diff --git a/repype/cli.py b/repype/cli.py
index fc9949e..c874583 100644
--- a/repype/cli.py
+++ b/repype/cli.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class StatusReaderConsoleAdapter(repype.status.StatusReader):
     def __init__(self, *args, indent: int = 2, batch: Optional[repype.batch.Batch] = None, **kwargs):
         self.indent = indent
         self._intermediate_line_length = 0
+        self._progress_t0 = None
         self.margin = None
         self.batch = batch
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -141,7 +142,11 @@ def full_format(
         Format the status update as a string,
         including indentation and empty lines between blocks of different indentation.
         """
-        text = str(self.format(positions, status, intermediate))
+        try:
+            text = str(self.format(positions, status, intermediate))
+        except:  # noqa: E722
+            print(f'An error occurred while processing status file: {self.filepath}')
+            raise
 
         # Compute indentation, and add an extra line if the margin changes
         margin = ' ' * self.indent * (len(positions) - 1)
@@ -216,12 +221,12 @@ def format(
                 text = f'🔴 Batch run interrupted'
 
             if status.get('info') == 'progress':
-                if status.get('step') == 0:
-                    self.progress_t0 = time.time()
+                if status.get('step') == 0 or self._progress_t0 is None:
+                    self._progress_t0 = time.time()
                     eta = ''
                 else:
                     progress_t1 = time.time()
-                    speed = (progress_t1 - self.progress_t0) / status.get('step')
+                    speed = (progress_t1 - self._progress_t0) / status.get('step')
                     eta = ', ETA: ' + format_hms(speed * (status.get('max_steps') - status.get('step')))
                 text = f'{100 * status.get("step") / status.get("max_steps"):.1f}% '\
                     f'({status.get("step")} / {status.get("max_steps")}{eta})'
@@ -232,10 +237,13 @@ def format(
                     if isinstance(details, dict):
                         details = self.format_progress_details(details)
                     text = f'{details} {text}'
+            else:
+                self._progress_t0 = None
 
             return text if text else status
 
         else:
+            self._progress_t0 = None
             return status
 
     def format_progress_details(self, details: dict) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 3e14a73..17f4d50 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ async def asyncSetUp(self):
         await self.status_reader.__aenter__()
 
     async def asyncTearDown(self):
-        await self.status_reader.__aexit__(None, None, None)
+        if self.status_reader is not None:
+            await self.status_reader.__aexit__(None, None, None)
         self.tempdir.cleanup()
 
     async def test(self):
@@ -169,6 +170,42 @@ async def test_error(self):
         # Verify that there have been two iterations, i.e. `item_idx = 0`, `item_idx = 1`
         self.assertEqual(item_idx, 1)
 
+    async def test_blocking(self):
+        # Shutdown the default status reader of the test case
+        await self.status_reader.__aexit__(None, None, None)
+        self.status_reader = None
+
+        # Suppress asyncio complaining about long-running co-routine to avoid cluttering the output
+        import logging
+        logging.getLogger('asyncio').setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+
+        lines = [
+            '[                    ] 0.0% (0 / 3)\r',
+            '[======              ] 33.3% (1 / 3, ETA: 00:02)\r',
+            '[=============       ] 66.7% (2 / 3, ETA: 00:01)\r',
+            '                                                \r',
+        ]
+        with testsuite.CaptureStdout() as stdout:
+            async with repype.cli.StatusReaderConsoleAdapter(self.status.filepath, blocking = True):
+                for item_idx, item in enumerate(repype.status.progress(self.status, range(3))):
+                    time.sleep(1)
+                    self.assertEqual(str(stdout), ''.join(lines[:item_idx + 1]))
+        
+            await test_status.wait_for_watchdog()
+            self.assertEqual(str(stdout), ''.join(lines))
+
+    async def test_delayed(self):
+        """
+        Test that the status reader is delayed so that it misses the first step of the progress iteration.
+
+        This is a regression test for a race-condition.
+        """
+        with testsuite.CaptureStdout():
+            for step, _ in enumerate(repype.status.progress(self.status, range(4))):
+                if step >= 2:
+                    # Wait for the status reader to process the output, now that the first two steps have been missed
+                    await test_status.wait_for_watchdog()
+
 
 class ExtendedStatusReaderConsoleAdapter(repype.cli.StatusReaderConsoleAdapter):
 
diff --git a/tests/testsuite.py b/tests/testsuite.py
index 8a4a4da..18c538e 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite.py
+++ b/tests/testsuite.py
@@ -128,13 +128,15 @@ def __ini__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.kwargs = kwargs
 
 
-class CaptureStdout:
+class CaptureOutput:
+
+    create_redirect = None
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.stdout_buf = io.StringIO()
 
     def __enter__(self):
-        self.redirect = contextlib.redirect_stdout(self.stdout_buf)
+        self.redirect = self.create_redirect(self.stdout_buf)
         self.redirect.__enter__()
         return self
 
@@ -144,4 +146,9 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
             print(str(self), file = sys.stderr)
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return re.sub(r'\033\[K', '', self.stdout_buf.getvalue())
\ No newline at end of file
+        return re.sub(r'\033\[K', '', self.stdout_buf.getvalue())
+
+
+class CaptureStdout(CaptureOutput):
+
+    create_redirect = contextlib.redirect_stdout