diff --git a/flow/activities/flowable.go b/flow/activities/flowable.go
index 9a86549097..a4a8b21205 100644
--- a/flow/activities/flowable.go
+++ b/flow/activities/flowable.go
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ func (a *FlowableActivity) CreateRawTable(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	config *protos.CreateRawTableInput,
 ) (*protos.CreateRawTableOutput, error) {
-	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, shared.CDCMirrorMonitorKey, a.CatalogPool)
 	dstConn, err := connectors.GetCDCSyncConnector(ctx, config.PeerConnectionConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get connector: %w", err)
@@ -215,7 +214,6 @@ func (a *FlowableActivity) StartFlow(ctx context.Context,
 	input *protos.StartFlowInput) (*model.SyncResponse, error) {
 	activity.RecordHeartbeat(ctx, "starting flow...")
 	conn := input.FlowConnectionConfigs
-	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, shared.CDCMirrorMonitorKey, a.CatalogPool)
 	dstConn, err := connectors.GetCDCSyncConnector(ctx, conn.Destination)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get destination connector: %w", err)
@@ -253,7 +251,7 @@ func (a *FlowableActivity) StartFlow(ctx context.Context,
 
 	// start a goroutine to pull records from the source
 	errGroup.Go(func() error {
-		return srcConn.PullRecords(&model.PullRecordsRequest{
+		return srcConn.PullRecords(a.CatalogPool, &model.PullRecordsRequest{
 			FlowJobName:                 input.FlowConnectionConfigs.FlowJobName,
 			SrcTableIDNameMapping:       input.FlowConnectionConfigs.SrcTableIdNameMapping,
 			TableNameMapping:            tblNameMapping,
diff --git a/flow/connectors/core.go b/flow/connectors/core.go
index 2845e371d0..f7a518a6a5 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/core.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/core.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	connsqlserver "github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/connectors/sqlserver"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/generated/protos"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/model"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
 )
 
 var ErrUnsupportedFunctionality = errors.New("requested connector does not support functionality")
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ type CDCPullConnector interface {
 
 	// PullRecords pulls records from the source, and returns a RecordBatch.
 	// This method should be idempotent, and should be able to be called multiple times with the same request.
-	PullRecords(req *model.PullRecordsRequest) error
+	PullRecords(catalogPool *pgxpool.Pool, req *model.PullRecordsRequest) error
 
 	// PullFlowCleanup drops both the Postgres publication and replication slot, as a part of DROP MIRROR
 	PullFlowCleanup(jobName string) error
diff --git a/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go b/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
index 5ac489a6df..cf2a92b5b2 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (c *PostgresConnector) GetLastOffset(jobName string) (int64, error) {
 }
 
 // PullRecords pulls records from the source.
-func (c *PostgresConnector) PullRecords(req *model.PullRecordsRequest) error {
+func (c *PostgresConnector) PullRecords(catalogPool *pgxpool.Pool, req *model.PullRecordsRequest) error {
 	defer func() {
 		req.RecordStream.Close()
 	}()
@@ -246,16 +246,13 @@ func (c *PostgresConnector) PullRecords(req *model.PullRecordsRequest) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	catalogPool, ok := c.ctx.Value(shared.CDCMirrorMonitorKey).(*pgxpool.Pool)
-	if ok {
-		latestLSN, err := c.getCurrentLSN()
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get current LSN: %w", err)
-		}
-		err = monitoring.UpdateLatestLSNAtSourceForCDCFlow(c.ctx, catalogPool, req.FlowJobName, latestLSN)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to update latest LSN at source for CDC flow: %w", err)
-		}
+	latestLSN, err := c.getCurrentLSN()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get current LSN: %w", err)
+	}
+	err = monitoring.UpdateLatestLSNAtSourceForCDCFlow(c.ctx, catalogPool, req.FlowJobName, latestLSN)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update latest LSN at source for CDC flow: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/flow/shared/constants.go b/flow/shared/constants.go
index e49de60189..8379b6718f 100644
--- a/flow/shared/constants.go
+++ b/flow/shared/constants.go
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@ const (
 	ShutdownSignal
 	PauseSignal
 
-	CDCMirrorMonitorKey ContextKey = "cdcMirrorMonitor"
-	FlowNameKey         ContextKey = "flowName"
-	PartitionIDKey      ContextKey = "partitionId"
-	DeploymentUIDKey    ContextKey = "deploymentUid"
+	FlowNameKey      ContextKey = "flowName"
+	PartitionIDKey   ContextKey = "partitionId"
+	DeploymentUIDKey ContextKey = "deploymentUid"
 )
 
 type TaskQueueID int64