diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Runtime/InProcess.Tests/PublishMessageTests.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Runtime/InProcess.Tests/PublishMessageTests.cs
index c81a80ba1d86..c73070ff6763 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Runtime/InProcess.Tests/PublishMessageTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Runtime/InProcess.Tests/PublishMessageTests.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
 using System;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using FluentAssertions;
 using Xunit;
@@ -56,10 +55,7 @@ public async Task Test_PublishMessage_MultipleFailures()
         Func<Task> publishTask = async () => await fixture.RunPublishTestAsync(new TopicId("TestTopic"), new BasicMessage { Content = "1" });
 
         // What we are really testing here is that a single exception does not prevent sending to the remaining agents
-        (await publishTask.Should().ThrowAsync<AggregateException>())
-                                   .Which.Should().Match<AggregateException>(
-                                        exception => exception.InnerExceptions.Count == 2 &&
-                                              exception.InnerExceptions.All(exception => exception is TestException));
+        await publishTask.Should().ThrowAsync<TestException>();
 
         fixture.GetAgentInstances<ErrorAgent>().Values
             .Should().HaveCount(2)
@@ -81,11 +77,7 @@ public async Task Test_PublishMessage_MixedSuccessFailure()
         Func<Task> publicTask = async () => await fixture.RunPublishTestAsync(new TopicId("TestTopic"), new BasicMessage { Content = "1" });
 
         // What we are really testing here is that raising exceptions does not prevent sending to the remaining agents
-        (await publicTask.Should().ThrowAsync<AggregateException>())
-                                   .Which.Should().Match<AggregateException>(
-                                        exception => exception.InnerExceptions.Count == 2 &&
-                                              exception.InnerExceptions.All(
-                                                exception => exception is TestException));
+        await publicTask.Should().ThrowAsync<TestException>();
 
         fixture.GetAgentInstances<ReceiverAgent>().Values
             .Should().HaveCount(2, "Two ReceiverAgents should have been created")
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Runtime/InProcess/InProcessRuntime.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Runtime/InProcess/InProcessRuntime.cs
index 93e3ec89144b..2ab31ab3f9ab 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Runtime/InProcess/InProcessRuntime.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Runtime/InProcess/InProcessRuntime.cs
@@ -352,45 +352,41 @@ private async ValueTask PublishMessageServicerAsync(MessageEnvelope envelope, Ca
             throw new InvalidOperationException("Message must have a topic to be published.");
         }
 
-        List<Exception> exceptions = [];
+        List<Task>? tasks = null;
         TopicId topic = envelope.Topic.Value;
         foreach (ISubscriptionDefinition subscription in this._subscriptions.Values.Where(subscription => subscription.Matches(topic)))
         {
-            try
-            {
-                deliveryToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+            (tasks ??= []).Add(ProcessSubscriptionAsync(envelope, topic, subscription, deliveryToken));
+        }
 
-                AgentId? sender = envelope.Sender;
+        if (tasks is not null)
+        {
+            await Task.WhenAll(tasks).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
 
-                using CancellationTokenSource combinedSource = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(envelope.Cancellation, deliveryToken);
-                MessageContext messageContext = new(envelope.MessageId, combinedSource.Token)
-                {
-                    Sender = sender,
-                    Topic = topic,
-                    IsRpc = false
-                };
+        async Task ProcessSubscriptionAsync(MessageEnvelope envelope, TopicId topic, ISubscriptionDefinition subscription, CancellationToken deliveryToken)
+        {
+            deliveryToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-                AgentId agentId = subscription.MapToAgent(topic);
-                if (!this.DeliverToSelf && sender.HasValue && sender == agentId)
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
+            AgentId? sender = envelope.Sender;
 
-                IHostableAgent agent = await this.EnsureAgentAsync(agentId).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            using CancellationTokenSource combinedSource = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(envelope.Cancellation, deliveryToken);
+            MessageContext messageContext = new(envelope.MessageId, combinedSource.Token)
+            {
+                Sender = sender,
+                Topic = topic,
+                IsRpc = false
+            };
 
-                // TODO: Cancellation propagation!
-                await agent.OnMessageAsync(envelope.Message, messageContext).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex) when (!ex.IsCriticalException())
+            AgentId agentId = subscription.MapToAgent(topic);
+            if (!this.DeliverToSelf && sender.HasValue && sender == agentId)
             {
-                exceptions.Add(ex);
+                return;
             }
-        }
 
-        if (exceptions.Count > 0)
-        {
-            // TODO: Unwrap TargetInvocationException?
-            throw new AggregateException("One or more exceptions occurred while processing the message.", exceptions);
+            IHostableAgent agent = await this.EnsureAgentAsync(agentId).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            await agent.OnMessageAsync(envelope.Message, messageContext).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
     }