diff --git a/dev_docs/tutorials/testing_plugins.mdx b/dev_docs/tutorials/testing_plugins.mdx
index 84e43310e46c8..e4a1d3e12aeb7 100644
--- a/dev_docs/tutorials/testing_plugins.mdx
+++ b/dev_docs/tutorials/testing_plugins.mdx
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ The more interesting logic is in `renderApp`:
 /** public/application.ts */
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import { switchMap } from 'rxjs';
 
 import { AppMountParameters, CoreStart } from 'src/core/public';
 import { AppRoot } from './components/app_root';
@@ -493,10 +494,10 @@ export const renderApp = (
 
   // uiSettings subscription
   const uiSettingsClient = core.uiSettings.client;
-  const pollingSubscription = uiSettingClient.get$('mysetting1').subscribe(async mySetting1 => {
+  const pollingSubscription = uiSettingClient.get$('mysetting1').pipe(switchMap(async (mySetting1) => {
     const value = core.http.fetch(/** use `mySetting1` in request **/);
     // ...
-  });
+  })).subscribe();
 
   // Render app
   ReactDOM.render(
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/event_loop_delays/track_delays.ts b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/event_loop_delays/track_delays.ts
index 2910c8343c811..6516565c8fa5a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/event_loop_delays/track_delays.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/event_loop_delays/track_delays.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import { takeUntil, finalize, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { Observable, timer } from 'rxjs';
+import { Observable, timer, switchMap } from 'rxjs';
 import type { ISavedObjectsRepository } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import type { IEventLoopDelaysMonitor, IntervalHistogram } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import {
@@ -46,17 +46,18 @@ export function startTrackingEventLoopDelaysUsage(
     .pipe(
       map((i) => (i + 1) % resetOnCount === 0),
       takeUntil(stopMonitoringEventLoop$),
-      finalize(() => eventLoopDelaysMonitor.stop())
+      finalize(() => eventLoopDelaysMonitor.stop()),
+      switchMap(async (shouldReset) => {
+        const histogram = eventLoopDelaysMonitor.collect();
+        if (shouldReset) {
+          eventLoopDelaysMonitor.reset();
+        }
+        try {
+          await storeHistogram(histogram, internalRepository, instanceUuid);
+        } catch (e) {
+          // do not crash if cannot store a histogram.
+        }
+      })
     )
-    .subscribe(async (shouldReset) => {
-      const histogram = eventLoopDelaysMonitor.collect();
-      if (shouldReset) {
-        eventLoopDelaysMonitor.reset();
-      }
-      try {
-        await storeHistogram(histogram, internalRepository, instanceUuid);
-      } catch (e) {
-        // do not crash if cannot store a histogram.
-      }
-    });
+    .subscribe();
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/event_loop_delays/track_threshold.ts b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/event_loop_delays/track_threshold.ts
index 9d650bdc4fc18..dbfc670ffdbbd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/event_loop_delays/track_threshold.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/event_loop_delays/track_threshold.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function startTrackingEventLoopDelaysThreshold(
       takeUntil(stopMonitoringEventLoop$),
       finalize(() => eventLoopDelaysMonitor.stop())
     )
-    .subscribe(async () => {
+    .subscribe(() => {
       const { mean: meanMS } = eventLoopDelaysMonitor.collect();
 
       if (meanMS > warnThreshold) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/links/public/embeddable/links_embeddable.tsx b/src/plugins/links/public/embeddable/links_embeddable.tsx
index 863bda323c39b..a29df393dd54b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/links/public/embeddable/links_embeddable.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/links/public/embeddable/links_embeddable.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import React, { createContext, useContext } from 'react';
-import { Subscription, distinctUntilChanged, skip } from 'rxjs';
+import { Subscription, distinctUntilChanged, skip, switchMap } from 'rxjs';
 import deepEqual from 'fast-deep-equal';
 
 import {
@@ -104,8 +104,12 @@ export class LinksEmbeddable
     // By-value panels should update the componentState when input changes
     this.subscriptions.add(
       this.getInput$()
-        .pipe(distinctUntilChanged(deepEqual), skip(1))
-        .subscribe(async () => await this.initializeSavedLinks())
+        .pipe(
+          distinctUntilChanged(deepEqual),
+          skip(1),
+          switchMap(async () => await this.initializeSavedLinks())
+        )
+        .subscribe()
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetry/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/telemetry/public/plugin.ts
index 6300a56486169..59ff2d3478c1d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetry/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetry/public/plugin.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import type {
 import type { HomePublicPluginSetup } from '@kbn/home-plugin/public';
 import { ElasticV3BrowserShipper } from '@kbn/analytics-shippers-elastic-v3-browser';
 
-import { BehaviorSubject, map, tap } from 'rxjs';
+import { BehaviorSubject, map, switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs';
 import type { TelemetryConfigLabels } from '../server/config';
 import { FetchTelemetryConfigRoute, INTERNAL_VERSION } from '../common/routes';
 import type { v2 } from '../common/types';
@@ -246,26 +246,32 @@ export class TelemetryPlugin
     });
     this.telemetryNotifications = telemetryNotifications;
 
-    application.currentAppId$.subscribe(async () => {
-      // Refresh and get telemetry config
-      const updatedConfig = await this.refreshConfig(http);
-
-      analytics.optIn({
-        global: { enabled: this.telemetryService!.isOptedIn && !screenshotMode.isScreenshotMode() },
-      });
-
-      const isUnauthenticated = this.getIsUnauthenticated(http);
-      if (isUnauthenticated) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      const telemetryBanner = updatedConfig?.banner;
-
-      this.maybeStartTelemetryPoller();
-      if (telemetryBanner) {
-        this.maybeShowOptedInNotificationBanner();
-      }
-    });
+    application.currentAppId$
+      .pipe(
+        switchMap(async () => {
+          // Refresh and get telemetry config
+          const updatedConfig = await this.refreshConfig(http);
+
+          analytics.optIn({
+            global: {
+              enabled: this.telemetryService!.isOptedIn && !screenshotMode.isScreenshotMode(),
+            },
+          });
+
+          const isUnauthenticated = this.getIsUnauthenticated(http);
+          if (isUnauthenticated) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          const telemetryBanner = updatedConfig?.banner;
+
+          this.maybeStartTelemetryPoller();
+          if (telemetryBanner) {
+            this.maybeShowOptedInNotificationBanner();
+          }
+        })
+      )
+      .subscribe();
 
     return {
       telemetryService: this.getTelemetryServicePublicApis(),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/aiops/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/aiops/server/plugin.ts
index 9eb613d7e3524..5cb23cb6ce57d 100755
--- a/x-pack/plugins/aiops/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/aiops/server/plugin.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class AiopsPlugin
     // This way we can pass on license changes to the route factory having always
     // the current license because it's stored in a mutable attribute.
     const aiopsLicense: AiopsLicense = { isActivePlatinumLicense: false };
-    this.licenseSubscription = plugins.licensing.license$.subscribe(async (license) => {
+    this.licenseSubscription = plugins.licensing.license$.subscribe((license) => {
       aiopsLicense.isActivePlatinumLicense = isActiveLicense('platinum', license);
 
       if (aiopsLicense.isActivePlatinumLicense) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security/server/authorization/authorization_service.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security/server/authorization/authorization_service.tsx
index 6e0fda1fa3d8e..a2b32a0a6b13e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security/server/authorization/authorization_service.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security/server/authorization/authorization_service.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import querystring from 'querystring';
 import React from 'react';
 import { renderToString } from 'react-dom/server';
 import type { Observable, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
+import { switchMap } from 'rxjs';
 
 import type {
   CapabilitiesSetup,
@@ -209,18 +210,22 @@ export class AuthorizationService {
     validateFeaturePrivileges(allFeatures);
     validateReservedPrivileges(allFeatures);
 
-    this.statusSubscription = online$.subscribe(async ({ scheduleRetry }) => {
-      try {
-        await registerPrivilegesWithCluster(
-          this.logger,
-          this.privileges,
-          this.applicationName,
-          clusterClient
-        );
-      } catch (err) {
-        scheduleRetry();
-      }
-    });
+    this.statusSubscription = online$
+      .pipe(
+        switchMap(async ({ scheduleRetry }) => {
+          try {
+            await registerPrivilegesWithCluster(
+              this.logger,
+              this.privileges,
+              this.applicationName,
+              clusterClient
+            );
+          } catch (err) {
+            scheduleRetry();
+          }
+        })
+      )
+      .subscribe();
   }
 
   stop() {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security/server/session_management/session_management_service.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security/server/session_management/session_management_service.ts
index 10395999f502b..4c3298f69bca2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security/server/session_management/session_management_service.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security/server/session_management/session_management_service.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { Observable, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
+import { switchMap } from 'rxjs';
 
 import type { ElasticsearchClient, HttpServiceSetup, Logger } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { SavedObjectsErrorHelpers } from '@kbn/core/server';
@@ -90,13 +91,20 @@ export class SessionManagementService {
       auditLogger: audit.withoutRequest,
     });
 
-    this.statusSubscription = online$.subscribe(async ({ scheduleRetry }) => {
-      try {
-        await Promise.all([this.sessionIndex.initialize(), this.scheduleCleanupTask(taskManager)]);
-      } catch (err) {
-        scheduleRetry();
-      }
-    });
+    this.statusSubscription = online$
+      .pipe(
+        switchMap(async ({ scheduleRetry }) => {
+          try {
+            await Promise.all([
+              this.sessionIndex.initialize(),
+              this.scheduleCleanupTask(taskManager),
+            ]);
+          } catch (err) {
+            scheduleRetry();
+          }
+        })
+      )
+      .subscribe();
 
     return {
       session: new Session({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/server/synthetics_service/synthetics_service.ts b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/server/synthetics_service/synthetics_service.ts
index 561a0e5a90e4c..da0434201eaa2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/server/synthetics_service/synthetics_service.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/server/synthetics_service/synthetics_service.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   TaskManagerSetupContract,
   TaskManagerStartContract,
 } from '@kbn/task-manager-plugin/server';
-import { Subject } from 'rxjs';
+import { concatMap, Subject } from 'rxjs';
 import { EncryptedSavedObjectsClient } from '@kbn/encrypted-saved-objects-plugin/server';
 import pMap from 'p-map';
 import { DEFAULT_SPACE_ID } from '@kbn/spaces-plugin/common';
@@ -377,45 +377,49 @@ export class SyntheticsService {
 
     let output: ServiceData['output'] | null = null;
 
-    subject.subscribe(async (monitors) => {
-      try {
-        if (monitors.length === 0 || !this.config.manifestUrl) {
-          return;
-        }
+    subject
+      .pipe(
+        concatMap(async (monitors) => {
+          try {
+            if (monitors.length === 0 || !this.config.manifestUrl) {
+              return;
+            }
 
-        if (!output) {
-          output = await this.getOutput();
+            if (!output) {
+              output = await this.getOutput();
+
+              if (!output) {
+                sendErrorTelemetryEvents(service.logger, service.server.telemetry, {
+                  reason: 'API key is not valid.',
+                  message: 'Failed to push configs. API key is not valid.',
+                  type: 'invalidApiKey',
+                  stackVersion: service.server.stackVersion,
+                });
+                return;
+              }
+            }
 
-          if (!output) {
+            this.logger.debug(`${monitors.length} monitors will be pushed to synthetics service.`);
+
+            service.syncErrors = await this.apiClient.syncMonitors({
+              monitors,
+              output,
+              license,
+            });
+          } catch (e) {
             sendErrorTelemetryEvents(service.logger, service.server.telemetry, {
-              reason: 'API key is not valid.',
-              message: 'Failed to push configs. API key is not valid.',
-              type: 'invalidApiKey',
+              reason: 'Failed to push configs to service',
+              message: e?.message,
+              type: 'pushConfigsError',
+              code: e?.code,
+              status: e.status,
               stackVersion: service.server.stackVersion,
             });
-            return;
+            this.logger.error(e);
           }
-        }
-
-        this.logger.debug(`${monitors.length} monitors will be pushed to synthetics service.`);
-
-        service.syncErrors = await this.apiClient.syncMonitors({
-          monitors,
-          output,
-          license,
-        });
-      } catch (e) {
-        sendErrorTelemetryEvents(service.logger, service.server.telemetry, {
-          reason: 'Failed to push configs to service',
-          message: e?.message,
-          type: 'pushConfigsError',
-          code: e?.code,
-          status: e.status,
-          stackVersion: service.server.stackVersion,
-        });
-        this.logger.error(e);
-      }
-    });
+        })
+      )
+      .subscribe();
 
     await this.getMonitorConfigs(subject);
   }
@@ -479,25 +483,29 @@ export class SyntheticsService {
     const license = await this.getLicense();
     const subject = new Subject<MonitorFields[]>();
 
-    subject.subscribe(async (monitors) => {
-      const hasPublicLocations = monitors.some((config) =>
-        config.locations.some(({ isServiceManaged }) => isServiceManaged)
-      );
-
-      if (hasPublicLocations) {
-        const output = await this.getOutput();
-        if (!output) {
-          return;
-        }
-
-        const data = {
-          output,
-          monitors,
-          license,
-        };
-        return await this.apiClient.delete(data);
-      }
-    });
+    subject
+      .pipe(
+        concatMap(async (monitors) => {
+          const hasPublicLocations = monitors.some((config) =>
+            config.locations.some(({ isServiceManaged }) => isServiceManaged)
+          );
+
+          if (hasPublicLocations) {
+            const output = await this.getOutput();
+            if (!output) {
+              return;
+            }
+
+            const data = {
+              output,
+              monitors,
+              license,
+            };
+            return await this.apiClient.delete(data);
+          }
+        })
+      )
+      .subscribe();
 
     await this.getMonitorConfigs(subject);
   }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/ephemeral_task_lifecycle.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/ephemeral_task_lifecycle.ts
index 16d8cd796809d..e5ca18f39c0b4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/ephemeral_task_lifecycle.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/ephemeral_task_lifecycle.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export class EphemeralTaskLifecycle {
             );
           })
         )
-        .subscribe(async (e) => {
+        .subscribe((e) => {
           let overallCapacity = this.getCapacity();
           const capacityByType = new Map<string, number>();
           const tasksWithinCapacity = [...this.ephemeralTaskQueue]