diff --git a/memberships/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/archipelago/LocalServer.java b/memberships/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/archipelago/LocalServer.java
index 74403835d..1f28baf49 100644
--- a/memberships/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/archipelago/LocalServer.java
+++ b/memberships/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/archipelago/LocalServer.java
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ public RouterImpl router(ServerConnectionCache.Builder cacheBuilder, Supplier<Li
         }
         ServerBuilder<?> serverBuilder = InProcessServerBuilder.forName(name)
                                                                .executor(Executors.newVirtualThreadPerTaskExecutor())
+                                                               .scheduledExecutorService(
+                                                               Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(100, Thread.ofVirtual()
+                                                                                                           .factory()))
                                                                .intercept(ConcurrencyLimitServerInterceptor.newBuilder(
                                                                                                            limitsBuilder.build())
                                                                                                            .statusSupplier(
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ private ManagedChannel connectTo(Member to) {
         final var name = String.format(NAME_TEMPLATE, prefix, qb64(to.getId()));
         final InProcessChannelBuilder builder = InProcessChannelBuilder.forName(name)
                                                                        .executor(executor)
+                                                                       .offloadExecutor(executor)
                                                                        .usePlaintext()
                                                                        .intercept(clientInterceptor);
         disableTrash(builder);
diff --git a/memberships/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/archipelago/MtlsClient.java b/memberships/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/archipelago/MtlsClient.java
index 58db9ec8e..2ee89f441 100644
--- a/memberships/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/archipelago/MtlsClient.java
+++ b/memberships/src/main/java/com/salesforce/apollo/archipelago/MtlsClient.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public MtlsClient(SocketAddress address, ClientAuth clientAuth, String alias, Cl
         Limiter<GrpcClientRequestContext> limiter = new GrpcClientLimiterBuilder().blockOnLimit(false).build();
         channel = NettyChannelBuilder.forAddress(address)
                                      .executor(executor)
+                                     .offloadExecutor(executor)
                                      .withOption(ChannelOption.TCP_NODELAY, true)
                                      .sslContext(supplier.forClient(clientAuth, alias, validator, MtlsServer.TL_SV1_3))
                                      .intercept(new ConcurrencyLimitClientInterceptor(limiter,
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1f96bee62..4aadc61cb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -784,6 +784,7 @@
                     <configuration>
                         <forkCount>${forks}</forkCount>
                         <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
+                        <argLine>-Djdk.tracePinnedThreads=full</argLine>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>