diff --git a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/indexing/tasks.py b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/indexing/tasks.py
index 366f8cc23a4..efa46b3d96c 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/indexing/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/indexing/tasks.py
@@ -257,6 +257,18 @@ def check_for_indexing(self: Task, *, tenant_id: str | None) -> int | None:
         for cc_pair_id in cc_pair_ids:
             lock_beat.reacquire()
 
+            # debugging logic - remove after we're done
+            if (
+                tenant_id == "tenant_i-043470d740845ec56"
+                or tenant_id == "tenant_82b497ce-88aa-4fbd-841a-92cae43529c8"
+            ):
+                logger.info(
+                    f"check_for_indexing lock: "
+                    f"tenant={tenant_id} "
+                    f"cc_pair={cc_pair_id} "
+                    f"ttl={redis_client.ttl(OnyxRedisLocks.CHECK_INDEXING_BEAT_LOCK)}"
+                )
+
             redis_connector = RedisConnector(tenant_id, cc_pair_id)
             with get_session_with_tenant(tenant_id) as db_session:
                 search_settings_list: list[SearchSettings] = get_active_search_settings(
diff --git a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py
index db9f20f77db..ce1040b2aff 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ def try_generate_stale_document_sync_tasks(
     total_tasks_generated = 0
     cc_pairs = get_connector_credential_pairs(db_session)
     for cc_pair in cc_pairs:
+        lock_beat.reacquire()
+
         rc = RedisConnectorCredentialPair(tenant_id, cc_pair.id)
         rc.set_skip_docs(docs_to_skip)
         result = rc.generate_tasks(celery_app, db_session, r, lock_beat, tenant_id)
@@ -786,7 +788,7 @@ def monitor_vespa_sync(self: Task, tenant_id: str | None) -> bool:
         # print current queue lengths
         phase_start = time.monotonic()
         # we don't need every tenant polling redis for this info.
-        if not MULTI_TENANT or random.randint(1, 100) == 100:
+        if not MULTI_TENANT or random.randint(1, 10) == 10:
             r_celery = self.app.broker_connection().channel().client  # type: ignore
             n_celery = celery_get_queue_length("celery", r_celery)
             n_indexing = celery_get_queue_length(