diff --git a/nucypher/control/controllers.py b/nucypher/control/controllers.py
index d51ad4b5b..f50c06751 100644
--- a/nucypher/control/controllers.py
+++ b/nucypher/control/controllers.py
@@ -306,16 +306,16 @@ class WebController(InterfaceControlServer):
 
     @staticmethod
     def json_response_from_worker_pool_exception(exception):
-        json_response = {}
-        json_response['failure_message'] = f"{exception}; " \
-                                           f"{len(exception.failures)} concurrent failures recorded"
+        json_response = {
+            'failure_message': str(exception)
+        }
         if exception.failures:
             failures = []
             for value, exc_info in exception.failures.items():
-                failure = {'value': value}
-                _, exception, tb = exc_info
-                failure['error'] = str(exception)
-                failures.append(failure)
+                failures.append({
+                    'value': value,
+                    'error': str(exc_info[1])
+                })
             json_response['failures'] = failures
 
         return json_response
@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@ class WebController(InterfaceControlServer):
                 json_error_response=json_response_from_exception,
                 e=RuntimeError(json_response_from_exception['failure_message']),
                 error_message=WebController._captured_status_codes[__exception_code],
-                log_level='warn',
-                response_code=__exception_code)
+                response_code=__exception_code,
+                log_level='warn')
 
         #
         # Unhandled Server Errors
diff --git a/nucypher/control/emitters.py b/nucypher/control/emitters.py
index 79090b65f..b018a645a 100644
--- a/nucypher/control/emitters.py
+++ b/nucypher/control/emitters.py
@@ -247,8 +247,7 @@ class WebEmitter:
         exception = f"{type(e).__name__}: {str(e)}" if str(e) else type(e).__name__
         message = f"{self} [{str(response_code)} - {error_message}] | ERROR: {exception}"
         logger = getattr(self.log, log_level)
-        # See #724 / 2156
-        message_cleaned_for_logger = message.replace("{", "<^<").replace("}", ">^>")
+        message_cleaned_for_logger = Logger.escape_format_string(message)
         logger(message_cleaned_for_logger)
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -274,8 +273,8 @@ class WebEmitter:
                                 json_error_response,
                                 e,
                                 error_message: str,
-                                log_level: str = 'info',
-                                response_code: int = 500):
+                                response_code: int,
+                                log_level: str = 'info'):
         self._log_exception(e, error_message, log_level, response_code)
         if self.crash_on_error:
             raise e
diff --git a/nucypher/network/middleware.py b/nucypher/network/middleware.py
index cecb2794f..d7fa61f71 100644
--- a/nucypher/network/middleware.py
+++ b/nucypher/network/middleware.py
@@ -190,13 +190,12 @@ class NucypherMiddlewareClient:
                         endpoint,
                         *args, **kwargs):
         # Use existing cached SSL certificate or fetch fresh copy and retry
-        cached_certificate_filepath = Path(
-            self.storage.generate_certificate_filepath(host=host, port=port))
-        if cached_certificate_filepath.exists():
+        cached_cert_filepath = Path(self.storage.generate_certificate_filepath(host=host, port=port))
+        if cached_cert_filepath.exists():
             # already cached try it
             try:
                 # Send request
-                response = self.invoke_method(method, endpoint, verify=cached_certificate_filepath,
+                response = self.invoke_method(method, endpoint, verify=cached_cert_filepath,
                                               *args, **kwargs)
 
                 # successful use of cached certificate
diff --git a/nucypher/utilities/concurrency.py b/nucypher/utilities/concurrency.py
index 2913cbb40..303f4cacd 100644
--- a/nucypher/utilities/concurrency.py
+++ b/nucypher/utilities/concurrency.py
@@ -98,17 +98,7 @@ class WorkerPoolException(Exception):
         # craft message
         msg = message_prefix
         if self.failures:
-            # Using one random failure
-            # Most probably they're all the same anyway.
-            value = list(self.failures)[0]
-            _, exception, tb = self.failures[value]
-            f = io.StringIO()
-            traceback.print_tb(tb, file=f)
-            traceback_str = f.getvalue()
-            msg = (f"{message_prefix} ({len(self.failures)} failures recorded); "
-                   f"for example, for {value}:\n"
-                   f"{traceback_str}\n"
-                   f"{exception}")
+            msg = f"{message_prefix} ({len(self.failures)} failures recorded)"
         super().__init__(msg)
 
     def get_tracebacks(self) -> Dict[Any, str]:
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/utilities/test_concurrency.py b/tests/acceptance/utilities/test_concurrency.py
index f476fe8d1..df4e3d796 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/utilities/test_concurrency.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/utilities/test_concurrency.py
@@ -170,10 +170,6 @@ def test_wait_for_successes_out_of_values(join_worker_pool):
         assert 'raise Exception(f"Operator for {value} failed")' in traceback
         assert f'Operator for {value} failed' in traceback
 
-    # This will be the last line in the displayed traceback;
-    # That's where the worker actually failed. (Operator for {value} failed)
-    assert 'raise Exception(f"Operator for {value} failed")' in message
-
 
 def test_wait_for_successes_timed_out(join_worker_pool):
     """