diff --git a/docs/generated/devkit/CreateNodesContext.md b/docs/generated/devkit/CreateNodesContext.md
index 25c357b8103e0..861b8d7907eef 100644
--- a/docs/generated/devkit/CreateNodesContext.md
+++ b/docs/generated/devkit/CreateNodesContext.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Context for [CreateNodesFunction](../../devkit/documents/CreateNodesFunction)
 
 ### Properties
 
-- [configFiles](../../devkit/documents/CreateNodesContext#configfiles): string[]
+- [configFiles](../../devkit/documents/CreateNodesContext#configfiles): readonly string[]
 - [nxJsonConfiguration](../../devkit/documents/CreateNodesContext#nxjsonconfiguration): NxJsonConfiguration<string[] | "\*">
 - [workspaceRoot](../../devkit/documents/CreateNodesContext#workspaceroot): string
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Context for [CreateNodesFunction](../../devkit/documents/CreateNodesFunction)
 
 ### configFiles
 
-• `Readonly` **configFiles**: `string`[]
+• `Readonly` **configFiles**: readonly `string`[]
 
 The subset of configuration files which match the createNodes pattern
 
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/public-api.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/public-api.ts
index 835ecf77c081d..4810f7967132e 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/public-api.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/public-api.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export interface CreateNodesContext {
   /**
    * The subset of configuration files which match the createNodes pattern
    */
-  readonly configFiles: string[];
+  readonly configFiles: readonly string[];
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/utils.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/utils.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0e3916f9d9220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/utils.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+import { runCreateNodesInParallel } from './utils';
+
+const configFiles = ['file1', 'file2'] as const;
+
+const context = {
+  file: 'file1',
+  nxJsonConfiguration: {},
+  workspaceRoot: '',
+  configFiles,
+} as const;
+
+describe('createNodesInParallel', () => {
+  it('should return results with context', async () => {
+    const plugin = {
+      name: 'test',
+      createNodes: [
+        '*/**/*',
+        async (file: string) => {
+          return {
+            projects: {
+              [file]: {
+                root: file,
+              },
+            },
+          };
+        },
+      ],
+    } as const;
+    const options = {};
+
+    const results = await runCreateNodesInParallel(
+      configFiles,
+      plugin,
+      options,
+      context
+    );
+
+    expect(results).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      [
+        {
+          "file": "file1",
+          "pluginName": "test",
+          "projects": {
+            "file1": {
+              "root": "file1",
+            },
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          "file": "file2",
+          "pluginName": "test",
+          "projects": {
+            "file2": {
+              "root": "file2",
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      ]
+    `);
+  });
+
+  it('should handle async errors', async () => {
+    const plugin = {
+      name: 'test',
+      createNodes: [
+        '*/**/*',
+        async () => {
+          throw new Error('Async Error');
+        },
+      ],
+    } as const;
+    const options = {};
+
+    const error = await runCreateNodesInParallel(
+      configFiles,
+      plugin,
+      options,
+      context
+    ).catch((e) => e);
+
+    expect(error).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
+      `[AggregateCreateNodesError: Failed to create nodes]`
+    );
+
+    expect(error.errors).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      [
+        [CreateNodesError: The "test" plugin threw an error while creating nodes from file1:],
+        [CreateNodesError: The "test" plugin threw an error while creating nodes from file2:],
+      ]
+    `);
+  });
+
+  it('should handle sync errors', async () => {
+    const plugin = {
+      name: 'test',
+      createNodes: [
+        '*/**/*',
+        () => {
+          throw new Error('Sync Error');
+        },
+      ],
+    } as const;
+    const options = {};
+
+    const error = await runCreateNodesInParallel(
+      configFiles,
+      plugin,
+      options,
+      context
+    ).catch((e) => e);
+
+    expect(error).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
+      `[AggregateCreateNodesError: Failed to create nodes]`
+    );
+
+    expect(error.errors).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      [
+        [CreateNodesError: The "test" plugin threw an error while creating nodes from file1:],
+        [CreateNodesError: The "test" plugin threw an error while creating nodes from file2:],
+      ]
+    `);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/utils.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/utils.ts
index c9196682793ba..17ac3c0af4991 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/utils.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ import type {
   LoadedNxPlugin,
   NormalizedPlugin,
 } from './internal-api';
-import type { CreateNodesContext, NxPlugin, NxPluginV2 } from './public-api';
+import {
+  CreateNodesResult,
+  type CreateNodesContext,
+  type NxPlugin,
+  type NxPluginV2,
+} from './public-api';
 import { AggregateCreateNodesError, CreateNodesError } from '../error-types';
 
 export function isNxPluginV2(plugin: NxPlugin): plugin is NxPluginV2 {
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ export function normalizeNxPlugin(plugin: NxPlugin): NormalizedPlugin {
 }
 
 export async function runCreateNodesInParallel(
-  configFiles: string[],
+  configFiles: readonly string[],
   plugin: NormalizedPlugin,
   options: unknown,
   context: CreateNodesContext
@@ -59,39 +64,33 @@ export async function runCreateNodesInParallel(
   const errors: CreateNodesError[] = [];
   const results: CreateNodesResultWithContext[] = [];
 
-  const promises: Array<Promise<void>> = configFiles.map((file) => {
+  const promises: Array<Promise<void>> = configFiles.map(async (file) => {
     performance.mark(`${plugin.name}:createNodes:${file} - start`);
-    // Result is either static or a promise, using Promise.resolve lets us
-    // handle both cases with same logic
-    const value = Promise.resolve(
-      plugin.createNodes[1](file, options, context)
-    );
-    return value
-      .catch((e) => {
-        performance.mark(`${plugin.name}:createNodes:${file} - end`);
-        errors.push(
-          new CreateNodesError({
-            error: e,
-            pluginName: plugin.name,
-            file,
-          })
-        );
-        return null;
-      })
-      .then((r) => {
-        performance.mark(`${plugin.name}:createNodes:${file} - end`);
-        performance.measure(
-          `${plugin.name}:createNodes:${file}`,
-          `${plugin.name}:createNodes:${file} - start`,
-          `${plugin.name}:createNodes:${file} - end`
-        );
-
-        // Existing behavior is to ignore null results of
-        // createNodes function.
-        if (r) {
-          results.push({ ...r, file, pluginName: plugin.name });
-        }
-      });
+    try {
+      const value = await plugin.createNodes[1](file, options, context);
+      if (value) {
+        results.push({
+          ...value,
+          file,
+          pluginName: plugin.name,
+        });
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      errors.push(
+        new CreateNodesError({
+          error: e,
+          pluginName: plugin.name,
+          file,
+        })
+      );
+    } finally {
+      performance.mark(`${plugin.name}:createNodes:${file} - end`);
+      performance.measure(
+        `${plugin.name}:createNodes:${file}`,
+        `${plugin.name}:createNodes:${file} - start`,
+        `${plugin.name}:createNodes:${file} - end`
+      );
+    }
   });
 
   await Promise.all(promises).then(() => {