diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
index 0560fe8010..869bbbad27 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
@@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ class UploadManager {
         this.uploadInProgress = true;
         this.uploaderName = uploaderName;
 
+        const logInterval = setInterval(logAboutMemoryPressureIfNeeded, 1000);
+
         try {
             await this.updateExistingFilesAndCollections(collections);
 
@@ -449,6 +451,7 @@ class UploadManager {
                 this.cryptoWorkers[i]?.terminate();
             }
             this.uploadInProgress = false;
+            clearInterval(logInterval);
         }
 
         return this.uiService.hasFilesInResultList();
@@ -519,11 +522,7 @@ class UploadManager {
 
         while (this.itemsToBeUploaded.length > 0) {
             this.abortIfCancelled();
-
-            if (shouldWaitForMemoryPressureToEase()) {
-                await wait(2000);
-                continue;
-            }
+            logAboutMemoryPressureIfNeeded();
 
             const clusteredItem = this.itemsToBeUploaded.pop();
             const { localID, collectionID } = clusteredItem;
@@ -1008,41 +1007,36 @@ const uploadItemSize = async (uploadItem: UploadItem): Promise<number> => {
 /**
  * [Note: Memory pressure when uploading video files]
  *
- * Some users have reported that their app runs out of memory when the app tries
- * to upload multiple large videos simultaneously. For example, 4 parallel
- * uploads of 4 700 MB videos.
+ * A user (Fedora 39 VM on Qubes OS with 32 GB RAM, both AppImage and RPM) has
+ * reported that their app runs out of memory when the app tries to upload
+ * multiple large videos simultaneously. For example, 4 parallel uploads of 4
+ * 700 MB videos.
  *
- * I am unable to reproduce this: tested on macOS, with videos up to 3.8 G
- * uploaded in parallel. The memory usage remains constant (as expected,
- * hovering around 2 G), since we don't pull the entire videos in memory and
- * instead do a streaming disk read + encryption + upload.
+ * I am unable to reproduce this: tested on macOS and Linux, with videos up to
+ * 3.8 G x 1 + 3 x 700 M uploaded in parallel. The memory usage remains constant
+ * as expected (hovering around 2 G), since we don't pull the entire videos in
+ * memory and instead do a streaming disk read + encryption + upload.
  *
  * The JavaScript heap for the renderer process (when we're running in the
  * context of our desktop app) is limited to 4 GB. See
  * https://www.electronjs.org/blog/v8-memory-cage.
  *
- * Perhaps there is some distinct memory usage pattern on some systems that
- * causes this limit to be reached.
- *
- * So as a safety check, this function returns true whenever we exceed some
- * memory usage high water mark. If so, then the uploader should wait for the
- * memory usage to come down before initiating a new upload.
+ * For now, add logs if our usage increases some high water mark. This is solely
+ * so we can better understand the issue if it arises again (and can deal with
+ * it in an informed manner).
  */
-const shouldWaitForMemoryPressureToEase = () => {
-    if (!globalThis.electron) return false;
+const logAboutMemoryPressureIfNeeded = () => {
+    if (!globalThis.electron) return;
     // performance.memory is deprecated in general as a Web standard, and is
     // also not available in the DOM types provided by TypeScript. However, it
     // is the method recommended by the Electron team (see the link about the V8
     // memory cage). The embedded Chromium supports it fine though, we just need
     // to goad TypeScript to accept the type.
-    const heapSizeInBytes = (performance as any).memory.usedJSHeapSize;
-    const heapSizeInGB = heapSizeInBytes / (1024 * 1024 * 1024);
-    // 4 GB is the hard limit. Let us keep a lot of margin since uploads get
-    // triggered in parallel so if we're unlucky they all might get trigger when
-    // the memory usage is relatively low.
-    if (heapSizeInGB < 2.5) return false;
-    log.info(
-        `Memory usage (${heapSizeInGB} GB) exceeds the high water mark, pausing new uploads`,
-    );
-    return true;
+    const heapSize = (performance as any).memory.totalJSHeapSize;
+    const heapLimit = (performance as any).memory.jsHeapSizeLimit;
+    if (heapSize / heapLimit > 0.7) {
+        log.info(
+            `Memory usage (${heapSize} bytes of ${heapLimit} bytes) exceeds the high water mark`,
+        );
+    }
 };