diff --git a/components/pipeline-service/development/bump-results-watcher-replicas.yaml b/components/pipeline-service/development/bump-results-watcher-replicas.yaml
index bcd64c5fb6d..dd1942ff27e 100644
--- a/components/pipeline-service/development/bump-results-watcher-replicas.yaml
+++ b/components/pipeline-service/development/bump-results-watcher-replicas.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 - op: replace
   path: /spec/replicas
   # default pipeline-service setting is 1
-  value: 2
\ No newline at end of file
+  value: 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/pipeline-service/development/config.env b/components/pipeline-service/development/config.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45c7366e68f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/pipeline-service/development/config.env
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+DB_USER=
+DB_PASSWORD=
+DB_HOST=
+DB_PORT=5432
+DB_NAME=
+DB_SSLMODE=disable
+DB_SSLROOTCERT=
+DB_ENABLE_AUTO_MIGRATION=true
+SERVER_PORT=8080
+PROMETHEUS_PORT=9090
+PROMETHEUS_HISTOGRAM=true
+TLS_PATH=/etc/tls
+AUTH_DISABLE=false
+AUTH_IMPERSONATE=true
+LOG_LEVEL=info
+LOGS_API=false
+LOGS_TYPE=File
+LOGS_BUFFER_SIZE=5242880
+LOGS_PATH=/logs
+S3_BUCKET_NAME=
+S3_ENDPOINT=
+S3_HOSTNAME_IMMUTABLE=false
+S3_REGION=
+S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
+S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
+S3_MULTI_PART_SIZE=5242880
+GCS_BUCKET_NAME=
+STORAGE_EMULATOR_HOST=
+K8S_QPS=50
+K8S_BURST=100
+PROFILING=true
+PROFILING_PORT=6060
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/pipeline-service/development/kustomization.yaml b/components/pipeline-service/development/kustomization.yaml
index 6c062957851..b3172399fe7 100644
--- a/components/pipeline-service/development/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/components/pipeline-service/development/kustomization.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,19 @@ images:
   - name: quay.io/redhat-appstudio/tekton-results-watcher
     newTag: 3ed2e97d4eacb0252b153edd2d6006637acb528e
 
+# generate a new configmap with updated values (logs api, db ssl mode) and replace the default one
+configMapGenerator:
+  - behavior: replace
+    files:
+      - config.env
+    name: api-config
+    options:
+      disableNameSuffixHash: true
+  - behavior: merge
+    name: config-observability
+    literals:
+      - profiling.enable="true"
+
 patches:
   - path: chains-tekton-config-patches.yaml
     target:
@@ -56,3 +69,8 @@ patches:
     target:
       kind: TektonConfig
       name: config
+  - path: update-results-watcher-performance.yaml
+    target:
+        kind: Deployment
+        namespace: tekton-results
+        name: tekton-results-watcher
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/pipeline-service/development/update-results-watcher-performance.yaml b/components/pipeline-service/development/update-results-watcher-performance.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03b0fe44ac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/pipeline-service/development/update-results-watcher-performance.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
+  value: -threadiness
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
+  value: "50"
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
+  value: -qps
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
+  value: "50"
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
+  value: -burst
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
+  value: "100"
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
+  value: -update_log_timeout
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
+  value: "9m"
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
+  value: -dynamic_reconcile_timeout
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
+  value: "9m"
diff --git a/components/pipeline-service/staging/base/bump-results-watcher-replicas.yaml b/components/pipeline-service/staging/base/bump-results-watcher-replicas.yaml
index bcd64c5fb6d..dd1942ff27e 100644
--- a/components/pipeline-service/staging/base/bump-results-watcher-replicas.yaml
+++ b/components/pipeline-service/staging/base/bump-results-watcher-replicas.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 - op: replace
   path: /spec/replicas
   # default pipeline-service setting is 1
-  value: 2
\ No newline at end of file
+  value: 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/pipeline-service/staging/base/config.env b/components/pipeline-service/staging/base/config.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45c7366e68f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/pipeline-service/staging/base/config.env
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+DB_USER=
+DB_PASSWORD=
+DB_HOST=
+DB_PORT=5432
+DB_NAME=
+DB_SSLMODE=disable
+DB_SSLROOTCERT=
+DB_ENABLE_AUTO_MIGRATION=true
+SERVER_PORT=8080
+PROMETHEUS_PORT=9090
+PROMETHEUS_HISTOGRAM=true
+TLS_PATH=/etc/tls
+AUTH_DISABLE=false
+AUTH_IMPERSONATE=true
+LOG_LEVEL=info
+LOGS_API=false
+LOGS_TYPE=File
+LOGS_BUFFER_SIZE=5242880
+LOGS_PATH=/logs
+S3_BUCKET_NAME=
+S3_ENDPOINT=
+S3_HOSTNAME_IMMUTABLE=false
+S3_REGION=
+S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
+S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
+S3_MULTI_PART_SIZE=5242880
+GCS_BUCKET_NAME=
+STORAGE_EMULATOR_HOST=
+K8S_QPS=50
+K8S_BURST=100
+PROFILING=true
+PROFILING_PORT=6060
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/pipeline-service/staging/base/kustomization.yaml b/components/pipeline-service/staging/base/kustomization.yaml
index 46568fbf687..bdcce39ced8 100644
--- a/components/pipeline-service/staging/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/components/pipeline-service/staging/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,19 @@ images:
   - name: quay.io/redhat-appstudio/tekton-results-watcher
     newTag: 3ed2e97d4eacb0252b153edd2d6006637acb528e
 
+# generate a new configmap with updated values (logs api, db ssl mode) and replace the default one
+configMapGenerator:
+  - behavior: replace
+    files:
+      - config.env
+    name: api-config
+    options:
+      disableNameSuffixHash: true
+  - behavior: merge
+    name: config-observability
+    literals:
+      - profiling.enable="true"
+
 patches:
   - path: chains-tekton-config-patches.yaml
     target:
diff --git a/components/pipeline-service/staging/base/update-results-watcher-performance.yaml b/components/pipeline-service/staging/base/update-results-watcher-performance.yaml
index ec2b073856e..99ad99930a9 100644
--- a/components/pipeline-service/staging/base/update-results-watcher-performance.yaml
+++ b/components/pipeline-service/staging/base/update-results-watcher-performance.yaml
@@ -4,4 +4,34 @@
   value: "250m"
 - op: replace
   path: /spec/template/spec/containers/1/resources/limits/cpu
-  value: "250m"
\ No newline at end of file
+  value: "250m"
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/1/args/-
+  value: -threadiness
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/1/args/-
+  value: "50"
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/1/args/-
+  value: -qps
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/1/args/-
+  value: "50"
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/1/args/-
+  value: -burst
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/1/args/-
+  value: "100"
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/1/args/-
+  value: -update_log_timeout
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/1/args/-
+  value: "9m"
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/1/args/-
+  value: -dynamic_reconcile_timeout
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/1/args/-
+  value: "9m"
diff --git a/components/pipeline-service/staging/stone-stage-p01/deploy.yaml b/components/pipeline-service/staging/stone-stage-p01/deploy.yaml
index f0c2c139eb3..e782167d0a9 100644
--- a/components/pipeline-service/staging/stone-stage-p01/deploy.yaml
+++ b/components/pipeline-service/staging/stone-stage-p01/deploy.yaml
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ subjects:
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 data:
-  config.env: |
+  config.env: |-
     DB_USER=
     DB_PASSWORD=
     DB_HOST=
@@ -926,6 +926,10 @@ data:
     S3_MULTI_PART_SIZE=5242880
     GCS_BUCKET_NAME=
     STORAGE_EMULATOR_HOST=
+    K8S_QPS=50
+    K8S_BURST=100
+    PROFILING=true
+    PROFILING_PORT=6060
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   annotations:
@@ -1054,6 +1058,7 @@ data:
     metrics.taskrun.duration-type: "histogram"
     metrics.pipelinerun.level: "pipeline"
     metrics.pipelinerun.duration-type: "histogram"
+  profiling.enable: "true"
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   annotations:
@@ -1404,7 +1409,7 @@ metadata:
   name: tekton-results-watcher
   namespace: tekton-results
 spec:
-  replicas: 2
+  replicas: 1
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: tekton-results-watcher
@@ -1470,6 +1475,16 @@ spec:
         - -check_owner=false
         - -completed_run_grace_period
         - 10m
+        - -threadiness
+        - "50"
+        - -qps
+        - "50"
+        - -burst
+        - "100"
+        - -update_log_timeout
+        - 9m
+        - -dynamic_reconcile_timeout
+        - 9m
         env:
         - name: SYSTEM_NAMESPACE
           valueFrom:
diff --git a/components/pipeline-service/staging/stone-stg-m01/deploy.yaml b/components/pipeline-service/staging/stone-stg-m01/deploy.yaml
index a1a96ffd5ca..4657ca5d795 100644
--- a/components/pipeline-service/staging/stone-stg-m01/deploy.yaml
+++ b/components/pipeline-service/staging/stone-stg-m01/deploy.yaml
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ subjects:
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 data:
-  config.env: |
+  config.env: |-
     DB_USER=
     DB_PASSWORD=
     DB_HOST=
@@ -926,6 +926,10 @@ data:
     S3_MULTI_PART_SIZE=5242880
     GCS_BUCKET_NAME=
     STORAGE_EMULATOR_HOST=
+    K8S_QPS=50
+    K8S_BURST=100
+    PROFILING=true
+    PROFILING_PORT=6060
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   annotations:
@@ -1054,6 +1058,7 @@ data:
     metrics.taskrun.duration-type: "histogram"
     metrics.pipelinerun.level: "pipeline"
     metrics.pipelinerun.duration-type: "histogram"
+  profiling.enable: "true"
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   annotations:
@@ -1404,7 +1409,7 @@ metadata:
   name: tekton-results-watcher
   namespace: tekton-results
 spec:
-  replicas: 2
+  replicas: 1
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: tekton-results-watcher
@@ -1470,6 +1475,16 @@ spec:
         - -check_owner=false
         - -completed_run_grace_period
         - 10m
+        - -threadiness
+        - "50"
+        - -qps
+        - "50"
+        - -burst
+        - "100"
+        - -update_log_timeout
+        - 9m
+        - -dynamic_reconcile_timeout
+        - 9m
         env:
         - name: SYSTEM_NAMESPACE
           valueFrom:
diff --git a/components/pipeline-service/staging/stone-stg-rh01/deploy.yaml b/components/pipeline-service/staging/stone-stg-rh01/deploy.yaml
index 8c5f4012128..6ba1768a03c 100644
--- a/components/pipeline-service/staging/stone-stg-rh01/deploy.yaml
+++ b/components/pipeline-service/staging/stone-stg-rh01/deploy.yaml
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ subjects:
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 data:
-  config.env: |
+  config.env: |-
     DB_USER=
     DB_PASSWORD=
     DB_HOST=
@@ -926,6 +926,10 @@ data:
     S3_MULTI_PART_SIZE=5242880
     GCS_BUCKET_NAME=
     STORAGE_EMULATOR_HOST=
+    K8S_QPS=50
+    K8S_BURST=100
+    PROFILING=true
+    PROFILING_PORT=6060
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   annotations:
@@ -1054,6 +1058,7 @@ data:
     metrics.taskrun.duration-type: "histogram"
     metrics.pipelinerun.level: "pipeline"
     metrics.pipelinerun.duration-type: "histogram"
+  profiling.enable: "true"
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   annotations:
@@ -1404,7 +1409,7 @@ metadata:
   name: tekton-results-watcher
   namespace: tekton-results
 spec:
-  replicas: 2
+  replicas: 1
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: tekton-results-watcher
@@ -1470,6 +1475,16 @@ spec:
         - -check_owner=false
         - -completed_run_grace_period
         - 10m
+        - -threadiness
+        - "50"
+        - -qps
+        - "50"
+        - -burst
+        - "100"
+        - -update_log_timeout
+        - 9m
+        - -dynamic_reconcile_timeout
+        - 9m
         env:
         - name: SYSTEM_NAMESPACE
           valueFrom: