diff --git a/tools/scripts/rsyslog-4xx-recovery b/tools/scripts/rsyslog-4xx-recovery
index b2ac2946f78d..efa43b0e7760 100755
--- a/tools/scripts/rsyslog-4xx-recovery
+++ b/tools/scripts/rsyslog-4xx-recovery
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def write_stdout(s):
     sys.stdout.flush()
 
 def write_stderr(s):
-    sys.stderr.write(s)
+    sys.stderr.write(f"[rsyslog-4xx-recovery] {s}")
     sys.stderr.flush()
 
 def main():
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ def main():
                     except Exception as e:
                         write_stderr(str(e))
 
+                if "action-0-omhttp queue: need to do hard cancellation" in log_message:
+                    try:
+                        write_stderr(
+                            f"{datetime.datetime.now(timezone.utc)} - sending SIGKILL to proc=[{proc_details['processname']}] with pid=[{int(proc_details['pid'])}] due to log_message=[{log_message}]\n"
+                        )
+                        os.kill(int(proc_details["pid"]), signal.SIGKILL)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        write_stderr(str(e))
+
         write_stdout("RESULT 2\nOK")