diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 27b668105..5f29c9cfb 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 
 common --registry=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eclipse-score/bazel_registry/main/
 common --registry=https://bcr.bazel.build
+common --http_connector_attempts=10
+common --http_connector_retry_max_timeout=1s
+common --http_timeout_scaling=2.0
 
 build --java_language_version=17
 build --tool_java_language_version=17
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_qnx8.yml b/.github/workflows/build_qnx8.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d4122831..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/build_qnx8.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# *******************************************************************************
-# Copyright (c) 2026 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
-#
-# See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
-# information regarding copyright ownership.
-#
-# This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
-# terms of the Apache License Version 2.0 which is available at
-# https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-# *******************************************************************************
-
-name: QNX8 Build
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
-  merge_group:
-    types: [checks_requested]
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-jobs:
-  qnx-build:
-    uses: eclipse-score/cicd-workflows/.github/workflows/qnx-build.yml@c1c90b1a82a1fab0fc202979dde6686b2162d5a8 # v0.0.0
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      pull-requests: read
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        config: ['arm64-qnx', 'x86_64-qnx']
-    with:
-      bazel-target: '//score/... //examples/...'
-      bazel-config: ${{ matrix.config }}
-      credential-helper: 'scripts/internal/qnx_creds.py'
-      environment-name: 'workflow-approval'
-      bazel-disk-cache: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ matrix.config }}
-    secrets:
-      score-qnx-license: ${{ secrets.SCORE_QNX_LICENSE }}
-      score-qnx-user: ${{ secrets.SCORE_QNX_USER }}
-      score-qnx-password: ${{ secrets.SCORE_QNX_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/process_group_manager/details/safeprocessmap_UT.cpp b/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/process_group_manager/details/safeprocessmap_UT.cpp
index 077c8cd78..a5469425c 100644
--- a/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/process_group_manager/details/safeprocessmap_UT.cpp
+++ b/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/process_group_manager/details/safeprocessmap_UT.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ using namespace score::lcm::internal;
 namespace
 {
 
+#ifdef __QNX__
+// stress tests on qemu qnx take to long otherwise
+constexpr int kNumThreads = 2;
+constexpr int kIterations = 512;
+constexpr int kPidsPerThread = 128;
+#else
+constexpr int kNumThreads = 4;
+constexpr int kIterations = 1000;
+constexpr int kPidsPerThread = 256;
+#endif
+
 constexpr uint32_t kCapacity = static_cast<uint32_t>(ProcessLimits::kMaxProcesses);
 
 class MockTerminationCallback : public ITerminationCallback
@@ -357,10 +368,6 @@ TEST_F(SafeProcessMapTest, ConcurrentInsertAndFindFromMultipleThreads)
     RecordProperty("Description",
                    "Multiple threads concurrently inserting and finding terminated processes completes without error.");
 
-    // given
-    constexpr int kNumThreads = 4;
-    constexpr int kIterations = 1000;
-    constexpr int kPidsPerThread = 256;
     NiceMock<MockTerminationCallback> stubs[kNumThreads];
     score::lcm::internal::SafeProcessMap::SafeProcessMapReturnType results[kNumThreads] = {};
 
@@ -402,10 +409,6 @@ TEST_F(SafeProcessMapTest, ConcurrentFindAndInsertFromMultipleThreads)
     RecordProperty("Description",
                    "Multiple threads concurrently finding and inserting processes completes without error.");
 
-    // given
-    constexpr int kNumThreads = 4;
-    constexpr int kIterations = 1000;
-    constexpr int kPidsPerThread = 256;
     NiceMock<MockTerminationCallback> stubs[kNumThreads];
     score::lcm::internal::SafeProcessMap::SafeProcessMapReturnType results[kNumThreads] = {};