diff --git a/packages/indexer-common/src/allocations/tap-collector.ts b/packages/indexer-common/src/allocations/tap-collector.ts
index e1561577f..500694b30 100644
--- a/packages/indexer-common/src/allocations/tap-collector.ts
+++ b/packages/indexer-common/src/allocations/tap-collector.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   allocationSigner,
   tapAllocationIdProof,
   parseGraphQLAllocation,
+  sequentialTimerMap,
 } from '..'
 import { BigNumber } from 'ethers'
 import pReduce from 'p-reduce'
@@ -183,8 +184,12 @@ export class TapCollector {
   }
 
   private getPendingRAVs(): Eventual<RavWithAllocation[]> {
-    return this.allocations.throttle(RAV_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS).tryMap(
-      async (allocations) => {
+    return sequentialTimerMap(
+      {
+        logger: this.logger,
+        milliseconds: RAV_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS,
+      },
+      async () => {
         let ravs = await this.pendingRAVs()
         if (ravs.length === 0) {
           this.logger.info(`No pending RAVs to process`)
@@ -193,9 +198,10 @@ export class TapCollector {
         if (ravs.length > 0) {
           ravs = await this.filterAndUpdateRavs(ravs)
         }
-        this.logger.debug(`matching allocations for pending ravs`, {
-          allocationCount: allocations.length,
-          ravCount: ravs.length,
+        const allocations: Allocation[] = await this.getAllocationsfromAllocationIds(ravs)
+        this.logger.info(`Retrieved allocations for pending RAVs`, {
+          ravs: ravs.length,
+          allocations: allocations.length,
         })
         return ravs
           .map((rav) => {
diff --git a/packages/indexer-common/src/indexer-management/actions.ts b/packages/indexer-common/src/indexer-management/actions.ts
index 3eb56a44b..95a9e668c 100644
--- a/packages/indexer-common/src/indexer-management/actions.ts
+++ b/packages/indexer-common/src/indexer-management/actions.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ export class ActionManager {
   declare models: IndexerManagementModels
   declare allocationManagers: NetworkMapped<AllocationManager>
 
+  executeBatchActionsPromise: Promise<Action[]> | undefined
+
   static async create(
     multiNetworks: MultiNetworks<Network>,
     logger: Logger,
@@ -228,7 +230,19 @@ export class ActionManager {
     return updatedActions
   }
 
+  // a promise guard to ensure that only one batch of actions is executed at a time
   async executeApprovedActions(network: Network): Promise<Action[]> {
+    if (this.executeBatchActionsPromise) {
+      this.logger.warn('Previous batch action execution is still in progress')
+      return this.executeBatchActionsPromise
+    }
+    this.executeBatchActionsPromise = this.executeApprovedActionsInner(network)
+    const updatedActions = await this.executeBatchActionsPromise
+    this.executeBatchActionsPromise = undefined
+    return updatedActions
+  }
+
+  async executeApprovedActionsInner(network: Network): Promise<Action[]> {
     let updatedActions: Action[] = []
     const protocolNetwork = network.specification.networkIdentifier
     const logger = this.logger.child({
@@ -236,11 +250,12 @@ export class ActionManager {
       protocolNetwork,
     })
 
-    logger.trace('Begin database transaction for executing approved actions')
+    logger.debug('Begin database transaction for executing approved actions')
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
     await this.models.Action.sequelize!.transaction(
       { isolationLevel: Transaction.ISOLATION_LEVELS.SERIALIZABLE },
       async (transaction) => {
+        const transactionOpenTime = Date.now()
         let approvedActions
         try {
           // Execute already approved actions in the order of type and priority.
@@ -276,6 +291,11 @@ export class ActionManager {
           return []
         }
         try {
+          logger.debug('Executing batch action', {
+            approvedActions,
+            startTimeMs: Date.now() - transactionOpenTime,
+          })
+
           // This will return all results if successful, if failed it will return the failed actions
           const allocationManager =
             this.allocationManagers[network.specification.networkIdentifier]
@@ -283,15 +303,21 @@ export class ActionManager {
 
           logger.debug('Completed batch action execution', {
             results,
+            endTimeMs: Date.now() - transactionOpenTime,
           })
           updatedActions = await this.updateActionStatuses(results, transaction)
+
+          logger.debug('Updated action statuses', {
+            updatedActions,
+            updatedTimeMs: Date.now() - transactionOpenTime,
+          })
         } catch (error) {
           logger.error(`Failed to execute batch tx on staking contract: ${error}`)
           throw indexerError(IndexerErrorCode.IE072, error)
         }
       },
     )
-    logger.trace('End database transaction for executing approved actions')
+    logger.debug('End database transaction for executing approved actions')
     return updatedActions
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/indexer-common/src/indexer-management/allocations.ts b/packages/indexer-common/src/indexer-management/allocations.ts
index 797c54476..f556224b3 100644
--- a/packages/indexer-common/src/indexer-management/allocations.ts
+++ b/packages/indexer-common/src/indexer-management/allocations.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class AllocationManager {
     return await this.confirmTransactions(result, actions)
   }
 
-  async executeTransactions(actions: Action[]): Promise<TransactionResult> {
+  private async executeTransactions(actions: Action[]): Promise<TransactionResult> {
     const logger = this.logger.child({ function: 'executeTransactions' })
     logger.trace('Begin executing transactions', { actions })
     if (actions.length < 1) {
diff --git a/packages/indexer-common/src/sequential-timer.ts b/packages/indexer-common/src/sequential-timer.ts
index 9a50d4835..6d43a94af 100644
--- a/packages/indexer-common/src/sequential-timer.ts
+++ b/packages/indexer-common/src/sequential-timer.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export interface TimerTaskContext {
 function logWorkTime(
   workStarted: number,
   logger: Logger,
-  loopTime: number,
   caller: string | undefined,
   milliseconds: number,
 ) {
@@ -28,9 +27,10 @@ function logWorkTime(
   const workTime = Date.now() - workStarted
   if (workTime > milliseconds + workTimeWarningThreshold) {
     logger.warn(
-      'timer work took longer than the sequential timer was configured for (>5s)',
+      `timer work took ${
+        (workTime - milliseconds) / 1000
+      }s longer than expected, next execution in ${milliseconds / 1000}s`,
       {
-        loopTime,
         workTime,
         milliseconds,
         caller,
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ export function sequentialTimerReduce<T, U>(
   // obtain the calling method name from the call stack
   const stack = new Error().stack
   const caller = stack?.split('\n')[2].trim()
-  let lastWorkStarted = Date.now()
 
   let acc: U = initial
   let previousT: T | undefined
@@ -74,26 +73,23 @@ export function sequentialTimerReduce<T, U>(
   function work() {
     const workStarted = Date.now()
     const promiseOrT = reducer(acc, workStarted)
-    const loopTime = workStarted - lastWorkStarted
-
-    lastWorkStarted = workStarted
     if (isPromiseLike(promiseOrT)) {
       promiseOrT.then(
         function onfulfilled(value) {
           outputReduce(value)
-          logWorkTime(workStarted, logger, loopTime, caller, milliseconds)
-          setTimeout(work, Math.max(0, milliseconds - (Date.now() - workStarted)))
+          logWorkTime(workStarted, logger, caller, milliseconds)
+          setTimeout(work, milliseconds)
         },
         function onrejected(err) {
           console.error(err)
-          logWorkTime(workStarted, logger, loopTime, caller, milliseconds)
-          setTimeout(work, Math.max(0, milliseconds - (Date.now() - workStarted)))
+          logWorkTime(workStarted, logger, caller, milliseconds)
+          setTimeout(work, milliseconds)
         },
       )
     } else {
       outputReduce(promiseOrT)
-      logWorkTime(workStarted, logger, loopTime, caller, milliseconds)
-      setTimeout(work, Math.max(0, milliseconds - (Date.now() - workStarted)))
+      logWorkTime(workStarted, logger, caller, milliseconds)
+      setTimeout(work, milliseconds)
     }
   }
   // initial call
@@ -118,8 +114,6 @@ export function sequentialTimerMap<U>(
   // obtain the calling method name from the call stack
   const stack = new Error().stack
   const caller = stack?.split('\n')[2].trim()
-  let lastWorkStarted = Date.now()
-
   const output = mutable<U>()
 
   let latestU: U | undefined
@@ -135,27 +129,25 @@ export function sequentialTimerMap<U>(
   function work() {
     const workStarted = Date.now()
     const promiseOrU = mapper(workStarted)
-    const loopTime = workStarted - lastWorkStarted
-    lastWorkStarted = workStarted
 
     if (isPromiseLike(promiseOrU)) {
       promiseOrU.then(
         function onfulfilled(value) {
           checkMappedValue(value)
-          logWorkTime(workStarted, logger, loopTime, caller, milliseconds)
-          setTimeout(work, Math.max(0, milliseconds - (Date.now() - workStarted)))
+          logWorkTime(workStarted, logger, caller, milliseconds)
+          setTimeout(work, milliseconds)
         },
         function onrejected(err) {
           options?.onError(err)
-          logWorkTime(workStarted, logger, loopTime, caller, milliseconds)
-          setTimeout(work, Math.max(0, milliseconds - (Date.now() - workStarted)))
+          logWorkTime(workStarted, logger, caller, milliseconds)
+          setTimeout(work, milliseconds)
         },
       )
     } else {
       // resolved value
       checkMappedValue(promiseOrU)
-      logWorkTime(workStarted, logger, loopTime, caller, milliseconds)
-      setTimeout(work, Math.max(0, milliseconds - (Date.now() - workStarted)))
+      logWorkTime(workStarted, logger, caller, milliseconds)
+      setTimeout(work, milliseconds)
     }
   }