diff --git a/pkg/pusher/metrics.go b/pkg/pusher/metrics.go
index 35337a52ee4..5221978c91b 100644
--- a/pkg/pusher/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/pusher/metrics.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ type metrics struct {
 
 	ReceiptDepth        *prometheus.CounterVec
 	ShallowReceiptDepth *prometheus.CounterVec
+
+	ShallowReceipt prometheus.Counter
 }
 
 func newMetrics() metrics {
@@ -82,6 +84,12 @@ func newMetrics() metrics {
 			},
 			[]string{"depth"},
 		),
+		ShallowReceipt: prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: m.Namespace,
+			Subsystem: subsystem,
+			Name:      "shallow_receipt",
+			Help:      "Total shallow receipts.",
+		}),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/pusher/pusher.go b/pkg/pusher/pusher.go
index 83f89866bdf..3b52a559b36 100644
--- a/pkg/pusher/pusher.go
+++ b/pkg/pusher/pusher.go
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ func (s *Service) checkReceipt(receipt *pushsync.Receipt) error {
 	// if the receipt po is out of depth AND the receipt has not yet hit the maximum retry limit, reject the receipt.
 	if po < d && s.attempts.try(addr) {
 		s.metrics.ShallowReceiptDepth.WithLabelValues(strconv.Itoa(int(po))).Inc()
+		s.metrics.ShallowReceipt.Inc()
 		return fmt.Errorf("pusher: shallow receipt depth %d, want at least %d", po, d)
 	}
 	loggerV1.Debug("chunk pushed", "chunk_address", addr, "peer_address", peer, "proximity_order", po)
diff --git a/pkg/retrieval/retrieval.go b/pkg/retrieval/retrieval.go
index 73b49906a82..014a444450c 100644
--- a/pkg/retrieval/retrieval.go
+++ b/pkg/retrieval/retrieval.go
@@ -160,9 +160,6 @@ func (s *Service) RetrieveChunk(ctx context.Context, chunkAddr, sourcePeerAddr s
 			errorsLeft = maxRetrievedErrors
 		}
 
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
-		defer cancel()
-
 		resultC := make(chan retrievalResult, 1)
 		retryC := make(chan struct{}, 1)
 
@@ -268,7 +265,7 @@ func (s *Service) RetrieveChunk(ctx context.Context, chunkAddr, sourcePeerAddr s
 	return v.(swarm.Chunk), nil
 }
 
-func (s *Service) retrieveChunk(parentCtx context.Context, chunkAddr, peer swarm.Address, result chan retrievalResult, action accounting.Action, isOrigin bool) {
+func (s *Service) retrieveChunk(ctx context.Context, chunkAddr, peer swarm.Address, result chan retrievalResult, action accounting.Action, isOrigin bool) {
 
 	var (
 		startTime = time.Now()
@@ -276,20 +273,20 @@ func (s *Service) retrieveChunk(parentCtx context.Context, chunkAddr, peer swarm
 		chunk     swarm.Chunk
 	)
 
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, retrieveChunkTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
 	defer func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			s.metrics.TotalErrors.Inc()
 		}
 		select {
 		case result <- retrievalResult{err: err, chunk: chunk, peer: peer}:
-		case <-parentCtx.Done():
+		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return
 		}
 	}()
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(parentCtx, retrieveChunkTimeout)
-	defer cancel()
-
 	defer action.Cleanup()
 
 	stream, err := s.streamer.NewStream(ctx, peer, nil, protocolName, protocolVersion, streamName)
diff --git a/pkg/salud/salud.go b/pkg/salud/salud.go
index e6dde57823b..caffba34151 100644
--- a/pkg/salud/salud.go
+++ b/pkg/salud/salud.go
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// Package salud monitors the storage radius and request response duration of peers
-// and blocklists peers to maintain network salud (health).
+// Package salud monitors the connected peers, calculates certain thresholds, and marks peers as unhealthy that
+// fall short of the thresholds to maintain network salud (health).
 package salud
 
 import (
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ type peer struct {
 	bin    uint8
 }
 
-// salud acquires the status snapshot of every peer and computes an avg response duration
-// and the most common storage radius and based on these values, it blocklist peers that fall beyond
-// some allowed threshold.
+// salud acquires the status snapshot of every peer and computes an nth percentile of response duration and connected
+// per count, the most common storage radius, and the batch commitment, and based on these values, marks peers as unhealhy that fall beyond
+// the allowed thresholds.
 func (s *service) salud(mode string, minPeersPerbin int) {
 
 	var (
diff --git a/pkg/status/status.go b/pkg/status/status.go
index beab920b987..6d27d4d6523 100644
--- a/pkg/status/status.go
+++ b/pkg/status/status.go
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ package status
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/pkg/p2p"
@@ -106,9 +104,6 @@ func (s *Service) PeerSnapshot(ctx context.Context, peer swarm.Address) (*Snapsh
 
 	ss := new(pb.Snapshot)
 	if err := r.ReadMsgWithContext(ctx, ss); err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-			return nil, nil
-		}
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("read message failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -139,7 +134,7 @@ func (s *Service) handler(ctx context.Context, _ p2p.Peer, stream p2p.Stream) er
 	}()
 
 	var msgGet pb.Get
-	if err := r.ReadMsgWithContext(ctx, &msgGet); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+	if err := r.ReadMsgWithContext(ctx, &msgGet); err != nil {
 		loggerV2.Debug("read message failed", "error", err)
 		return fmt.Errorf("read message: %w", err)
 	}