diff --git a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent.hs b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent.hs
index 36dcee49d..3a39686bf 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent.hs
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ getNetworkConfig = readTVarIO . useNetworkConfig
 
 reconnectAllServers :: MonadUnliftIO m => AgentClient -> m ()
 reconnectAllServers c = liftIO $ do
-  closeProtocolServerClients c smpClients
-  closeProtocolServerClients c ntfClients
+  reconnectServerClients c smpClients
+  reconnectServerClients c ntfClients
 
 -- | Register device notifications token
 registerNtfToken :: AgentErrorMonad m => AgentClient -> DeviceToken -> NotificationsMode -> m NtfTknStatus
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Client.hs b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Client.hs
index 9c6571f14..d24af2be8 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Client.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Client.hs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ module Simplex.Messaging.Agent.Client
     withInvLock,
     closeAgentClient,
     closeProtocolServerClients,
+    reconnectServerClients,
     closeXFTPServerClient,
     runSMPServerTest,
     runXFTPServerTest,
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ import Data.Bifunctor (bimap, first, second)
 import Data.ByteString.Base64
 import Data.ByteString.Char8 (ByteString)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B
+import Data.Composition ((.:.))
 import Data.Either (lefts, partitionEithers)
 import Data.Functor (($>))
 import Data.List (deleteFirstsBy, foldl', partition, (\\))
@@ -499,11 +501,15 @@ instance ProtocolServerClient XFTPErrorType FileResponse where
 getSMPServerClient :: forall m. AgentMonad m => AgentClient -> SMPTransportSession -> m SMPClient
 getSMPServerClient c@AgentClient {active, smpClients, msgQ} tSess@(userId, srv, _) = do
   unlessM (readTVarIO active) . throwError $ INACTIVE
-  v <- atomically (getTSessVar c tSess smpClients)
-  either newClient (waitForProtocolClient c tSess) v
-    `catchAgentError` \e -> resubscribeSMPSession c tSess >> throwError e
+  atomically (getTSessVar c tSess smpClients)
+    >>= either newClient (waitForProtocolClient c tSess)
   where
-    newClient = newProtocolClient c tSess smpClients connectClient
+    -- we resubscribe only on newClient error, but not on waitForProtocolClient error,
+    -- as the large number of delivery workers waiting for the client TMVar
+    -- make it expensive to check for pending subscriptions.
+    newClient v =
+      newProtocolClient c tSess smpClients connectClient v
+        `catchAgentError` \e -> resubscribeSMPSession c tSess >> throwError e
     connectClient :: SMPClientVar -> m SMPClient
     connectClient v = do
       cfg <- getClientConfig c smpCfg
@@ -515,14 +521,19 @@ getSMPServerClient c@AgentClient {active, smpClients, msgQ} tSess@(userId, srv,
       removeClientAndSubs >>= serverDown
       logInfo . decodeUtf8 $ "Agent disconnected from " <> showServer srv
       where
+        -- we make active subscriptions pending only if the client for tSess was current (in the map) and active,
+        -- because we can have a race condition when a new current client could have already
+        -- made subscriptions active, and the old client would be processing diconnection later.
         removeClientAndSubs :: IO ([RcvQueue], [ConnId])
-        removeClientAndSubs = atomically $ do
-          removeTSessVar v tSess smpClients
-          qs <- RQ.getDelSessQueues tSess $ activeSubs c
-          mapM_ (`RQ.addQueue` pendingSubs c) qs
-          let cs = S.fromList $ map qConnId qs
-          cs' <- RQ.getConns $ activeSubs c
-          pure (qs, S.toList $ cs `S.difference` cs')
+        removeClientAndSubs = atomically $ ifM currentActiveClient removeSubs $ pure ([], [])
+          where
+            currentActiveClient = (&&) <$> removeTSessVar' v tSess smpClients <*> readTVar active
+            removeSubs = do
+              qs <- RQ.getDelSessQueues tSess $ activeSubs c
+              mapM_ (`RQ.addQueue` pendingSubs c) qs
+              let cs = S.fromList $ map qConnId qs
+              cs' <- RQ.getConns $ activeSubs c
+              pure (qs, S.toList $ cs `S.difference` cs')
 
         serverDown :: ([RcvQueue], [ConnId]) -> IO ()
         serverDown (qs, conns) = whenM (readTVarIO active) $ do
@@ -648,9 +659,13 @@ getTSessVar c tSess vs = maybe (Left <$> newSessionVar) (pure . Right) =<< TM.lo
       pure v
 
 removeTSessVar :: SessionVar a -> TransportSession msg -> TMap (TransportSession msg) (SessionVar a) -> STM ()
-removeTSessVar v tSess vs =
-  TM.lookup tSess vs
-    >>= mapM_ (\v' -> when (sessionVarId v == sessionVarId v') $ TM.delete tSess vs)
+removeTSessVar = void .:. removeTSessVar'
+
+removeTSessVar' :: SessionVar a -> TransportSession msg -> TMap (TransportSession msg) (SessionVar a) -> STM Bool
+removeTSessVar' v tSess vs =
+  TM.lookup tSess vs >>= \case
+    Just v' | sessionVarId v == sessionVarId v' -> TM.delete tSess vs $> True
+    _ -> pure False
 
 waitForProtocolClient :: (AgentMonad m, ProtocolTypeI (ProtoType msg)) => AgentClient -> TransportSession msg -> ClientVar msg -> m (Client msg)
 waitForProtocolClient c (_, srv, _) v = do
@@ -738,6 +753,10 @@ closeProtocolServerClients :: ProtocolServerClient err msg => AgentClient -> (Ag
 closeProtocolServerClients c clientsSel =
   atomically (clientsSel c `swapTVar` M.empty) >>= mapM_ (forkIO . closeClient_ c)
 
+reconnectServerClients :: ProtocolServerClient err msg => AgentClient -> (AgentClient -> TMap (TransportSession msg) (ClientVar msg)) -> IO ()
+reconnectServerClients c clientsSel =
+  readTVarIO (clientsSel c) >>= mapM_ (forkIO . closeClient_ c)
+
 closeClient :: ProtocolServerClient err msg => AgentClient -> (AgentClient -> TMap (TransportSession msg) (ClientVar msg)) -> TransportSession msg -> IO ()
 closeClient c clientSel tSess =
   atomically (TM.lookupDelete tSess $ clientSel c) >>= mapM_ (closeClient_ c)
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Client.hs b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Client.hs
index a3aaaa84d..cd7797c03 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Client.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Client.hs
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ data ProtocolClient err msg = ProtocolClient
     sessionId :: SessionId,
     sessionTs :: UTCTime,
     thVersion :: Version,
-    timeoutPerBlock :: Int,
     blockSize :: Int,
     batch :: Bool,
     client_ :: PClient err msg
@@ -151,7 +150,6 @@ clientStub sessionId = do
         sessionId,
         sessionTs = undefined,
         thVersion = 5,
-        timeoutPerBlock = undefined,
         blockSize = smpBlockSize,
         batch = undefined,
         client_ =
@@ -314,7 +312,7 @@ getProtocolClient transportSession@(_, srv, _) cfg@ProtocolClientConfig {qSize,
         `catch` \(e :: IOException) -> pure . Left $ PCEIOError e
     Left e -> pure $ Left e
   where
-    NetworkConfig {tcpConnectTimeout, tcpTimeout, tcpTimeoutPerKb, smpPingInterval} = networkConfig
+    NetworkConfig {tcpConnectTimeout, tcpTimeout, smpPingInterval} = networkConfig
     mkProtocolClient :: TransportHost -> STM (PClient err msg)
     mkProtocolClient transportHost = do
       connected <- newTVar False
@@ -365,8 +363,7 @@ getProtocolClient transportSession@(_, srv, _) cfg@ProtocolClientConfig {qSize,
         Left e -> atomically . putTMVar cVar . Left $ PCETransportError e
         Right th@THandle {sessionId, thVersion, blockSize, batch} -> do
           sessionTs <- getCurrentTime
-          let timeoutPerBlock = (blockSize * tcpTimeoutPerKb) `div` 1024
-              c' = ProtocolClient {action = Nothing, client_ = c, sessionId, thVersion, sessionTs, timeoutPerBlock, blockSize, batch}
+          let c' = ProtocolClient {action = Nothing, client_ = c, sessionId, thVersion, sessionTs, blockSize, batch}
           atomically $ do
             writeTVar (connected c) True
             putTMVar cVar $ Right c'
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server.hs b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server.hs
index 1bf7de2eb..f81f66d8d 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server.hs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B
 import Data.Either (fromRight, partitionEithers)
 import Data.Functor (($>))
 import Data.Int (Int64)
+import qualified Data.IntMap.Strict as IM
 import Data.List (intercalate)
 import qualified Data.List.NonEmpty as L
 import qualified Data.Map.Strict as M
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ smpServer started cfg@ServerConfig {transports, transportConfig = tCfg} = do
         updateSubscribers = do
           (qId, clnt) <- readTQueue $ subQ s
           let clientToBeNotified c' =
-                if sameClientSession clnt c'
+                if sameClientId clnt c'
                   then pure Nothing
                   else do
                     yes <- readTVar $ connected c'
@@ -165,9 +166,12 @@ smpServer started cfg@ServerConfig {transports, transportConfig = tCfg} = do
           TM.lookupInsert qId clnt (subs s) $>>= clientToBeNotified
         endPreviousSubscriptions :: (QueueId, Client) -> M (Maybe s)
         endPreviousSubscriptions (qId, c) = do
-          void . forkIO $ do
+          tId <- atomically $ stateTVar (endThreadSeq c) $ \next -> (next, next + 1)
+          t <- forkIO $ do
             labelMyThread $ label <> ".endPreviousSubscriptions"
             atomically $ writeTBQueue (sndQ c) [(CorrId "", qId, END)]
+            atomically $ modifyTVar' (endThreads c) $ IM.delete tId
+          mkWeakThreadId t >>= atomically . modifyTVar' (endThreads c) . IM.insert tId
           atomically $ TM.lookupDelete qId (clientSubs c)
 
     expireMessagesThread_ :: ServerConfig -> [M ()]
@@ -389,23 +393,26 @@ runClientTransport th@THandle {thVersion, sessionId} = do
     noSubscriptions c = atomically $ (&&) <$> TM.null (subscriptions c) <*> TM.null (ntfSubscriptions c)
 
 clientDisconnected :: Client -> M ()
-clientDisconnected c@Client {clientId, subscriptions, connected, sessionId} = do
+clientDisconnected c@Client {clientId, subscriptions, connected, sessionId, endThreads} = do
   labelMyThread . B.unpack $ "client $" <> encode sessionId <> " disc"
-  atomically $ writeTVar connected False
-  subs <- readTVarIO subscriptions
+  subs <- atomically $ do
+    writeTVar connected False
+    swapTVar subscriptions M.empty
   liftIO $ mapM_ cancelSub subs
-  atomically $ writeTVar subscriptions M.empty
-  cs <- asks $ subscribers . server
-  atomically . mapM_ (\rId -> TM.update deleteCurrentClient rId cs) $ M.keys subs
+  srvSubs <- asks $ subscribers . server
+  atomically $ modifyTVar' srvSubs $ \cs ->
+    M.foldrWithKey (\sub _ -> M.update deleteCurrentClient sub) cs subs
   asks clients >>= atomically . TM.delete clientId
+  tIds <- atomically $ swapTVar endThreads IM.empty
+  liftIO $ mapM_ (mapM_ killThread <=< deRefWeak) tIds
   where
     deleteCurrentClient :: Client -> Maybe Client
     deleteCurrentClient c'
-      | sameClientSession c c' = Nothing
+      | sameClientId c c' = Nothing
       | otherwise = Just c'
 
-sameClientSession :: Client -> Client -> Bool
-sameClientSession Client {sessionId} Client {sessionId = s'} = sessionId == s'
+sameClientId :: Client -> Client -> Bool
+sameClientId Client {clientId} Client {clientId = cId'} = clientId == cId'
 
 cancelSub :: TVar Sub -> IO ()
 cancelSub sub =
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/Env/STM.hs b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/Env/STM.hs
index ab88331f6..aa86cbd29 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/Env/STM.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/Env/STM.hs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import Control.Monad.IO.Unlift
 import Crypto.Random
 import Data.ByteString.Char8 (ByteString)
 import Data.Int (Int64)
+import Data.IntMap.Strict (IntMap)
+import qualified Data.IntMap.Strict as IM
 import Data.List.NonEmpty (NonEmpty)
 import Data.Map.Strict (Map)
 import qualified Data.Map.Strict as M
@@ -124,6 +126,8 @@ data Client = Client
     ntfSubscriptions :: TMap NotifierId (),
     rcvQ :: TBQueue (NonEmpty (Maybe QueueRec, Transmission Cmd)),
     sndQ :: TBQueue (NonEmpty (Transmission BrokerMsg)),
+    endThreads :: TVar (IntMap (Weak ThreadId)),
+    endThreadSeq :: TVar Int,
     thVersion :: Version,
     sessionId :: ByteString,
     connected :: TVar Bool,
@@ -155,10 +159,12 @@ newClient nextClientId qSize thVersion sessionId createdAt = do
   ntfSubscriptions <- TM.empty
   rcvQ <- newTBQueue qSize
   sndQ <- newTBQueue qSize
+  endThreads <- newTVar IM.empty
+  endThreadSeq <- newTVar 0
   connected <- newTVar True
   rcvActiveAt <- newTVar createdAt
   sndActiveAt <- newTVar createdAt
-  return Client {clientId, subscriptions, ntfSubscriptions, rcvQ, sndQ, thVersion, sessionId, connected, createdAt, rcvActiveAt, sndActiveAt}
+  return Client {clientId, subscriptions, ntfSubscriptions, rcvQ, sndQ, endThreads, endThreadSeq, thVersion, sessionId, connected, createdAt, rcvActiveAt, sndActiveAt}
 
 newSubscription :: SubscriptionThread -> STM Sub
 newSubscription subThread = do