diff --git a/firewall/interception/ebpf/bandwidth/interface.go b/firewall/interception/ebpf/bandwidth/interface.go
index b7ee7bd43..3a08bbad7 100644
--- a/firewall/interception/ebpf/bandwidth/interface.go
+++ b/firewall/interception/ebpf/bandwidth/interface.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func reportBandwidth(ctx context.Context, objs bpfObjects, bandwidthUpdates chan
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return
 		default:
-			log.Warningf("ebpf: bandwidth update queue is full (updated=%d, skipped=%d), skipping rest of batch", updated, skipped)
+			log.Warningf("ebpf: bandwidth update queue is full (updated=%d, skipped=%d), ignoring rest of batch", updated, skipped)
 			return
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/network/proc/findpid.go b/network/proc/findpid.go
index 2c89da295..657e8524a 100644
--- a/network/proc/findpid.go
+++ b/network/proc/findpid.go
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ package proc
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/safing/portbase/log"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 // GetPID returns the already existing pid of the given socket info or searches for it.
-// This also acts as a getter for socket.*Info.PID, as locking for that occurs here.
+// This also acts as a getter for socket.Info.PID, as locking for that occurs here.
 func GetPID(socketInfo socket.Info) (pid int) {
 	// Get currently assigned PID to the socket info.
 	currentPid := socketInfo.GetPID()
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func GetPID(socketInfo socket.Info) (pid int) {
 
 // findPID returns the pid of the given uid and socket inode.
 func findPID(uid, inode int) (pid int) {
-	socketName := fmt.Sprintf("socket:[%d]", inode)
+	socketName := "socket:[" + strconv.Itoa(inode) + "]"
 
 	for i := 0; i <= lookupRetries; i++ {
 		var pidsUpdated bool
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func findPID(uid, inode int) (pid int) {
 		}
 
 		// We have updated the PID map, but still cannot find anything.
-		// So, there is nothing we can other than wait a little for the kernel to
+		// So, there is nothing we can do other than to wait a little for the kernel to
 		// populate the information.
 
 		// Wait after each try, except for the last iteration
@@ -97,16 +97,20 @@ func findPID(uid, inode int) (pid int) {
 }
 
 func findSocketFromPid(pid int, socketName string) bool {
-	entries := readDirNames(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/fd", pid))
+	socketBase := "/proc/" + strconv.Itoa(pid) + "/fd"
+	entries := readDirNames(socketBase)
 	if len(entries) == 0 {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	for _, entry := range entries {
-		link, err := os.Readlink(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/fd/%s", pid, entry))
+	socketBase += "/"
+	// Look through the FDs in reverse order, because higher/newer FDs will be
+	// more likely to be searched for.
+	for i := len(entries) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		link, err := os.Readlink(socketBase + entries[i])
 		if err != nil {
 			if !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
-				log.Warningf("proc: failed to read link /proc/%d/fd/%s: %s", pid, entry, err)
+				log.Warningf("proc: failed to read link /proc/%d/fd/%s: %s", pid, entries[i], err)
 			}
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/network/proc/pids_by_user.go b/network/proc/pids_by_user.go
index 95d6122c4..a55d0489e 100644
--- a/network/proc/pids_by_user.go
+++ b/network/proc/pids_by_user.go
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ package proc
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/safing/portbase/log"
 	"github.com/safing/portbase/utils"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var (
 	// pidsByUserLock is also used for locking the socketInfo.PID on all socket.*Info structs.
 	pidsByUser      = make(map[int][]int)
 	pidsByUserLock  sync.RWMutex
-	fetchPidsByUser utils.OnceAgain
+	fetchPidsByUser = utils.NewCallLimiter(10 * time.Millisecond)
 )
 
 // getPidsByUser returns the cached PIDs for the given UID.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func getPidsByUser(uid int) (pids []int, ok bool) {
 	return
 }
 
-// updatePids fetches and creates a new pidsByUser map using utils.OnceAgain.
+// updatePids fetches and creates a new pidsByUser map using a call limiter.
 func updatePids() {
 	fetchPidsByUser.Do(func() {
 		newPidsByUser := make(map[int][]int)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func updatePids() {
 				continue entryLoop
 			}
 
-			statData, err := os.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d", pid))
+			statData, err := os.Stat("/proc/" + strconv.FormatInt(pid, 10))
 			if err != nil {
 				if !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 					log.Warningf("proc: could not stat /proc/%d: %s", pid, err)