diff --git a/components/server/src/authorization/authorizer.ts b/components/server/src/authorization/authorizer.ts
index d57597cc28d60a..c6f2b041121fb2 100644
--- a/components/server/src/authorization/authorizer.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/authorization/authorizer.ts
@@ -416,21 +416,54 @@ export class Authorizer {
         if (!(await isFgaWritesEnabled(userID))) {
             return;
         }
-        return this.bulkAddWorkspaceToOrg([{ orgID, userID, workspaceID, shared }]);
-    }
-
-    async bulkAddWorkspaceToOrg(
-        ids: { orgID: string; userID: string; workspaceID: string; shared: boolean }[],
-    ): Promise<void> {
         const rels: v1.RelationshipUpdate[] = [];
-        for (const { orgID, userID, workspaceID, shared } of ids) {
-            rels.push(set(rel.workspace(workspaceID).org.organization(orgID)));
-            rels.push(set(rel.workspace(workspaceID).owner.user(userID)));
-            if (shared) {
-                rels.push(set(rel.workspace(workspaceID).shared.anyUser));
-            }
+        rels.push(set(rel.workspace(workspaceID).org.organization(orgID)));
+        rels.push(set(rel.workspace(workspaceID).owner.user(userID)));
+        if (shared) {
+            rels.push(set(rel.workspace(workspaceID).shared.anyUser));
         }
         await this.authorizer.writeRelationships(...rels);
+
+        //TODO(se) remove this double checking once we're confident that the above works
+        // check if the relationships were written
+        try {
+            const wsToOrgRel = this.find(rel.workspace(workspaceID).org.organization(orgID));
+            const wsToOwnerRel = this.find(rel.workspace(workspaceID).owner.user(userID));
+            const wsSharedRel = shared ? this.find(rel.workspace(workspaceID).shared.anyUser) : Promise.resolve(true);
+            if (!(await wsToOrgRel)) {
+                log.error("Failed to write workspace to org relationship", {
+                    orgID,
+                    userID,
+                    workspaceID,
+
+                    shared,
+                });
+            }
+            if (!(await wsToOwnerRel)) {
+                log.error("Failed to write workspace to owner relationship", {
+                    orgID,
+                    userID,
+                    workspaceID,
+                    shared,
+                });
+            }
+            if (!(await wsSharedRel)) {
+                log.error("Failed to write workspace shared relationship", {
+                    orgID,
+                    userID,
+                    workspaceID,
+                    shared,
+                });
+            }
+        } catch (error) {
+            log.error("Failed to check workspace relationships", {
+                orgID,
+                userID,
+                workspaceID,
+                shared,
+                error,
+            });
+        }
     }
 
     async removeWorkspaceFromOrg(orgID: string, userID: string, workspaceID: string): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/components/server/src/authorization/relationship-updater.spec.db.ts b/components/server/src/authorization/relationship-updater.spec.db.ts
index b45c6c28435151..9224c45e57d7cc 100644
--- a/components/server/src/authorization/relationship-updater.spec.db.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/authorization/relationship-updater.spec.db.ts
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ describe("RelationshipUpdater", async () => {
     it("should create relationships for all user workspaces", async function () {
         const user = await userDB.newUser();
         const org = await orgDB.createTeam(user.id, "MyOrg");
-        const totalWorkspaces = 20;
+        const totalWorkspaces = 50;
         const expectedWorkspaces: Workspace[] = [];
         for (let i = 0; i < totalWorkspaces; i++) {
             const workspace = await workspaceDB.store({
diff --git a/components/server/src/authorization/relationship-updater.ts b/components/server/src/authorization/relationship-updater.ts
index 11f70b2732ada6..bbb311a30e4d55 100644
--- a/components/server/src/authorization/relationship-updater.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/authorization/relationship-updater.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { rel } from "./definitions";
 
 @injectable()
 export class RelationshipUpdater {
-    public static readonly version = 2;
+    public static readonly version = 3;
 
     constructor(
         @inject(UserDB) private readonly userDB: UserDB,
@@ -155,14 +155,18 @@ export class RelationshipUpdater {
             limit: 500, // The largest amount of workspaces is 189 today (2023-08-24)
         });
 
-        await this.authorizer.bulkAddWorkspaceToOrg(
-            workspaces.map((ws) => ({
-                orgID: ws.workspace.organizationId,
-                userID: ws.workspace.ownerId,
-                workspaceID: ws.workspace.id,
-                shared: !!ws.workspace.shareable,
-            })),
-        );
+        for (const ws of workspaces) {
+            await this.authorizer
+                .addWorkspaceToOrg(
+                    ws.workspace.organizationId,
+                    ws.workspace.ownerId,
+                    ws.workspace.id,
+                    !!ws.workspace.shareable,
+                )
+                .catch((err) => {
+                    log.error({ userId: user.id, workspaceId: ws.workspace.id }, "Failed to update workspace", err);
+                });
+        }
     }
 
     private async updateUser(user: User): Promise<void> {