diff --git a/embedded-tests/pom.xml b/embedded-tests/pom.xml
index 3407b6831a83..956c66bb5ff5 100644
--- a/embedded-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/embedded-tests/pom.xml
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@
       <artifactId>fastutil-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
diff --git a/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/indexing/IngestionSmokeTest.java b/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/indexing/IngestionSmokeTest.java
index c33504d368ad..13245227d2aa 100644
--- a/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/indexing/IngestionSmokeTest.java
+++ b/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/indexing/IngestionSmokeTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 
 package org.apache.druid.testing.embedded.indexing;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.druid.common.utils.IdUtils;
 import org.apache.druid.data.input.impl.CsvInputFormat;
 import org.apache.druid.data.input.impl.TimestampSpec;
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.druid.indexer.TaskStatusPlus;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.common.task.CompactionTask;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.common.task.IndexTask;
+import org.apache.druid.indexing.common.task.NoopTask;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.common.task.TaskBuilder;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.common.task.batch.parallel.ParallelIndexSupervisorTask;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.kafka.KafkaIndexTaskModule;
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.apache.druid.metadata.storage.postgresql.PostgreSQLMetadataStorageModule;
 import org.apache.druid.query.DruidMetrics;
 import org.apache.druid.query.http.SqlTaskStatus;
+import org.apache.druid.tasklogs.TaskLogStreamer;
 import org.apache.druid.testing.embedded.EmbeddedBroker;
 import org.apache.druid.testing.embedded.EmbeddedCoordinator;
 import org.apache.druid.testing.embedded.EmbeddedDruidCluster;
@@ -62,6 +66,8 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -318,6 +324,45 @@ public void test_runKafkaSupervisor()
     Assertions.assertTrue(supervisorStatus.isSuspended());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void test_streamLogs_ofCancelledTask() throws Exception
+  {
+    final String taskId = IdUtils.getRandomId();
+    final long runDurationMillis = 100_000L;
+    cluster.callApi().onLeaderOverlord(
+        o -> o.runTask(taskId, new NoopTask(taskId, null, null, runDurationMillis, 0L, null))
+    );
+
+    eventCollector.latchableEmitter().waitForEvent(
+        event -> event.hasMetricName(NoopTask.EVENT_STARTED)
+                      .hasDimension(DruidMetrics.TASK_ID, taskId)
+    );
+
+    cluster.callApi().onLeaderOverlord(o -> o.cancelTask(taskId));
+
+    eventCollector.latchableEmitter().waitForEvent(
+        event -> event.hasMetricName("task/run/time")
+                      .hasDimension(DruidMetrics.TASK_ID, taskId)
+                      .hasDimension(DruidMetrics.TASK_STATUS, "FAILED")
+    );
+
+    final Optional<InputStream> streamOptional =
+        overlord.bindings()
+                .getInstance(TaskLogStreamer.class)
+                .streamTaskLog(taskId, 0);
+
+    Assertions.assertTrue(streamOptional.isPresent());
+
+    final String logs = IOUtils.toString(streamOptional.get(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+
+    final String expectedLogLine = StringUtils.format(
+        "Running task[%s] for [%d] millis",
+        taskId, runDurationMillis
+    );
+    Assertions.assertFalse(logs.isEmpty());
+    Assertions.assertTrue(logs.contains(expectedLogLine), "Actual logs are: " + logs);
+  }
+
   private KafkaSupervisorSpec createKafkaSupervisor(String topic)
   {
     return MoreResources.Supervisor.KAFKA_JSON
diff --git a/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/k8s/KubernetesClusterWithOperatorDockerTest.java b/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/k8s/KubernetesTaskRunnerDockerTest.java
similarity index 95%
rename from embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/k8s/KubernetesClusterWithOperatorDockerTest.java
rename to embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/k8s/KubernetesTaskRunnerDockerTest.java
index f9a9c10c4976..014186cdd2fc 100644
--- a/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/k8s/KubernetesClusterWithOperatorDockerTest.java
+++ b/embedded-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/testing/embedded/k8s/KubernetesTaskRunnerDockerTest.java
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
 
 /**
  * Runs some basic ingestion tests against latest image Druid containers running
- * on a K3s cluster with druid-operator.
+ * on a K3s cluster with druid-operator and using {@code k8s} task runner type.
  */
-public class KubernetesClusterWithOperatorDockerTest extends IngestionSmokeTest implements LatestImageDockerTest
+public class KubernetesTaskRunnerDockerTest extends IngestionSmokeTest implements LatestImageDockerTest
 {
   private static final String MANIFEST_TEMPLATE = "manifests/druid-service-with-operator.yaml";
 
diff --git a/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/NoopTask.java b/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/NoopTask.java
index c545f08c63b1..e838da2da7d1 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/NoopTask.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/NoopTask.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.common.config.TaskConfig;
 import org.apache.druid.java.util.common.DateTimes;
 import org.apache.druid.java.util.common.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.druid.java.util.common.logger.Logger;
 import org.apache.druid.server.security.ResourceAction;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
@@ -36,15 +37,20 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /**
  */
 public class NoopTask extends AbstractTask implements PendingSegmentAllocatingTask
 {
+  private static final Logger log = new Logger(NoopTask.class);
+
   public static final String TYPE = "noop";
   public static final String EVENT_STARTED = "task/noop/started";
   private static final int DEFAULT_RUN_TIME = 2500;
 
+  private final CountDownLatch isShutdown = new CountDownLatch(1);
   private final long runTime;
 
   @JsonCreator
@@ -97,14 +103,19 @@ public boolean isReady(TaskActionClient taskActionClient)
   @Override
   public void stopGracefully(TaskConfig taskConfig)
   {
+    isShutdown.countDown();
   }
 
   @Override
   public TaskStatus runTask(TaskToolbox toolbox) throws Exception
   {
+    log.info("Running task[%s] for [%d] millis", getId(), runTime);
     emitMetric(toolbox.getEmitter(), EVENT_STARTED, 1);
-    Thread.sleep(runTime);
-    return TaskStatus.success(getId());
+    if (isShutdown.await(runTime, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) {
+      return TaskStatus.failure(getId(), "Canceled");
+    } else {
+      return TaskStatus.success(getId());
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/SingleTaskBackgroundRunnerTest.java b/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/SingleTaskBackgroundRunnerTest.java
index 70122b6ab9e6..58b73e3d6eb1 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/SingleTaskBackgroundRunnerTest.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/SingleTaskBackgroundRunnerTest.java
@@ -339,10 +339,9 @@ public boolean waitForCleanupToFinish()
     runner.stop();
 
     Assert.assertEquals(TaskState.FAILED, statusHolder.get().getStatusCode());
-    Assert.assertEquals(
-        "Canceled as task execution process stopped",
-        statusHolder.get().getErrorMsg()
-    );
+
+    // Do not verify the failure error message as there is a race condition
+    // where the error message may either originate from NoopTask or the runner
   }
 
   private static class RestorableTask extends AbstractTask