfg(not(unix))]
@@ -892,13 +892,16 @@ where
                 spawn_mgr(&self, None, monitor)?;
             }
 
-            Self::wait_for_child_processes(&mut handles, self.spawn_broker);
+            Self::wait_for_child_processes(&mut handles, self.spawn_broker)?;
         }
-        Ok(())
+        Err(Error::shutting_down())
     }
 
     #[cfg(unix)]
-    fn wait_for_pids(handles: &[i32], spawn_broker: bool) {
+    fn wait_for_pids(handles: &[i32], spawn_broker: bool) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let mut crash_count = 0;
+        let mut reasons = vec![];
+
         if spawn_broker {
             // Broker exited. kill all clients and wait for them to avoid zombies.
             for handle in handles {
@@ -927,13 +930,28 @@ where
                         );
                     } else {
                         log::info!("Client with pid {handle} exited with status {status}");
+                        crash_count += 1;
+                        reasons.push(format!("Exited with status {status}"));
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        if crash_count > 0 {
+            return Err(Error::unknown(format!(
+                "{crash_count} child processes crashed. Reasons: {reasons:?}"
+            )));
+        }
+        Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn wait_for_child_processes(handles: &mut [std::process::Child], spawn_broker: bool) {
+    fn wait_for_child_processes(
+        handles: &mut [std::process::Child],
+        spawn_broker: bool,
+    ) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let mut crash_count = 0;
+        let mut reasons = vec![];
+
         if spawn_broker {
             for handle in &mut *handles {
                 let _ = handle.kill();
@@ -941,12 +959,38 @@ where
             }
         } else {
             for handle in &mut *handles {
-                let ecode = handle.wait();
-                if ecode.as_ref().is_ok_and(|e| !e.success()) {
-                    log::info!("Client with handle {handle:?} exited with {ecode:?}");
+                let ecode = handle.wait()?;
+                if !ecode.success() {
+                    #[cfg(unix)]
+                    {
+                        use std::os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt;
+                        if let Some(sig) = ecode.signal() {
+                            if sig != libc::SIGINT && sig != libc::SIGTERM {
+                                crash_count += 1;
+                                reasons.push(format!("Killed by signal {sig}"));
+                            }
+                        } else if let Some(code) = ecode.code() {
+                            crash_count += 1;
+                            reasons.push(format!("Exited with code {code}"));
+                        }
+                    }
+                    #[cfg(not(unix))]
+                    {
+                        if let Some(code) = ecode.code() {
+                            crash_count += 1;
+                            reasons.push(format!("Exited with code {code}"));
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        if crash_count > 0 {
+            return Err(Error::unknown(format!(
+                "{crash_count} child processes crashed. Reasons: {reasons:?}"
+            )));
+        }
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     /// Launch the common broker logic
diff --git a/fuzzers/forkserver/libafl-fuzz/Cargo.lock b/fuzzers/forkserver/libafl-fuzz/Cargo.lock
index ebce377b3d5..01dc2847526 100644
--- a/fuzzers/forkserver/libafl-fuzz/Cargo.lock
+++ b/fuzzers/forkserver/libafl-fuzz/Cargo.lock
@@ -257,9 +257,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.59"
+version = "1.2.60"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b7a4d3ec6524d28a329fc53654bbadc9bdd7b0431f5d65f1a56ffb28a1ee5283"
+checksum = "43c5703da9466b66a946814e1adf53ea2c90f10063b86290cc9eb67ce3478a20"
 dependencies = [
  "find-msvc-tools",
  "jobserver",
@@ -413,9 +413,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ctor"
-version = "0.6.3"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "424e0138278faeb2b401f174ad17e715c829512d74f3d1e81eb43365c2e0590e"
+checksum = "352d39c2f7bef1d6ad73db6f5160efcaed66d94ef8c6c573a8410c00bf909a98"
 dependencies = [
  "ctor-proc-macro",
  "dtor",
@@ -452,9 +452,9 @@ checksum = "780955b8b195a21ab8e4ac6b60dd1dbdcec1dc6c51c0617964b08c81785e12c9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dtor"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "404d02eeb088a82cfd873006cb713fe411306c7d182c344905e101fb1167d301"
+checksum = "f1057d6c64987086ff8ed0fd3fbf377a6b7d205cc7715868cd401705f715cbe4"
 dependencies = [
  "dtor-proc-macro",
 ]
@@ -558,20 +558,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastbloom"
-version = "0.14.1"
+version = "0.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4e7f34442dbe69c60fe8eaf58a8cafff81a1f278816d8ab4db255b3bef4ac3c4"
+checksum = "ef975e30683b2d965054bb0a836f8973857c4ebf6acf274fe46617cd285060d8"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.3.4",
+ "foldhash 0.2.0",
  "libm",
+ "portable-atomic",
  "siphasher",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
-version = "2.4.0"
+version = "2.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a043dc74da1e37d6afe657061213aa6f425f855399a11d3463c6ecccc4dfda1f"
+checksum = "9f1f227452a390804cdb637b74a86990f2a7d7ba4b7d5693aac9b4dd6defd8d6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "find-msvc-tools"
@@ -681,6 +682,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f467dd6dccf739c208452f8014c75c18bb8301b050ad1cfb27153803edb0f51"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -712,12 +719,12 @@ checksum = "3d3067d79b975e8844ca9eb072e16b31c3c1c36928edf9c6789548c524d0d954"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.13.1"
+version = "2.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "45a8a2b9cb3e0b0c1803dbb0758ffac5de2f425b23c28f518faabd9d805342ff"
+checksum = "d466e9454f08e4a911e14806c24e16fba1b4c121d1ea474396f396069cf949d9"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
- "hashbrown 0.16.1",
+ "hashbrown 0.17.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_core",
 ]
@@ -779,9 +786,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
-version = "0.3.94"
+version = "0.3.95"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2e04e2ef80ce82e13552136fabeef8a5ed1f985a96805761cbb9a2c34e7664d9"
+checksum = "2964e92d1d9dc3364cae4d718d93f227e3abb088e747d92e0395bfdedf1c12ca"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -2109,9 +2116,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
-version = "0.2.117"
+version = "0.2.118"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0551fc1bb415591e3372d0bc4780db7e587d84e2a7e79da121051c5c4b89d0b0"
+checksum = "0bf938a0bacb0469e83c1e148908bd7d5a6010354cf4fb73279b7447422e3a89"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
@@ -2122,9 +2129,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
-version = "0.2.117"
+version = "0.2.118"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7fbdf9a35adf44786aecd5ff89b4563a90325f9da0923236f6104e603c7e86be"
+checksum = "eeff24f84126c0ec2db7a449f0c2ec963c6a49efe0698c4242929da037ca28ed"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
@@ -2132,9 +2139,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
-version = "0.2.117"
+version = "0.2.118"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dca9693ef2bab6d4e6707234500350d8dad079eb508dca05530c85dc3a529ff2"
+checksum = "9d08065faf983b2b80a79fd87d8254c409281cf7de75fc4b773019824196c904"
 dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -2145,9 +2152,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
-version = "0.2.117"
+version = "0.2.118"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "39129a682a6d2d841b6c429d0c51e5cb0ed1a03829d8b3d1e69a011e62cb3d3b"
+checksum = "5fd04d9e306f1907bd13c6361b5c6bfc7b3b3c095ed3f8a9246390f8dbdee129"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -2188,9 +2195,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wide"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "198f6abc41fab83526d10880fa5c17e2b4ee44e763949b4bb34e2fd1e8ca48e4"
+checksum = "c9479f84a757f819cfab37295955906479181395de83add28f74975fde083141"
 dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "safe_arch",
diff --git a/fuzzers/forkserver/libafl-fuzz/src/main.rs b/fuzzers/forkserver/libafl-fuzz/src/main.rs
index 534d4f70f82..6c4e3e5728d 100644
--- a/fuzzers/forkserver/libafl-fuzz/src/main.rs
+++ b/fuzzers/forkserver/libafl-fuzz/src/main.rs
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ fn main() {
         res
     };
     match res {
-        Ok(()) => unreachable!(),
+        Ok(()) => (),
         Err(Error::ShuttingDown) => println!("Fuzzing stopped by user. Good bye."),
         Err(err) => panic!("Failed to run launcher: {err:?}"),
     }