diff --git a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/doc_permission_syncing/tasks.py b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/doc_permission_syncing/tasks.py
index a7ce5026a..baa523247 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/doc_permission_syncing/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/doc_permission_syncing/tasks.py
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ def connector_permission_sync_generator_task(
         OnyxRedisLocks.CONNECTOR_DOC_PERMISSIONS_SYNC_LOCK_PREFIX
         + f"_{redis_connector.id}",
         timeout=CELERY_PERMISSIONS_SYNC_LOCK_TIMEOUT,
+        thread_local=False,
     )
 
     acquired = lock.acquire(blocking=False)
diff --git a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py
index 08f11212a..d033f9e92 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py
@@ -120,9 +120,8 @@ def check_for_vespa_sync_task(self: Task, *, tenant_id: str | None) -> bool | No
         # endregion
 
         # check if any user groups are not synced
+        lock_beat.reacquire()
         if global_version.is_ee_version():
-            lock_beat.reacquire()
-
             try:
                 fetch_user_groups = fetch_versioned_implementation(
                     "onyx.db.user_group", "fetch_user_groups"
diff --git a/backend/onyx/configs/constants.py b/backend/onyx/configs/constants.py
index 8102af10c..a2d951365 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/configs/constants.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/configs/constants.py
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ CELERY_TASK_WAIT_FOR_FENCE_TIMEOUT = 5 * 60  # 5 min
 
 # needs to be long enough to cover the maximum time it takes to download an object
 # if we can get callbacks as object bytes download, we could lower this a lot.
-CELERY_PRUNING_LOCK_TIMEOUT = 300  # 5 min
+CELERY_PRUNING_LOCK_TIMEOUT = 3600  # 1 hour (in seconds)
 
-CELERY_PERMISSIONS_SYNC_LOCK_TIMEOUT = 300  # 5 min
+CELERY_PERMISSIONS_SYNC_LOCK_TIMEOUT = 3600  # 1 hour (in seconds)
 
 CELERY_EXTERNAL_GROUP_SYNC_LOCK_TIMEOUT = 300  # 5 min
 
diff --git a/backend/onyx/redis/redis_connector_doc_perm_sync.py b/backend/onyx/redis/redis_connector_doc_perm_sync.py
index 70b9b4011..cc2716676 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/redis/redis_connector_doc_perm_sync.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/redis/redis_connector_doc_perm_sync.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from redis.lock import Lock as RedisLock
 
 from onyx.access.models import DocExternalAccess
 from onyx.configs.constants import CELERY_GENERIC_BEAT_LOCK_TIMEOUT
+from onyx.configs.constants import CELERY_PERMISSIONS_SYNC_LOCK_TIMEOUT
 from onyx.configs.constants import OnyxCeleryPriority
 from onyx.configs.constants import OnyxCeleryQueues
 from onyx.configs.constants import OnyxCeleryTask
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ class RedisConnectorPermissionSync:
     # it's impossible to get the exact state of the system at a single point in time
     # so we need a signal with a TTL to bridge gaps in our checks
     ACTIVE_PREFIX = PREFIX + "_active"
-    ACTIVE_TTL = 3600
+    ACTIVE_TTL = CELERY_PERMISSIONS_SYNC_LOCK_TIMEOUT * 2
 
     def __init__(self, tenant_id: str | None, id: int, redis: redis.Redis) -> None:
         self.tenant_id: str | None = tenant_id
diff --git a/backend/onyx/redis/redis_connector_prune.py b/backend/onyx/redis/redis_connector_prune.py
index 089dbbfdf..df401df5a 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/redis/redis_connector_prune.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/redis/redis_connector_prune.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from redis.lock import Lock as RedisLock
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 from onyx.configs.constants import CELERY_GENERIC_BEAT_LOCK_TIMEOUT
+from onyx.configs.constants import CELERY_PRUNING_LOCK_TIMEOUT
 from onyx.configs.constants import OnyxCeleryPriority
 from onyx.configs.constants import OnyxCeleryQueues
 from onyx.configs.constants import OnyxCeleryTask
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ class RedisConnectorPrune:
     # it's impossible to get the exact state of the system at a single point in time
     # so we need a signal with a TTL to bridge gaps in our checks
     ACTIVE_PREFIX = PREFIX + "_active"
-    ACTIVE_TTL = 3600
+    ACTIVE_TTL = CELERY_PRUNING_LOCK_TIMEOUT * 2
 
     def __init__(self, tenant_id: str | None, id: int, redis: redis.Redis) -> None:
         self.tenant_id: str | None = tenant_id