diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModule.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModule.java
index ceb1cd4823ba5..202defad539c4 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModule.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModule.java
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.SettingsFilter;
 import org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags;
 import org.opensearch.extensions.action.ExtensionProxyAction;
-import org.opensearch.extensions.action.ExtensionTransportAction;
+import org.opensearch.extensions.action.ExtensionProxyTransportAction;
 import org.opensearch.index.seqno.RetentionLeaseActions;
 import org.opensearch.indices.SystemIndices;
 import org.opensearch.indices.breaker.CircuitBreakerService;
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ public <Request extends ActionRequest, Response extends ActionResponse> void reg
 
         if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(FeatureFlags.EXTENSIONS)) {
             // ExtensionProxyAction
-            actions.register(ExtensionProxyAction.INSTANCE, ExtensionTransportAction.class);
+            actions.register(ExtensionProxyAction.INSTANCE, ExtensionProxyTransportAction.class);
         }
 
         // Decommission actions
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/ExtensionsManager.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/ExtensionsManager.java
index 9bacbe4941ba1..ccc1bdb620f31 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/ExtensionsManager.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/ExtensionsManager.java
@@ -198,10 +198,8 @@ public void initializeServicesAndRestHandler(
         this.extensionTransportActionsHandler = new ExtensionTransportActionsHandler(
             extensionIdMap,
             transportService,
-            clusterService,
             client,
             actionModule,
-            settingsModule,
             this
         );
         registerRequestHandler();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionAction.java
index dcd00a584a8fe..658c114d73c1a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionAction.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *
  * @opensearch.internal
  */
-public class ExtensionAction extends ActionType<ExtensionActionResponse> {
+public class ExtensionAction extends ActionType<RemoteExtensionActionResponse> {
 
     private final String uniqueId;
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class ExtensionAction extends ActionType<ExtensionActionResponse> {
      * @param name The fully qualified class name of the extension's action to execute.
      */
     public ExtensionAction(String uniqueId, String name) {
-        super(name, ExtensionActionResponse::new);
+        super(name, RemoteExtensionActionResponse::new);
         this.uniqueId = uniqueId;
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionProxyTransportAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionProxyTransportAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..364965dc582e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionProxyTransportAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.extensions.action;
+
+import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.opensearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
+import org.opensearch.action.support.HandledTransportAction;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.opensearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.opensearch.extensions.ExtensionsManager;
+import org.opensearch.tasks.Task;
+import org.opensearch.transport.TransportService;
+
+/**
+ * A proxy transport action used to proxy a transport request from OpenSearch or a plugin to execute on an extension
+ *
+ * @opensearch.internal
+ */
+public class ExtensionProxyTransportAction extends HandledTransportAction<ExtensionActionRequest, ExtensionActionResponse> {
+
+    private final ExtensionsManager extensionsManager;
+
+    @Inject
+    public ExtensionProxyTransportAction(
+        Settings settings,
+        TransportService transportService,
+        ActionFilters actionFilters,
+        ClusterService clusterService,
+        ExtensionsManager extensionsManager
+    ) {
+        super(ExtensionProxyAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, ExtensionActionRequest::new);
+        this.extensionsManager = extensionsManager;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doExecute(Task task, ExtensionActionRequest request, ActionListener<ExtensionActionResponse> listener) {
+        try {
+            listener.onResponse(extensionsManager.handleTransportRequest(request));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            listener.onFailure(e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionTransportAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionTransportAction.java
index ce1bd13271aba..3d19b076812b3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionTransportAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionTransportAction.java
@@ -10,39 +10,34 @@
 
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.opensearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
-import org.opensearch.action.support.HandledTransportAction;
-import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
-import org.opensearch.common.inject.Inject;
-import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.opensearch.action.support.TransportAction;
 import org.opensearch.extensions.ExtensionsManager;
 import org.opensearch.tasks.Task;
-import org.opensearch.transport.TransportService;
+import org.opensearch.tasks.TaskManager;
 
 /**
  * A proxy transport action used to proxy a transport request from OpenSearch or a plugin to execute on an extension
  *
  * @opensearch.internal
  */
-public class ExtensionTransportAction extends HandledTransportAction<ExtensionActionRequest, ExtensionActionResponse> {
+public class ExtensionTransportAction extends TransportAction<ExtensionActionRequest, RemoteExtensionActionResponse> {
 
     private final ExtensionsManager extensionsManager;
 
-    @Inject
     public ExtensionTransportAction(
-        Settings settings,
-        TransportService transportService,
+        String actionName,
         ActionFilters actionFilters,
-        ClusterService clusterService,
+        TaskManager taskManager,
         ExtensionsManager extensionsManager
     ) {
-        super(ExtensionProxyAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, ExtensionActionRequest::new);
+        super(actionName, actionFilters, taskManager);
         this.extensionsManager = extensionsManager;
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void doExecute(Task task, ExtensionActionRequest request, ActionListener<ExtensionActionResponse> listener) {
+    protected void doExecute(Task task, ExtensionActionRequest request, ActionListener<RemoteExtensionActionResponse> listener) {
         try {
-            listener.onResponse(extensionsManager.handleTransportRequest(request));
+            listener.onResponse(extensionsManager.handleRemoteTransportRequest(request));
         } catch (Exception e) {
             listener.onFailure(e);
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionTransportActionsHandler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionTransportActionsHandler.java
index 68fa827d8db5c..08f93cf5ce81a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionTransportActionsHandler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionTransportActionsHandler.java
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionModule.DynamicActionRegistry;
 import org.opensearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.opensearch.client.node.NodeClient;
-import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
-import org.opensearch.common.settings.SettingsModule;
 import org.opensearch.extensions.DiscoveryExtensionNode;
 import org.opensearch.extensions.AcknowledgedResponse;
 import org.opensearch.extensions.ExtensionsManager;
@@ -48,29 +46,23 @@ public class ExtensionTransportActionsHandler {
     // Map of Extension unique ID to Extension Node, populated in Extensions Manager
     private final Map<String, DiscoveryExtensionNode> extensionIdMap;
     private final TransportService transportService;
-    private final ClusterService clusterService;
     private final NodeClient client;
     private final ActionFilters actionFilters;
     private final DynamicActionRegistry dynamicActionRegistry;
-    private final SettingsModule settingsModule;
     private final ExtensionsManager extensionsManager;
 
     public ExtensionTransportActionsHandler(
         Map<String, DiscoveryExtensionNode> extensionIdMap,
         TransportService transportService,
-        ClusterService clusterService,
         NodeClient client,
         ActionModule actionModule,
-        SettingsModule settingsModule,
         ExtensionsManager extensionsManager
     ) {
         this.extensionIdMap = extensionIdMap;
         this.transportService = transportService;
-        this.clusterService = clusterService;
         this.client = client;
         this.actionFilters = actionModule.getActionFilters();
         this.dynamicActionRegistry = actionModule.getDynamicActionRegistry();
-        this.settingsModule = settingsModule;
         this.extensionsManager = extensionsManager;
     }
 
@@ -89,7 +81,7 @@ void registerAction(String action, String uniqueId) throws IllegalArgumentExcept
         // Register the action in the action module's dynamic actions map
         dynamicActionRegistry.registerDynamicAction(
             new ExtensionAction(uniqueId, action),
-            new ExtensionTransportAction(settingsModule.getSettings(), transportService, actionFilters, clusterService, extensionsManager)
+            new ExtensionTransportAction(action, actionFilters, transportService.getTaskManager(), extensionsManager)
         );
     }
 
@@ -104,6 +96,7 @@ public DiscoveryExtensionNode getExtension(String action) {
         if (uniqueId == null) {
             throw new ActionNotFoundTransportException(action);
         }
+        logger.info("Got extension: " + extensionIdMap.get(uniqueId));
         return extensionIdMap.get(uniqueId);
     }
 
@@ -117,10 +110,11 @@ public TransportResponse handleRegisterTransportActionsRequest(RegisterTransport
         logger.debug("Register Transport Actions request recieved {}", transportActionsRequest);
         try {
             for (String action : transportActionsRequest.getTransportActions()) {
+                logger.info("Registering action " + action + " with id " + transportActionsRequest.getUniqueId());
                 registerAction(action, transportActionsRequest.getUniqueId());
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            logger.error("Could not register Transport Action " + e);
+            logger.error("Could not register Transport Action: " + e.getMessage());
             return new AcknowledgedResponse(false);
         }
         return new AcknowledgedResponse(true);
@@ -160,10 +154,12 @@ public RemoteExtensionActionResponse handleTransportActionRequestFromExtension(T
         client.execute(
             extensionAction,
             new ExtensionActionRequest(request.getAction(), request.getRequestBytes()),
-            new ActionListener<ExtensionActionResponse>() {
+            new ActionListener<RemoteExtensionActionResponse>() {
                 @Override
-                public void onResponse(ExtensionActionResponse actionResponse) {
-                    inProgressFuture.complete(new RemoteExtensionActionResponse(actionResponse));
+                public void onResponse(RemoteExtensionActionResponse actionResponse) {
+                    response.setSuccess(actionResponse.isSuccess());
+                    response.setResponseBytes(actionResponse.getResponseBytes());
+                    inProgressFuture.complete(actionResponse);
                 }
 
                 @Override
@@ -274,7 +270,7 @@ public RemoteExtensionActionResponse read(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
 
                 @Override
                 public void handleResponse(RemoteExtensionActionResponse response) {
-                    extensionActionResponse.setSuccess(true);
+                    extensionActionResponse.setSuccess(response.isSuccess());
                     extensionActionResponse.setResponseBytes(response.getResponseBytes());
                     inProgressFuture.complete(response);
                 }
@@ -294,7 +290,7 @@ public String executor() {
         try {
             transportService.sendRequest(
                 extension,
-                ExtensionsManager.REQUEST_EXTENSION_HANDLE_TRANSPORT_ACTION,
+                ExtensionsManager.REQUEST_EXTENSION_HANDLE_REMOTE_TRANSPORT_ACTION,
                 new ExtensionHandleTransportRequest(request.getAction(), request.getRequestBytes()),
                 extensionActionResponseTransportResponseHandler
             );
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModuleTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModuleTests.java
index d7fbb3f42132a..94ebf0fcf8816 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModuleTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModuleTests.java
@@ -284,13 +284,7 @@ public void testDynamicActionRegistry() {
 
         // ExtensionsAction not yet registered
         ExtensionAction testExtensionAction = new ExtensionAction("extensionId", "actionName");
-        ExtensionTransportAction testExtensionTransportAction = new ExtensionTransportAction(
-            Settings.EMPTY,
-            null,
-            emptyFilters,
-            null,
-            null
-        );
+        ExtensionTransportAction testExtensionTransportAction = new ExtensionTransportAction("test-action", emptyFilters, null, null);
         assertNull(dynamicActionRegistry.get(testExtensionAction));
 
         // Register an extension action
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionTransportActionsHandlerTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionTransportActionsHandlerTests.java
index 1890a79222ffa..3fea207cbb700 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionTransportActionsHandlerTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionTransportActionsHandlerTests.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
 import org.opensearch.common.network.NetworkService;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
-import org.opensearch.common.settings.SettingsModule;
 import org.opensearch.common.transport.TransportAddress;
 import org.opensearch.common.util.PageCacheRecycler;
 import org.opensearch.extensions.DiscoveryExtensionNode;
@@ -102,15 +101,11 @@ public void setup() throws Exception {
         dynamicActionRegistry.registerUnmodifiableActionMap(Collections.emptyMap());
         when(mockActionModule.getDynamicActionRegistry()).thenReturn(dynamicActionRegistry);
         when(mockActionModule.getActionFilters()).thenReturn(EMPTY_FILTERS);
-        SettingsModule mockSettingsModule = mock(SettingsModule.class);
-        when(mockSettingsModule.getSettings()).thenReturn(Settings.EMPTY);
         extensionTransportActionsHandler = new ExtensionTransportActionsHandler(
             Map.of("uniqueid1", discoveryExtensionNode),
             transportService,
-            null,
             client,
             mockActionModule,
-            mockSettingsModule,
             null
         );
     }