diff --git a/base/task.jl b/base/task.jl
index 8c9516fb39766..2075f9fcd8a6f 100644
--- a/base/task.jl
+++ b/base/task.jl
@@ -336,32 +336,42 @@ end
 
 ## lexically-scoped waiting for multiple items
 
+_istaskdone(x::Tuple{Task, Bool}) = istaskdone(x[1])
+_istaskfailed(x::Tuple{Task, Bool}) = istaskfailed(x[1])
+
 function sync_end(c::Channel{Any})
-    local c_ex
-    while isready(c)
-        r = take!(c)
-        if isa(r, Task)
-            _wait(r)
-            if istaskfailed(r)
-                if !@isdefined(c_ex)
-                    c_ex = CompositeException()
+    ts = Tuple{Task, Bool}[]
+    try
+        while isready(c)                           # Pull all queued tasks, wait for them,
+            while isready(c)                       #   then add more if they arrive.  This
+                t = take!(c)                       #   is needed as it is possible for
+                if isa(t, Task)                    #   Tasks to generate new subTasks
+                    push!(ts, (t, true))
+                else
+                    push!(ts, (schedule(Task(()->wait(t))), false))
                 end
-                push!(c_ex, TaskFailedException(r))
             end
-        else
-            try
-                wait(r)
-            catch e
-                if !@isdefined(c_ex)
+            while true
+                yield()
+                if any(_istaskfailed, ts)          # Throw exception on first occurence
                     c_ex = CompositeException()
+                    for (t, istask) in ts
+                        if istaskfailed(t)
+                            if istask
+                                push!(c_ex, TaskFailedException(t))
+                            else
+                                push!(c_ex, t.exception)   # Required to match handling
+                            end                            #  of Future exceptions
+                        end
+                    end
+                    throw(c_ex)
+                elseif all(_istaskdone, ts) || isready(c)  # Check for new tasks
+                    break
                 end
-                push!(c_ex, e)
             end
         end
-    end
-    close(c)
-    if @isdefined(c_ex)
-        throw(c_ex)
+    finally
+        close(c)
     end
     nothing
 end
diff --git a/stdlib/Distributed/test/distributed_exec.jl b/stdlib/Distributed/test/distributed_exec.jl
index 656792e2d7337..925130d875fd8 100644
--- a/stdlib/Distributed/test/distributed_exec.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Distributed/test/distributed_exec.jl
@@ -981,16 +981,16 @@ let (p, p2) = filter!(p -> p != myid(), procs())
             error("test failed to throw")
         catch excpt
             if procs isa Int
-                ex = Any[excpt]
+                exs = Any[excpt]
             else
-                ex = (excpt::CompositeException).exceptions
+                exs = (excpt::CompositeException).exceptions
             end
-            for (p, ex) in zip(procs, ex)
-                local p
-                if procs isa Int || p != myid()
-                    @test (ex::RemoteException).pid == p
-                    ex = ((ex::RemoteException).captured::CapturedException).ex
+            for ex in exs  # Can no longer guarantee Exceptions show in proc order
+                if ex isa RemoteException
+                    @test procs isa Int || ex.pid != myid()
+                    ex = ex.captured.ex
                 else
+                    @test !(procs isa Int)
                     ex = (ex::TaskFailedException).task.exception
                 end
                 @test (ex::ErrorException).msg == msg
@@ -1706,6 +1706,28 @@ for p in procs()
     @test @fetchfrom(p, i27429) == 27429
 end
 
+# issue #32677, ensuring no side-effects for Distributed
+let
+    (p, p2) = filter!(p -> p != myid(), procs())
+    t = Timer(t -> killjob("KILLING BY QUICK KILL WATCHDOG\n"), 60) # this test should take <10 seconds
+    c = Channel(0)
+    try
+        @sync begin
+            @spawnat p begin
+                put!(c,0)
+            end
+            @spawnat p2 begin
+                undefined()
+                take!(c)
+            end
+        end
+    catch e
+        @test e.exceptions[1].captured.ex isa UndefVarError
+    end
+    close(c)
+    close(t) # stop the fast watchdog
+end
+
 include("splitrange.jl")
 
 # Run topology tests last after removing all workers, since a given
diff --git a/test/threads_exec.jl b/test/threads_exec.jl
index 691fca2fb2afa..1578632020b62 100644
--- a/test/threads_exec.jl
+++ b/test/threads_exec.jl
@@ -880,3 +880,46 @@ end
     end
     @test sort!(collect(ys)) == 1:3
 end
+
+# issue #32677
+@testset "@sync exception handling" begin
+    let
+        t = Timer(t -> killjob("KILLING BY QUICK KILL WATCHDOG\n"), 10) # this test should take <1 seconds
+        c = Channel(0)
+        try
+            @sync begin
+                @async begin
+                    put!(c,0)
+                end
+                @async begin
+                    undefined()
+                    take!(c)
+                end
+            end
+        catch e
+            @test e.exceptions[1].task.exception isa UndefVarError
+        end
+        close(c)
+        close(t) # stop the fast watchdog
+    end
+
+    let
+        t = Timer(t -> killjob("KILLING BY QUICK KILL WATCHDOG\n"), 10) # this test should take <1 seconds
+        c = Channel(0)
+        try
+            @sync begin
+                Threads.@spawn begin
+                    put!(c,0)
+                end
+                Threads.@spawn begin
+                    undefined()
+                    take!(c)
+                end
+            end
+        catch e
+            @test e.exceptions[1].task.exception isa UndefVarError
+        end
+        close(c)
+        close(t) # stop the fast watchdog
+    end
+end