diff --git a/kolibri/core/content/test/test_import_export.py b/kolibri/core/content/test/test_import_export.py
index 6ad47aabb35..62dedb8e688 100644
--- a/kolibri/core/content/test/test_import_export.py
+++ b/kolibri/core/content/test/test_import_export.py
@@ -1125,7 +1125,10 @@ def test_remote_import_no_space_after_first_download(
             2201062 + 336974,
         )
         get_free_space_mock.side_effect = [100000000000, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
-        with self.assertRaises(InsufficientStorageSpaceError):
+        # Ensure single threaded operation for deterministic testing
+        with patch(
+            "kolibri.core.tasks.utils.get_fd_limit", return_value=1
+        ), self.assertRaises(InsufficientStorageSpaceError):
             manager = RemoteChannelResourceImportManager(self.the_channel_id)
             manager.run()
         self.annotation_mock.set_content_visibility.assert_called_with(
@@ -1466,7 +1469,9 @@ def test_remote_import_full_import(
             10,
         )
         manager = RemoteChannelResourceImportManager(self.the_channel_id)
-        manager.run()
+        # Ensure single threaded operation for deterministic testing
+        with patch("kolibri.core.tasks.utils.get_fd_limit", return_value=1):
+            manager.run()
         self.annotation_mock.set_content_visibility.assert_called_with(
             self.the_channel_id,
             [
diff --git a/kolibri/core/content/utils/resource_import.py b/kolibri/core/content/utils/resource_import.py
index 49031b89e5d..54f4b96c56a 100644
--- a/kolibri/core/content/utils/resource_import.py
+++ b/kolibri/core/content/utils/resource_import.py
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ def run_import(self):
             # Allow for two open file descriptors per download:
             # The temporary download file that the file is streamed to initially, and then
             # the actual destination file that it is moved to.
+            # Note that with the possibility of a chunked file download,
+            # the true number of file descriptors used may be higher,
+            # but this is unlikely to be a problem in practice, and we build in extra tolerance
+            # in the fd_safe_executor max worker calculation.
             with fd_safe_executor(fds_per_task=2) as executor:
                 self.executor = executor
                 batch_size = 100
@@ -392,8 +396,27 @@ def __init__(
         )
 
         self.session = requests.Session()
+        # Because we create the executor in the run method, we need to track
+        # we need to mount the adapter in the create_file_transfer method
+        # so that we can introspect the executor to configure the pool correctly.
+        self._adapter_mounted = False
+
+    def _mount_adapter(self):
+        if not self._adapter_mounted:
+            # If we are using a ThreadPoolExecutor, then we need to make sure
+            # that the requests session has enough connections to handle
+            # the number of threads.
+            max_workers = self.executor._max_workers
+            adapter = requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(
+                pool_connections=max_workers,
+                pool_maxsize=max_workers,
+            )
+            self.session.mount("http://", adapter)
+            self.session.mount("https://", adapter)
+            self._adapter_mounted = True
 
     def create_file_transfer(self, f, filename, dest):
+        self._mount_adapter()
         url = paths.get_content_storage_remote_url(filename, baseurl=self.baseurl)
         return transfer.FileDownload(
             url,
diff --git a/kolibri/core/tasks/utils.py b/kolibri/core/tasks/utils.py
index eab8e5d8697..8466c432c31 100644
--- a/kolibri/core/tasks/utils.py
+++ b/kolibri/core/tasks/utils.py
@@ -358,12 +358,16 @@ def fd_safe_executor(fds_per_task=2):
         else concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor
     )
 
-    max_workers = 10
+    max_workers = 50
 
-    if not use_multiprocessing:
-        # If we're not using multiprocessing for workers, we may need
-        # to limit the number of workers depending on the number of allowed
-        # file descriptors.
+    # We may need to limit the number of workers depending
+    # on the number of allowed file descriptors.
+
+    if conf.OPTIONS["Tasks"]["USE_WORKER_MULTIPROCESSING"]:
+        # If we are using multiprocessing, then file descriptors are not shared.
+        # So we can use all the available file descriptors for this task.
+        max_descriptors_per_task = get_fd_limit()
+    else:
         # This is a heuristic method, where we know there can be issues if
         # the max number of file descriptors for a process is 256, and we use 10
         # workers, with potentially 4 concurrent tasks downloading files.
@@ -376,12 +380,11 @@ def fd_safe_executor(fds_per_task=2):
         max_descriptors_per_task = (
             get_fd_limit() - server_reserved_fd_count
         ) / conf.OPTIONS["Tasks"]["REGULAR_PRIORITY_WORKERS"]
-        # Each task only needs to have a maximum of `fds_per_task` open file descriptors at once.
-        # To add tolerance, we divide the number of file descriptors that could be allocated to
-        # this task by double this number which should give us leeway in case of unforeseen
-        # descriptor use during the process.
-        max_workers = min(
-            max_workers, min(1, max_descriptors_per_task // (fds_per_task * 2))
-        )
-
+    # Each task only needs to have a maximum of `fds_per_task` open file descriptors at once.
+    # To add tolerance, we divide the number of file descriptors that could be allocated to
+    # this task by 1.5 times this number which should give us leeway in case of unforeseen
+    # descriptor use during the process.
+    max_workers = min(
+        max_workers, max(1, max_descriptors_per_task // (fds_per_task * 2))
+    )
     return executor(max_workers=max_workers)
diff --git a/kolibri/core/tasks/worker.py b/kolibri/core/tasks/worker.py
index 252792ff1e4..3e896cd61f2 100644
--- a/kolibri/core/tasks/worker.py
+++ b/kolibri/core/tasks/worker.py
@@ -7,18 +7,25 @@
 from kolibri.core.tasks.storage import Storage
 from kolibri.core.tasks.utils import db_connection
 from kolibri.core.tasks.utils import InfiniteLoopThread
+from kolibri.utils.logger import setup_worker_logging
 from kolibri.utils.multiprocessing_compat import PoolExecutor
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def _init_worker(log_queue):
+    """
+    Initialize worker process, setting up logging to use the given log queue.
+    """
+    setup_worker_logging(log_queue)
+
+
 def execute_job(
     job_id,
     worker_host=None,
     worker_process=None,
     worker_thread=None,
     worker_extra=None,
-    log_queue=None,
 ):
     """
     Call the function stored in the job.func.
@@ -41,7 +48,7 @@ def execute_job(
     django_connection.close()
 
 
-def execute_job_with_python_worker(job_id, log_queue=None):
+def execute_job_with_python_worker(job_id):
     """
     Call execute_job but additionally with the current host, process and thread information taken
     directly from python internals.
@@ -55,7 +62,6 @@ def execute_job_with_python_worker(job_id, log_queue=None):
         worker_host=socket.gethostname(),
         worker_process=str(os.getpid()),
         worker_thread=str(threading.get_ident()),
-        log_queue=log_queue,
     )
 
 
@@ -105,7 +111,11 @@ def shutdown_workers(self, wait=True):
         self.workers.shutdown(wait=wait)
 
     def start_workers(self):
-        pool = PoolExecutor(max_workers=self.max_workers)
+        pool = PoolExecutor(
+            max_workers=self.max_workers,
+            initializer=_init_worker,
+            initargs=(self.log_queue,),
+        )
         return pool
 
     def handle_finished_future(self, future):
@@ -199,7 +209,6 @@ def start_next_job(self, job):
         future = self.workers.submit(
             execute_job_with_python_worker,
             job_id=job.job_id,
-            log_queue=self.log_queue,
         )
 
         # Check if the job ID already exists in the future_job_mapping dictionary
diff --git a/kolibri/utils/logger.py b/kolibri/utils/logger.py
index fa14930a508..00680a952bf 100644
--- a/kolibri/utils/logger.py
+++ b/kolibri/utils/logger.py
@@ -52,7 +52,15 @@ def prepare(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> logging.LogRecord:
                 )
                 record.exc_info = None
             if hasattr(record, "args"):
-                record.args = tuple(str(arg) for arg in record.args)
+                # Convert args to strings only if they aren't already pickle-safe
+                safe_args = []
+                for arg in record.args:
+                    # Keep numeric types as-is for format compatibility
+                    if isinstance(arg, (int, float, bool, type(None))):
+                        safe_args.append(arg)
+                    else:
+                        safe_args.append(str(arg))
+                record.args = tuple(safe_args)
 
         record = super().prepare(record)
         record._logger_name = self.logger_name
diff --git a/kolibri/utils/options.py b/kolibri/utils/options.py
index ce94d91be2b..484b8677036 100644
--- a/kolibri/utils/options.py
+++ b/kolibri/utils/options.py
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ def csp_source_list(value):
     "Tasks": {
         "USE_WORKER_MULTIPROCESSING": {
             "type": "multiprocess_bool",
-            "default": False,
+            "default": True,
             "description": """
                 Whether to use Python multiprocessing for worker pools. If False, then it will use threading. This may be useful,
                 if running on a dedicated device with multiple cores, and a lot of asynchronous tasks get run.