diff --git a/pkg/resmgr/events.go b/pkg/resmgr/events.go
index 2ad5265de..1a9e3b7e7 100644
--- a/pkg/resmgr/events.go
+++ b/pkg/resmgr/events.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package resmgr
 
 import (
 	logger "github.com/containers/nri-plugins/pkg/log"
-	"github.com/containers/nri-plugins/pkg/resmgr/cache"
 )
 
 // Our logger instance for events.
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ func (m *resmgr) startEventProcessing() error {
 	go func() {
 		for {
 			select {
-			case _ = <-stop:
+			case <-stop:
 				return
 			case event := <-m.events:
 				m.processEvent(event)
@@ -48,14 +47,6 @@ func (m *resmgr) startEventProcessing() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// stopEventProcessing stops event and metrics processing.
-func (m *resmgr) stopEventProcessing() {
-	if m.stop != nil {
-		close(m.stop)
-		m.stop = nil
-	}
-}
-
 // SendEvent injects the given event to the resource manager's event processing loop.
 func (m *resmgr) SendEvent(event interface{}) error {
 	if m.events == nil {
@@ -82,8 +73,3 @@ func (m *resmgr) processEvent(e interface{}) {
 		evtlog.Warn("event of unexpected type %T...", e)
 	}
 }
-
-// resolveCgroupPath resolves a cgroup path to a container.
-func (m *resmgr) resolveCgroupPath(path string) (cache.Container, bool) {
-	return m.cache.LookupContainerByCgroup(path)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/resmgr/main/main.go b/pkg/resmgr/main/main.go
index d2e3c7579..bf3f97f4d 100644
--- a/pkg/resmgr/main/main.go
+++ b/pkg/resmgr/main/main.go
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ func (m *Main) Run() error {
 	log.Infof("starting '%s' policy version %s/build %s...", m.policy.Name(),
 		version.Version, version.Build)
 
-	m.startTracing()
+	if err := m.startTracing(); err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("failed to start tracing: %v", err)
+	}
 	defer m.stopTracing()
 
 	err := m.mgr.Start()
diff --git a/pkg/resmgr/nri.go b/pkg/resmgr/nri.go
index ba7c58eba..2858d5853 100644
--- a/pkg/resmgr/nri.go
+++ b/pkg/resmgr/nri.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/containers/nri-plugins/pkg/instrumentation/metrics"
@@ -332,12 +333,8 @@ func (p *nriPlugin) StopPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, podSandbox *api.PodSandb
 	b := metrics.Block()
 	defer b.Done()
 
-	released := []cache.Container{}
 	pod, _ := m.cache.LookupPod(podSandbox.GetId())
-
-	for _, c := range pod.GetContainers() {
-		released = append(released, c)
-	}
+	released := slices.Clone(pod.GetContainers())
 
 	if err := p.runPostReleaseHooks(event, released...); err != nil {
 		nri.Error("%s: failed to run post-release hooks for pod %s: %v",
@@ -371,12 +368,8 @@ func (p *nriPlugin) RemovePodSandbox(ctx context.Context, podSandbox *api.PodSan
 
 	m := p.resmgr
 
-	released := []cache.Container{}
 	pod, _ := m.cache.LookupPod(podSandbox.GetId())
-
-	for _, c := range pod.GetContainers() {
-		released = append(released, c)
-	}
+	released := slices.Clone(pod.GetContainers())
 
 	if err := p.runPostReleaseHooks(event, released...); err != nil {
 		nri.Error("%s: failed to run post-release hooks for pod %s: %v",
@@ -446,7 +439,11 @@ func (p *nriPlugin) CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, pod *api.PodSandbox, co
 	if err := p.runPostAllocateHooks(event, c); err != nil {
 		nri.Error("%s: failed to run post-allocate hooks for %s: %v",
 			event, container.GetName(), err)
-		p.runPostReleaseHooks(event, c)
+		relErr := p.runPostReleaseHooks(event, c)
+		if relErr != nil {
+			nri.Warnf("%s: failed to run post-release hooks on error for %s: %v",
+				event, container.GetName(), relErr)
+		}
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to allocate container resources: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -1091,20 +1088,3 @@ func (p *nriPlugin) runPostReleaseHooks(method string, released ...cache.Contain
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-// runPostUpdateHooks runs the necessary hooks after reconciliation.
-func (p *nriPlugin) runPostUpdateHooks(method string) error {
-	m := p.resmgr
-	for _, c := range m.cache.GetPendingContainers() {
-		switch c.GetState() {
-		case cache.ContainerStateRunning, cache.ContainerStateCreated:
-			if err := m.control.RunPostUpdateHooks(c); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		default:
-			nri.Warn("%s: skipping container %s (in state %v)", method,
-				c.PrettyName(), c.GetState())
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/resmgr/resource-manager.go b/pkg/resmgr/resource-manager.go
index b5ba74f23..02676aa87 100644
--- a/pkg/resmgr/resource-manager.go
+++ b/pkg/resmgr/resource-manager.go
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ func (m *resmgr) start(cfg cfgapi.ResmgrConfig) error {
 	m.cfg = cfg
 
 	mCfg := cfg.CommonConfig()
-	logger.Configure(&mCfg.Log)
+	if err := logger.Configure(&mCfg.Log); err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("failed to configure logger: %v", err)
+	}
 
 	if err := m.policy.Start(m.cfg.PolicyConfig()); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -232,8 +234,13 @@ func (m *resmgr) setupCache() error {
 func (m *resmgr) setupPolicy(backend policy.Backend) error {
 	var err error
 
-	m.cache.ResetActivePolicy()
-	m.cache.SetActivePolicy(backend.Name())
+	if err := m.cache.ResetActivePolicy(); err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("failed to reset active policy: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := m.cache.SetActivePolicy(backend.Name()); err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("failed to set active policy: %v", err)
+	}
 
 	p, err := policy.NewPolicy(backend, m.cache, &policy.Options{SendEvent: m.SendEvent})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -285,11 +292,15 @@ func (m *resmgr) reconfigure(cfg cfgapi.ResmgrConfig) error {
 	apply := func(cfg cfgapi.ResmgrConfig) error {
 		mCfg := cfg.CommonConfig()
 
-		logger.Configure(&mCfg.Log)
+		if err := logger.Configure(&mCfg.Log); err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("failed to configure logger: %v", err)
+		}
 		if err := instrumentation.Reconfigure(&mCfg.Instrumentation); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		m.control.StartStopControllers(&mCfg.Control)
+		if err := m.control.StartStopControllers(&mCfg.Control); err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("failed to restart controllers: %v", err)
+		}
 
 		err := m.policy.Reconfigure(cfg.PolicyConfig())
 		if err != nil {