diff --git a/crates/federate/src/worker.rs b/crates/federate/src/worker.rs
index e2118eea7..0a6a478c9 100644
--- a/crates/federate/src/worker.rs
+++ b/crates/federate/src/worker.rs
@@ -47,16 +47,29 @@ static MIN_ACTIVITY_SEND_RESULTS_TO_HANDLE: usize = 4;
 #[cfg(test)]
 static MIN_ACTIVITY_SEND_RESULTS_TO_HANDLE: usize = 0;
 
+///
+/// SendManager --(has many)--> InstanceWorker --(has many)--> SendRetryTask
+///      |                            |                               |
+/// -----|------create worker -> loop activities--create task-> send activity
+///      |                            |                             vvvv
+///      |                            |                           fail or success
+///      |                            |           <-report result--   |
+///      |               <---order and aggrate results---             |
+///      |   <---send stats---        |                               |
+/// filter and print stats            |                               |
 pub(crate) struct InstanceWorker {
   instance: Instance,
   stop: CancellationToken,
-  stats_sender: UnboundedSender<FederationQueueStateWithDomain>,
   federation_lib_config: FederationConfig<LemmyContext>,
   federation_worker_config: FederationWorkerConfig,
   state: FederationQueueState,
   last_state_insert: DateTime<Utc>,
   pool: ActualDbPool,
   inbox_collector: CommunityInboxCollector,
+  // regularily send stats back to the SendManager
+  stats_sender: UnboundedSender<FederationQueueStateWithDomain>,
+  // each HTTP send will report back to this channel concurrently
+  receive_send_result: mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<SendActivityResult>,
 }
 
 impl InstanceWorker {
@@ -69,6 +82,8 @@ impl InstanceWorker {
   ) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let pool = config.to_request_data().inner_pool().clone();
     let state = FederationQueueState::load(&mut DbPool::Pool(&pool), instance.id).await?;
+    let (report_send_result, receive_send_result) =
+      tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel::<SendActivityResult>();
     let mut worker = InstanceWorker {
       inbox_collector: CommunityInboxCollector::new(
         pool.clone(),
@@ -83,13 +98,18 @@ impl InstanceWorker {
       state,
       last_state_insert: Utc.timestamp_nanos(0),
       pool,
+      receive_send_result,
     };
-    worker.loop_until_stopped().await
+
+    worker.loop_until_stopped(report_send_result).await
   }
   /// loop fetch new activities from db and send them to the inboxes of the given instances
   /// this worker only returns if (a) there is an internal error or (b) the cancellation token is
   /// cancelled (graceful exit)
-  async fn loop_until_stopped(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+  async fn loop_until_stopped(
+    &mut self,
+    report_send_result: UnboundedSender<SendActivityResult>,
+  ) -> Result<()> {
     self.initial_fail_sleep().await?;
     let (mut last_sent_id, mut newest_id) = self.get_latest_ids().await?;
 
@@ -99,9 +119,6 @@ impl InstanceWorker {
     // number of activities that currently have a task spawned to send it
     let mut in_flight: i64 = 0;
 
-    // each HTTP send will report back to this channel concurrently
-    let (report_send_result, mut receive_send_result) =
-      tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel::<SendActivityResult>();
     while !self.stop.is_cancelled() {
       // check if we need to wait for a send to finish before sending the next one
       // we wait if (a) the last request failed, only if a request is already in flight (not at the
@@ -110,12 +127,13 @@ impl InstanceWorker {
       let need_wait_for_event = (in_flight != 0 && self.state.fail_count > 0)
         || successfuls.len() >= MAX_SUCCESSFULS
         || in_flight >= self.federation_worker_config.concurrent_sends_per_instance;
-      if need_wait_for_event || receive_send_result.len() > MIN_ACTIVITY_SEND_RESULTS_TO_HANDLE {
+      if need_wait_for_event || self.receive_send_result.len() > MIN_ACTIVITY_SEND_RESULTS_TO_HANDLE
+      {
         // if len() > 0 then this does not block and allows us to write to db more often
         // if len is 0 then this means we wait for something to change our above conditions,
         // which can only happen by an event sent into the channel
         self
-          .handle_send_results(&mut receive_send_result, &mut successfuls, &mut in_flight)
+          .handle_send_results(&mut successfuls, &mut in_flight)
           .await?;
         // handle_send_results does not guarantee that we are now in a condition where we want to
         // send a new one, so repeat this check until the if no longer applies
@@ -223,14 +241,13 @@ impl InstanceWorker {
 
   async fn handle_send_results(
     &mut self,
-    receive_inbox_result: &mut mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<SendActivityResult>,
     successfuls: &mut BinaryHeap<SendSuccessInfo>,
     in_flight: &mut i64,
   ) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let mut force_write = false;
     let mut events = Vec::new();
     // wait for at least one event but if there's multiple handle them all
-    receive_inbox_result.recv_many(&mut events, 1000).await;
+    self.receive_send_result.recv_many(&mut events, 1000).await;
     for event in events {
       match event {
         SendActivityResult::Success(s) => {