diff --git a/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs b/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs
index cdf769cc65fda0..5dd0b9470f01a9 100644
--- a/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs
+++ b/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ const TOTAL_CONNECTIONS_PER_SECOND: u64 = 2500;
 /// entries used by past requests.
 const CONNECTION_RATE_LIMITER_CLEANUP_SIZE_THRESHOLD: usize = 100_000;
 
-const MAX_COALESCE_CHANNEL_SIZE: usize = 10_000_000;
-
 // A struct to accumulate the bytes making up
 // a packet, along with their offsets, and the
 // packet metadata. We use this accumulator to avoid
@@ -184,6 +182,7 @@ pub fn spawn_server_multi(
         max_connections_per_ipaddr_per_min,
         wait_for_chunk_timeout,
         coalesce,
+        coalesce_channel_size,
     } = quic_server_params;
     let concurrent_connections = max_staked_connections + max_unstaked_connections;
     let max_concurrent_connections = concurrent_connections + concurrent_connections / 4;
@@ -216,6 +215,7 @@ pub fn spawn_server_multi(
         stats.clone(),
         wait_for_chunk_timeout,
         coalesce,
+        coalesce_channel_size,
         max_concurrent_connections,
     ));
     Ok(SpawnNonBlockingServerResult {
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ async fn run_server(
     stats: Arc<StreamerStats>,
     wait_for_chunk_timeout: Duration,
     coalesce: Duration,
+    coalesce_channel_size: usize,
     max_concurrent_connections: usize,
 ) {
     let rate_limiter = ConnectionRateLimiter::new(max_connections_per_ipaddr_per_min);
@@ -307,7 +308,9 @@ async fn run_server(
         .store(endpoints.len(), Ordering::Relaxed);
     let staked_connection_table: Arc<Mutex<ConnectionTable>> =
         Arc::new(Mutex::new(ConnectionTable::new()));
-    let (sender, receiver) = async_bounded(MAX_COALESCE_CHANNEL_SIZE);
+    info!("Creating the packet_batch_sender, and async channel");
+    let (sender, receiver) = async_bounded(coalesce_channel_size);
+    info!("Created async channel");
     tokio::spawn(packet_batch_sender(
         packet_sender,
         receiver,
diff --git a/streamer/src/nonblocking/testing_utilities.rs b/streamer/src/nonblocking/testing_utilities.rs
index 78adfd3171b52c..bc1ec2f7c9f1e6 100644
--- a/streamer/src/nonblocking/testing_utilities.rs
+++ b/streamer/src/nonblocking/testing_utilities.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ pub struct TestServerConfig {
     pub max_unstaked_connections: usize,
     pub max_streams_per_ms: u64,
     pub max_connections_per_ipaddr_per_min: u64,
+    pub coalesce_channel_size: usize,
 }
 
 impl Default for TestServerConfig {
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ impl Default for TestServerConfig {
             max_unstaked_connections: MAX_UNSTAKED_CONNECTIONS,
             max_streams_per_ms: DEFAULT_MAX_STREAMS_PER_MS,
             max_connections_per_ipaddr_per_min: DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_IPADDR_PER_MINUTE,
+            coalesce_channel_size: 500_000, // use a smaller value for test as create a huge bounded channel can take time
         }
     }
 }
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@ pub fn setup_quic_server_with_sockets(
         max_unstaked_connections,
         max_streams_per_ms,
         max_connections_per_ipaddr_per_min,
+        coalesce_channel_size,
     }: TestServerConfig,
 ) -> SpawnTestServerResult {
     let exit = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
@@ -136,6 +139,7 @@ pub fn setup_quic_server_with_sockets(
         max_connections_per_ipaddr_per_min,
         wait_for_chunk_timeout: DEFAULT_WAIT_FOR_CHUNK_TIMEOUT,
         coalesce: DEFAULT_TPU_COALESCE,
+        coalesce_channel_size,
     };
     let SpawnNonBlockingServerResult {
         endpoints: _,
diff --git a/streamer/src/quic.rs b/streamer/src/quic.rs
index 4a290d17c43714..2647ddbe28fa29 100644
--- a/streamer/src/quic.rs
+++ b/streamer/src/quic.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ pub struct SpawnServerResult {
     pub key_updater: Arc<EndpointKeyUpdater>,
 }
 
+/// Controls the the channel size for the PacketBatch coalesce
+pub(crate) const MAX_COALESCE_CHANNEL_SIZE: usize = 1_000_000;
+
 /// Returns default server configuration along with its PEM certificate chain.
 #[allow(clippy::field_reassign_with_default)] // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/6527
 pub(crate) fn configure_server(
@@ -573,6 +576,7 @@ pub struct QuicServerParams {
     pub max_connections_per_ipaddr_per_min: u64,
     pub wait_for_chunk_timeout: Duration,
     pub coalesce: Duration,
+    pub coalesce_channel_size: usize,
 }
 
 impl Default for QuicServerParams {
@@ -585,6 +589,7 @@ impl Default for QuicServerParams {
             max_connections_per_ipaddr_per_min: DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_IPADDR_PER_MINUTE,
             wait_for_chunk_timeout: DEFAULT_WAIT_FOR_CHUNK_TIMEOUT,
             coalesce: DEFAULT_TPU_COALESCE,
+            coalesce_channel_size: MAX_COALESCE_CHANNEL_SIZE,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/vortexor/src/vortexor.rs b/vortexor/src/vortexor.rs
index 21a81c2d06da44..5a2c94aad14220 100644
--- a/vortexor/src/vortexor.rs
+++ b/vortexor/src/vortexor.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ impl Vortexor {
             max_connections_per_ipaddr_per_min,
             wait_for_chunk_timeout: DEFAULT_WAIT_FOR_CHUNK_TIMEOUT,
             coalesce: tpu_coalesce,
+            ..Default::default()
         };
 
         let TpuSockets {