# Pi-hole FTL dropping connections at high volume - "Operation in progress" and "Max 150 queries" reached

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**Created:** [April 22, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pi-hole-ftl-dropping-connections-at-high-volume-operation-in-progress-and-max-150-queries-reached/85823 "2026-04-22T18:02:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![smokingwheels](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/smokingwheels/32/2029_2.png) [@smokingwheels](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/smokingwheels)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pi-hole-ftl-dropping-connections-at-high-volume-operation-in-progress-and-max-150-queries-reached/85823/4 "2026-04-23T01:44:31Z")

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Do you run proxmox?

[https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/my-v8-pi-hole-instance-with-debian-12-proxmox-vms/85655/7](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/my-v8-pi-hole-instance-with-debian-12-proxmox-vms/85655/7)

Note: I can only really test the cached speed on my nbn connection

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