diff --git a/src/ssb.c b/src/ssb.c
index ddd4ec50..a7d9e398 100644
--- a/src/ssb.c
+++ b/src/ssb.c
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ typedef struct _tf_ssb_connection_t
 	int ref_count;
 
 	int read_back_pressure;
+	int active_write_count;
 } tf_ssb_connection_t;
 
 static JSClassID _connection_class_id;
@@ -460,9 +461,10 @@ static void _tf_ssb_connection_on_tcp_alloc(uv_handle_t* handle, size_t suggeste
 
 static void _tf_ssb_connection_on_write(uv_write_t* req, int status)
 {
+	tf_ssb_connection_t* connection = req->data;
+	tf_ssb_connection_adjust_write_count(connection, -1);
 	if (status)
 	{
-		tf_ssb_connection_t* connection = req->data;
 		char buffer[256];
 		snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "write failed asynchronously: %s", uv_strerror(status));
 		_tf_ssb_connection_close(connection, buffer);
@@ -477,9 +479,11 @@ static void _tf_ssb_write(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, void* data, size_t si
 		uv_write_t* write = tf_malloc(sizeof(uv_write_t) + size);
 		*write = (uv_write_t) { .data = connection };
 		memcpy(write + 1, data, size);
+		tf_ssb_connection_adjust_write_count(connection, 1);
 		int result = uv_write(write, (uv_stream_t*)&connection->tcp, &(uv_buf_t) { .base = (char*)(write + 1), .len = size }, 1, _tf_ssb_connection_on_write);
 		if (result)
 		{
+			tf_ssb_connection_adjust_write_count(connection, -1);
 			_tf_ssb_connection_close(connection, "write failed");
 			tf_free(write);
 		}
@@ -606,6 +610,21 @@ static void _tf_ssb_connection_box_stream_send(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection,
 	}
 }
 
+static void _tf_ssb_connection_dispatch_scheduled(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection)
+{
+	while ((connection->active_write_count == 0 || connection->closing) &&
+		connection->scheduled_count &&
+		connection->scheduled)
+	{
+		tf_ssb_connection_scheduled_t scheduled = connection->scheduled[0];
+		memmove(connection->scheduled, connection->scheduled + 1, sizeof(tf_ssb_connection_scheduled_t) * (connection->scheduled_count - 1));
+		connection->scheduled_count--;
+		tf_trace_begin(connection->ssb->trace, "scheduled callback");
+		scheduled.callback(connection, scheduled.user_data);
+		tf_trace_end(connection->ssb->trace);
+	}
+}
+
 void tf_ssb_connection_schedule_idle(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, tf_ssb_scheduled_callback_t* callback, void* user_data)
 {
 	connection->scheduled = tf_resize_vec(connection->scheduled, sizeof(tf_ssb_connection_scheduled_t) * (connection->scheduled_count + 1));
@@ -613,7 +632,7 @@ void tf_ssb_connection_schedule_idle(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, tf_ssb_sch
 		.callback = callback,
 		.user_data = user_data,
 	};
-	uv_async_send(&connection->async);
+	_tf_ssb_connection_dispatch_scheduled(connection);
 }
 
 static int _request_compare(const void* a, const void* b)
@@ -1815,24 +1834,6 @@ JSValue tf_ssb_sign_message(tf_ssb_t* ssb, const char* author, const uint8_t* pr
 	return root;
 }
 
-static void _tf_ssb_connection_dispatch_scheduled(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection)
-{
-	const int k_scheduled_batch_count = 8;
-	for (int i = 0; i < k_scheduled_batch_count && connection->scheduled_count && connection->scheduled; i++)
-	{
-		tf_ssb_connection_scheduled_t scheduled = connection->scheduled[0];
-		memmove(connection->scheduled, connection->scheduled + 1, sizeof(tf_ssb_connection_scheduled_t) * (connection->scheduled_count - 1));
-		connection->scheduled_count--;
-		tf_trace_begin(connection->ssb->trace, "scheduled callback");
-		scheduled.callback(connection, scheduled.user_data);
-		tf_trace_end(connection->ssb->trace);
-	}
-	if (connection->scheduled_count)
-	{
-		uv_async_send(&connection->async);
-	}
-}
-
 static void _tf_ssb_connection_destroy(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, const char* reason)
 {
 	tf_ssb_t* ssb = connection->ssb;
@@ -1841,10 +1842,7 @@ static void _tf_ssb_connection_destroy(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, const ch
 	{
 		connection->destroy_reason = reason;
 	}
-	while (connection->scheduled_count)
-	{
-		_tf_ssb_connection_dispatch_scheduled(connection);
-	}
+	_tf_ssb_connection_dispatch_scheduled(connection);
 	tf_free(connection->scheduled);
 	connection->scheduled = NULL;
 	while (connection->requests)
@@ -2613,7 +2611,6 @@ static void _tf_ssb_connection_process_message_async(uv_async_t* async)
 	{
 		uv_async_send(&connection->async);
 	}
-	_tf_ssb_connection_dispatch_scheduled(connection);
 }
 
 tf_ssb_connection_t* tf_ssb_connection_create(tf_ssb_t* ssb, const char* host, const struct sockaddr_in* addr, const uint8_t* public_key)
@@ -4108,3 +4105,9 @@ void tf_ssb_connection_adjust_read_backpressure(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection,
 		_tf_ssb_connection_destroy(connection, "backpressure released");
 	}
 }
+
+void tf_ssb_connection_adjust_write_count(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, int delta)
+{
+	connection->active_write_count += delta;
+	_tf_ssb_connection_dispatch_scheduled(connection);
+}
diff --git a/src/ssb.h b/src/ssb.h
index e0f6c7bd..2e7720dd 100644
--- a/src/ssb.h
+++ b/src/ssb.h
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ JSValue tf_ssb_connection_requests_to_object(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection);
 typedef void(tf_ssb_scheduled_callback_t)(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, void* user_data);
 
 /**
-** Schedule work to be run when the server is next idle.
+** Schedule work to be run when the connection is next idle.
 ** @param connection The owning connection.
 ** @param callback The callback to call.
 ** @param user_data User data to pass to the callback.
@@ -1005,4 +1005,13 @@ bool tf_ssb_hmacsha256_verify(const char* public_key, const void* payload, size_
 */
 void tf_ssb_connection_adjust_read_backpressure(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, int delta);
 
+/**
+** Adjust write count.  Work scheduled by tf_ssb_connection_schedule_idle will
+** only start when this reaches zero.
+** @param connection The connection on which to affect backpressure.
+** @param delta The change in write count.  Higher will pause processing
+** scheduled idle work queue.  Lower will resume it.
+*/
+void tf_ssb_connection_adjust_write_count(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, int delta);
+
 /** @} */
diff --git a/src/ssb.rpc.c b/src/ssb.rpc.c
index 1f36568f..339871fe 100644
--- a/src/ssb.rpc.c
+++ b/src/ssb.rpc.c
@@ -744,6 +744,7 @@ static void _tf_ssb_connection_send_history_stream_work(tf_ssb_connection_t* con
 static void _tf_ssb_connection_send_history_stream_after_work(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, int result, void* user_data)
 {
 	tf_ssb_connection_send_history_stream_t* request = user_data;
+	tf_ssb_connection_adjust_write_count(connection, -1);
 	if (tf_ssb_connection_is_connected(connection))
 	{
 		for (int i = 0; i < request->out_messages_count; i++)
@@ -768,6 +769,15 @@ static void _tf_ssb_connection_send_history_stream_after_work(tf_ssb_connection_
 	tf_free(request);
 }
 
+static void _tf_ssb_connection_send_history_stream_callback(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, void* user_data)
+{
+	tf_ssb_connection_adjust_write_count(connection, 1);
+	if (tf_ssb_connection_is_connected(connection))
+	{
+		tf_ssb_connection_run_work(connection, _tf_ssb_connection_send_history_stream_work, _tf_ssb_connection_send_history_stream_after_work, user_data);
+	}
+}
+
 static void _tf_ssb_connection_send_history_stream(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, int32_t request_number, const char* author, int64_t sequence, bool keys, bool live)
 {
 	tf_ssb_connection_send_history_stream_t* async = tf_malloc(sizeof(tf_ssb_connection_send_history_stream_t));
@@ -778,7 +788,7 @@ static void _tf_ssb_connection_send_history_stream(tf_ssb_connection_t* connecti
 		.live = live,
 	};
 	snprintf(async->author, sizeof(async->author), "%s", author);
-	tf_ssb_connection_run_work(connection, _tf_ssb_connection_send_history_stream_work, _tf_ssb_connection_send_history_stream_after_work, async);
+	tf_ssb_connection_schedule_idle(connection, _tf_ssb_connection_send_history_stream_callback, async);
 }
 
 static void _tf_ssb_rpc_createHistoryStream(