diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index af4464882..bb65a845c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-# 0.7.0-rc.28 (Synonym Fork)
+# 0.7.0-rc.29 (Synonym Fork)
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 
+- Bumped `FEE_RATE_CACHE_UPDATE_TIMEOUT_SECS` and `TX_BROADCAST_TIMEOUT_SECS` from 5s to 15s.
+  The 5s node-level timeout fires before Electrum can complete a request (10s timeout), causing
+  `FeerateEstimationUpdateTimeout` on node start.
+- Fixed external scores sync using `spawn_background_processor_task` (reserved for the single
+  LDK background processor), which caused a `debug_assert` panic. Switched to
+  `spawn_cancellable_background_task`.
 - Fixed `PeerStore::add_peer` silently ignoring address updates for existing peers. When a peer's
   IP address changes (e.g., LSP node migration), `add_peer` now upserts the socket address and
   re-persists, instead of returning early. This fixes the issue where ldk-node's reconnection loop
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d7f22d32b..1be9ce098 100755
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ exclude = ["bindings/uniffi-bindgen"]
 
 [package]
 name = "ldk-node"
-version = "0.7.0-rc.28"
+version = "0.7.0-rc.29"
 authors = ["Elias Rohrer <dev@tnull.de>"]
 homepage = "https://lightningdevkit.org/"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index afe4b27e0..5080241f8 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 import PackageDescription
 
-let tag = "v0.7.0-rc.28"
-let checksum = "a831f3454be219770bfd511f0c5b8d17c9f814d3769d6c9111a3c0c332d2de96"
+let tag = "v0.7.0-rc.29"
+let checksum = "983475feca0a1c4677fbfb8cbc6acbb5691cb55798e2819c29faf7a71260c672"
 let url = "https://github.com/synonymdev/ldk-node/releases/download/\(tag)/LDKNodeFFI.xcframework.zip"
 
 let package = Package(
diff --git a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/gradle.properties b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/gradle.properties
index 6d4780c25..45c080991 100644
--- a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/gradle.properties
+++ b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/gradle.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
 kotlin.code.style=official
 group=com.synonym
-version=0.7.0-rc.28
+version=0.7.0-rc.29
diff --git a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/lib/src/main/jniLibs/arm64-v8a/libldk_node.so b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/lib/src/main/jniLibs/arm64-v8a/libldk_node.so
index 83d0727b6..5d1d7704f 100755
Binary files a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/lib/src/main/jniLibs/arm64-v8a/libldk_node.so and b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/lib/src/main/jniLibs/arm64-v8a/libldk_node.so differ
diff --git a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/lib/src/main/jniLibs/armeabi-v7a/libldk_node.so b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/lib/src/main/jniLibs/armeabi-v7a/libldk_node.so
index 8a1d4afc3..de1b913b8 100755
Binary files a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/lib/src/main/jniLibs/armeabi-v7a/libldk_node.so and b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/lib/src/main/jniLibs/armeabi-v7a/libldk_node.so differ
diff --git a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/lib/src/main/jniLibs/x86_64/libldk_node.so b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/lib/src/main/jniLibs/x86_64/libldk_node.so
index d7445fc75..944fedeb0 100755
Binary files a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/lib/src/main/jniLibs/x86_64/libldk_node.so and b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-android/lib/src/main/jniLibs/x86_64/libldk_node.so differ
diff --git a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/gradle.properties b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/gradle.properties
index 19ca4ac37..0499f1219 100644
--- a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/gradle.properties
+++ b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m
 kotlin.code.style=official
 group=com.synonym
-version=0.7.0-rc.28
+version=0.7.0-rc.29
diff --git a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/lib/src/main/resources/darwin-aarch64/libldk_node.dylib b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/lib/src/main/resources/darwin-aarch64/libldk_node.dylib
index ba0bde571..7e95abdd4 100644
Binary files a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/lib/src/main/resources/darwin-aarch64/libldk_node.dylib and b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/lib/src/main/resources/darwin-aarch64/libldk_node.dylib differ
diff --git a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/lib/src/main/resources/darwin-x86-64/libldk_node.dylib b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/lib/src/main/resources/darwin-x86-64/libldk_node.dylib
index 6f81f8581..6239c2216 100644
Binary files a/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/lib/src/main/resources/darwin-x86-64/libldk_node.dylib and b/bindings/kotlin/ldk-node-jvm/lib/src/main/resources/darwin-x86-64/libldk_node.dylib differ
diff --git a/bindings/python/pyproject.toml b/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
index d6dbb7b14..081f48a95 100644
--- a/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "ldk_node"
-version = "0.7.0-rc.28"
+version = "0.7.0-rc.29"
 authors = [
   { name="Elias Rohrer", email="dev@tnull.de" },
 ]
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index df0bb5fad..0fa4799eb 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ pub(crate) const LDK_EVENT_HANDLER_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 30;
 pub(crate) const BACKGROUND_TASK_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 5;
 
 // The timeout after which we abort a fee rate cache update operation.
-pub(crate) const FEE_RATE_CACHE_UPDATE_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 5;
+pub(crate) const FEE_RATE_CACHE_UPDATE_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 15;
 
 // The timeout after which we abort a transaction broadcast operation.
-pub(crate) const TX_BROADCAST_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 5;
+pub(crate) const TX_BROADCAST_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 15;
 
 // The timeout after which we abort a RGS sync operation.
 pub(crate) const RGS_SYNC_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 5;
diff --git a/src/scoring.rs b/src/scoring.rs
index e85abade3..ee70f0087 100644
--- a/src/scoring.rs
+++ b/src/scoring.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pub fn setup_background_pathfinding_scores_sync(
 
 	let logger = Arc::clone(&logger);
 
-	runtime.spawn_background_processor_task(async move {
+	runtime.spawn_cancellable_background_task(async move {
 		let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(EXTERNAL_PATHFINDING_SCORES_SYNC_INTERVAL);
 		loop {
 			tokio::select! {