diff --git a/helm/hpcc/templates/_helpers.tpl b/helm/hpcc/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 8085c64a881..bfedd0b9056 100644
--- a/helm/hpcc/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/helm/hpcc/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -320,6 +320,9 @@ Add ConfigMap volume mount for a component
   mountPath: /tmp
 - name: {{ .name }}-hpcctmp-volume
   mountPath: /var/lib/HPCCSystems
+{{- if .tmpSubPath }}
+  subPath: {{ .tmpSubPath | quote }}
+{{- end }}
 - name: {{ .name }}-configmap-volume
   mountPath: /etc/config
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/helm/hpcc/templates/thor.yaml b/helm/hpcc/templates/thor.yaml
index d6cddeb54ba..26f8d40cb19 100644
--- a/helm/hpcc/templates/thor.yaml
+++ b/helm/hpcc/templates/thor.yaml
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ data:
 {{ include "hpcc.mergeEnvironments" $configCtx.me.env | indent 12 }}
             workingDir: /var/lib/HPCCSystems
             volumeMounts:
-{{ include "hpcc.addConfigMapVolumeMount" $configCtx.me | indent 12 }}
+{{ include "hpcc.addConfigMapVolumeMount" (deepCopy $configCtx.me | merge (dict "tmpSubPath" $containerNum)) | indent 12 }}
 {{ include "hpcc.addVolumeMounts" $configCtx | indent 12 }}
 {{ include "hpcc.addSecretVolumeMounts" $configCtx | indent 12 }}
 {{ include "hpcc.addVaultClientCertificateVolumeMounts" $configCtx | indent 12 }}
diff --git a/thorlcr/master/thmastermain.cpp b/thorlcr/master/thmastermain.cpp
index 1dc2bdde01d..12bcdbba09f 100644
--- a/thorlcr/master/thmastermain.cpp
+++ b/thorlcr/master/thmastermain.cpp
@@ -1163,18 +1163,23 @@ int main( int argc, const char *argv[]  )
     }
     if (isContainerized())
     {
+        int retCode = exception ? TEC_Exception : 0;
         if (!cloudJobName.isEmpty())
         {
+            if (exception)
+            {
+                Owned<IWorkUnitFactory> factory = getWorkUnitFactory();
+                Owned<IConstWorkUnit> wu = factory->openWorkUnit(workunit);
+                if (wu)
+                {
+                    relayWuidException(wu, exception);
+                    retCode = 0; // if successfully reported, suppress thormanager exit failure that would trigger another exception
+                }
+            }
             if (workerJobInstalled)
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    if (exception)
-                    {
-                        Owned<IWorkUnitFactory> factory = getWorkUnitFactory();
-                        Owned<IConstWorkUnit> wu = factory->openWorkUnit(workunit);
-                        relayWuidException(wu, exception);
-                    }
                     k8s::KeepJobs keepJob = k8s::translateKeepJobs(globals->queryProp("@keepJobs"));
                     switch (keepJob)
                     {
@@ -1209,7 +1214,7 @@ int main( int argc, const char *argv[]  )
                 }
             }
         }
-        setExitCode(exception ? TEC_Exception : 0);
+        setExitCode(retCode);
     }
 
     // cleanup handler to be sure we end