diff --git a/src/Rebus.Operations/Rebus.Operations.Core/Workflow/FailedOperationHandler.cs b/src/Rebus.Operations/Rebus.Operations.Core/Workflow/FailedOperationHandler.cs
index 004b069..bd59d3b 100644
--- a/src/Rebus.Operations/Rebus.Operations.Core/Workflow/FailedOperationHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Rebus.Operations/Rebus.Operations.Core/Workflow/FailedOperationHandler.cs
@@ -33,10 +33,16 @@ public async Task Handle(IFailed<T> failedMessage)
                 failedMessage.Message.TaskId, failedMessage.ErrorDescription
                 );
 
+            var failedTaskId = failedMessage.Message.TaskId;
+
+            // assign errors on status events to initiating task
+            if(failedMessage.Message is IOperationTaskStatusEvent statusEvent)
+                failedTaskId = statusEvent.InitiatingTaskId;
+
             await _operationMessaging.DispatchTaskStatusEventAsync(
                 OperationTaskStatusEvent.Failed(
                     failedMessage.Message.OperationId, failedMessage.Message.InitiatingTaskId,
-                    failedMessage.Message.TaskId, new ErrorData() { ErrorMessage = failedMessage.ErrorDescription },
+                    failedTaskId, new ErrorData() { ErrorMessage = failedMessage.ErrorDescription },
                     _workflowOptions.JsonSerializerOptions));
 
 
diff --git a/src/Rebus.Operations/Rebus.Operations.Primitives/Events/OperationTaskStatusEventBase.cs b/src/Rebus.Operations/Rebus.Operations.Primitives/Events/OperationTaskStatusEventBase.cs
index 9e8a3b4..10f16ee 100644
--- a/src/Rebus.Operations/Rebus.Operations.Primitives/Events/OperationTaskStatusEventBase.cs
+++ b/src/Rebus.Operations/Rebus.Operations.Primitives/Events/OperationTaskStatusEventBase.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 namespace Dbosoft.Rebus.Operations.Events;
 
 #nullable enable
-public class OperationTaskStatusEventBase : IOperationTaskMessage
+public class OperationTaskStatusEventBase : IOperationTaskStatusEvent
 {
     public OperationTaskStatusEventBase() {}
 
diff --git a/src/Rebus.Operations/Rebus.Operations.Primitives/IOperationTaskMessage.cs b/src/Rebus.Operations/Rebus.Operations.Primitives/IOperationTaskMessage.cs
index e7af6ac..8d2e24c 100644
--- a/src/Rebus.Operations/Rebus.Operations.Primitives/IOperationTaskMessage.cs
+++ b/src/Rebus.Operations/Rebus.Operations.Primitives/IOperationTaskMessage.cs
@@ -13,5 +13,4 @@ public interface IOperationTaskMessage
 
         Guid TaskId { get;  }
     }
-
 }
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diff --git a/src/Rebus.Operations/Rebus.Operations.Primitives/IOperationTaskStatusEvent.cs b/src/Rebus.Operations/Rebus.Operations.Primitives/IOperationTaskStatusEvent.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f67a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Rebus.Operations/Rebus.Operations.Primitives/IOperationTaskStatusEvent.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace Dbosoft.Rebus.Operations;
+
+public interface IOperationTaskStatusEvent : IOperationTaskMessage
+{
+
+}
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