The context properties are carried back on a normal route via ContextMapper or ExchangeMapper, but not on a fault route here: https://github.com/jboss-switchyard/switchyard/blob/master/components/camel/camel-switchyard/src/main/java/org/switchyard/component/camel/switchyard/CamelResponseHandler.java#L86-L89 https://github.com/jboss-switchyard/switchyard/blob/master/components/camel/camel-switchyard/src/main/java/org/switchyard/component/camel/switchyard/SwitchYardConsumer.java#L100-L129