diff --git a/docs/generated/changelog.html b/docs/generated/changelog.html
index 90dc2414b..b16011a31 100644
--- a/docs/generated/changelog.html
+++ b/docs/generated/changelog.html
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ <h2>Version 0.12.2</h2>
         <li>
           Support for the SubtleCrypto interface in @dfinity/identity using the new ECDSAKeyIdentity
         </li>
+        <li>CanisterStatus no longer suppresses rootKey errors</li>
       </ul>
       <h2>Version 0.12.1</h2>
       <ul>
diff --git a/e2e/node/basic/canisterStatus.test.ts b/e2e/node/basic/canisterStatus.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b7e31cf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/node/basic/canisterStatus.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { CanisterStatus, HttpAgent } from '@dfinity/agent';
+import { Principal } from '@dfinity/principal';
+import counter from '../canisters/counter';
+
+jest.setTimeout(30_000);
+describe.only('canister status', () => {
+  it('should fetch successfully', async () => {
+    const counterObj = await (await counter)();
+    const agent = new HttpAgent({ host: `http://localhost:${process.env.REPLICA_PORT}` });
+    await agent.fetchRootKey();
+    const request = await CanisterStatus.request({
+      canisterId: Principal.from(counterObj.canisterId),
+      agent,
+      paths: ['controllers'],
+    });
+
+    expect(Array.isArray(request.get('controllers'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+  it('should throw an error if fetchRootKey has not been called', async () => {
+    const counterObj = await (await counter)();
+    const agent = new HttpAgent({ host: `http://localhost:${process.env.REPLICA_PORT}` });
+    const shouldThrow = async () => {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-catch
+      try {
+        const request = await CanisterStatus.request({
+          canisterId: Principal.from(counterObj.canisterId),
+          agent,
+          paths: ['controllers'],
+        }).catch(error => {
+          throw error;
+        });
+        console.log(request);
+      } catch (error) {
+        throw error;
+      }
+    };
+
+    expect(shouldThrow).rejects.toThrow();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/e2e/node/basic/counter.test.ts b/e2e/node/basic/counter.test.ts
index 342dc1630..72d3a1ac0 100644
--- a/e2e/node/basic/counter.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/node/basic/counter.test.ts
@@ -34,15 +34,12 @@ describe('counter', () => {
     expect(set1.size < values.length || set2.size < values2.length).toBe(true);
   });
   it('should increment', async () => {
-    const { actor: counter } = await counterCanister();
-    try {
-      expect(Number(await counter.read())).toEqual(0);
-      await counter.inc();
-      expect(Number(await counter.read())).toEqual(1);
-      await counter.inc();
-      expect(Number(await counter.read())).toEqual(2);
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error(error);
-    }
+    const { actor: counter } = await noncelessCanister();
+
+    expect(Number(await counter.read())).toEqual(0);
+    await counter.inc();
+    expect(Number(await counter.read())).toEqual(1);
+    await counter.inc();
+    expect(Number(await counter.read())).toEqual(2);
   });
 });
diff --git a/e2e/node/test-setup.ts b/e2e/node/test-setup.ts
index f6a9171df..7f3ee0a57 100644
--- a/e2e/node/test-setup.ts
+++ b/e2e/node/test-setup.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 // Note that we can use webpack configuration to make some features available to
 
 // Node.js in a similar way.
-// import { TextEncoder, TextDecoder } from 'text-encoding'; // eslint-disable-line
+import { TextEncoder, TextDecoder } from 'text-encoding'; // eslint-disable-line
 // import fetch from 'isomorphic-fetch';
 // global.crypto = crypto as unknown as Crypto;
 // console.log('subtle', crypto['subtle']); // eslint-disable-line
-// global.TextDecoder = TextDecoder; // eslint-disable-line
-// global.TextEncoder = TextEncoder;
+global.TextDecoder = TextDecoder; // eslint-disable-line
+global.TextEncoder = TextEncoder;
 
 // global.TextDecoder = TextDecoder; // eslint-disable-line
 // (global.fetch as any) = fetch;
diff --git a/packages/agent/src/canisterStatus/index.ts b/packages/agent/src/canisterStatus/index.ts
index 5034d53cc..d4c151cce 100644
--- a/packages/agent/src/canisterStatus/index.ts
+++ b/packages/agent/src/canisterStatus/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 import { lebDecode, PipeArrayBuffer } from '@dfinity/candid';
 import { Principal } from '@dfinity/principal';
-import { HttpAgent, HttpAgentOptions, Cbor, Certificate, toHex } from '..';
+import { AgentError } from '../errors';
+import { HttpAgent, Cbor, Certificate, toHex } from '..';
 
 /**
  * Types of an entry on the canisterStatus map.
@@ -148,13 +149,19 @@ export const request = async (options: {
           }
         }
       } catch (error) {
-        error;
+        // Break on signature verification errors
+        if ((error as AgentError)?.message?.includes('Invalid certificate')) {
+          throw new AgentError((error as AgentError).message);
+        }
         if (typeof path !== 'string' && 'key' in path && 'path' in path) {
           status.set(path.key, null);
         } else {
           status.set(path, null);
         }
+        console.group();
         console.warn(`Expected to find result for path ${path}, but instead found nothing.`);
+        console.warn(error);
+        console.groupEnd();
       }
     })();
   });