diff --git a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter.go b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter.go
index 7d5e872d0a9..fc155d79f97 100644
--- a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter.go
+++ b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter.go
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ func (e *exporter) Aggregation(k metric.InstrumentKind) metric.Aggregation {
 }
 
 func (e *exporter) Export(ctx context.Context, data *metricdata.ResourceMetrics) error {
+	if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if e.redactTimestamps {
 		redactTimestamps(data)
 	}
@@ -60,12 +63,12 @@ func (e *exporter) Export(ctx context.Context, data *metricdata.ResourceMetrics)
 	return e.encVal.Load().(encoderHolder).Encode(data)
 }
 
-func (e *exporter) ForceFlush(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (e *exporter) ForceFlush(context.Context) error {
 	// exporter holds no state, nothing to flush.
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (e *exporter) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (e *exporter) Shutdown(context.Context) error {
 	e.shutdownOnce.Do(func() {
 		e.encVal.Store(encoderHolder{
 			encoder: shutdownEncoder{},
diff --git a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter_test.go b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter_test.go
index fc9f465aa9b..611dc8adf08 100644
--- a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter_test.go
+++ b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter_test.go
@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ func testCtxErrHonored(factory func(*testing.T) func(context.Context) error) fun
 		t.Run("DeadlineExceeded", func(t *testing.T) {
 			innerCtx, innerCancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Nanosecond)
 			t.Cleanup(innerCancel)
-			<-innerCtx.Done()
 
 			f := factory(t)
-			assert.NoError(t, f(innerCtx))
+			assert.ErrorIs(t, f(innerCtx), context.DeadlineExceeded)
 		})
 
 		t.Run("Canceled", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ func testCtxErrHonored(factory func(*testing.T) func(context.Context) error) fun
 			innerCancel()
 
 			f := factory(t)
-			assert.NoError(t, f(innerCtx))
+			assert.ErrorIs(t, f(innerCtx), context.Canceled)
 		})
 
 		t.Run("NoError", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -56,18 +55,6 @@ func testCtxErrHonored(factory func(*testing.T) func(context.Context) error) fun
 }
 
 func TestExporterHonorsContextErrors(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("Shutdown", testCtxErrHonored(func(t *testing.T) func(context.Context) error {
-		exp, err := stdoutmetric.New(testEncoderOption())
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		return exp.Shutdown
-	}))
-
-	t.Run("ForceFlush", testCtxErrHonored(func(t *testing.T) func(context.Context) error {
-		exp, err := stdoutmetric.New(testEncoderOption())
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		return exp.ForceFlush
-	}))
-
 	t.Run("Export", testCtxErrHonored(func(t *testing.T) func(context.Context) error {
 		exp, err := stdoutmetric.New(testEncoderOption())
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -78,6 +65,20 @@ func TestExporterHonorsContextErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 }
 
+func TestExporterShutdown(t *testing.T) {
+	exporter, err := stdoutmetric.New(testEncoderOption())
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, exporter.Shutdown(context.Background()))
+}
+
+func TestExporterForceFlush(t *testing.T) {
+	exporter, err := stdoutmetric.New(testEncoderOption())
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, exporter.ForceFlush(context.Background()))
+}
+
 func TestShutdownExporterReturnsShutdownErrorOnExport(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		data     = new(metricdata.ResourceMetrics)
diff --git a/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace/trace.go b/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace/trace.go
index cfeb1cb75cf..b19eb0dfbed 100644
--- a/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace/trace.go
+++ b/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace/trace.go
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ type Exporter struct {
 
 // ExportSpans writes spans in json format to stdout.
 func (e *Exporter) ExportSpans(ctx context.Context, spans []trace.ReadOnlySpan) error {
+	if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	e.stoppedMu.RLock()
 	stopped := e.stopped
 	e.stoppedMu.RUnlock()
diff --git a/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace/trace_test.go b/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace/trace_test.go
index 9a82ccd2e37..01d4a3ae8f1 100644
--- a/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace/trace_test.go
+++ b/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace/trace_test.go
@@ -60,30 +60,53 @@ func TestExporterExportSpan(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		opts      []stdouttrace.Option
 		expectNow time.Time
+		ctx       context.Context
+		wantError error
 	}{
 		{
 			opts:      []stdouttrace.Option{stdouttrace.WithPrettyPrint()},
 			expectNow: now,
+			ctx:       context.Background(),
 		},
 		{
 			opts: []stdouttrace.Option{stdouttrace.WithPrettyPrint(), stdouttrace.WithoutTimestamps()},
 			// expectNow is an empty time.Time
+			ctx: context.Background(),
+		},
+		{
+			opts: []stdouttrace.Option{},
+			ctx: func() context.Context {
+				ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+				cancel()
+				return ctx
+			}(),
+			wantError: context.Canceled,
+		},
+		{
+			opts: []stdouttrace.Option{},
+			ctx: func() context.Context {
+				ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Nanosecond)
+				t.Cleanup(cancel)
+				return ctx
+			}(),
+			wantError: context.DeadlineExceeded,
 		},
 	}
 
-	ctx := context.Background()
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		// write to buffer for testing
 		var b bytes.Buffer
 		ex, err := stdouttrace.New(append(tt.opts, stdouttrace.WithWriter(&b))...)
 		require.Nil(t, err)
 
-		err = ex.ExportSpans(ctx, tracetest.SpanStubs{ss, ss}.Snapshots())
-		require.Nil(t, err)
+		err = ex.ExportSpans(tt.ctx, tracetest.SpanStubs{ss, ss}.Snapshots())
+		assert.Equal(t, tt.wantError, err)
 
-		got := b.String()
-		wantone := expectedJSON(tt.expectNow)
-		assert.Equal(t, wantone+wantone, got)
+		if tt.wantError == nil {
+			got := b.String()
+			wantone := expectedJSON(tt.expectNow)
+			assert.Equal(t, wantone+wantone, got)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -192,7 +215,6 @@ func TestExporterShutdownHonorsTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 
 	innerCtx, innerCancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Nanosecond)
 	defer innerCancel()
-	<-innerCtx.Done()
 	err = e.Shutdown(innerCtx)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }