diff --git a/faststream_redis_timers/broker.py b/faststream_redis_timers/broker.py
index 861cab1..66ee9da 100644
--- a/faststream_redis_timers/broker.py
+++ b/faststream_redis_timers/broker.py
@@ -205,21 +205,32 @@ async def has_pending(self, topic: str, timer_id: str) -> bool:
         return score is not None
 
     async def get_pending_timers(self, topic: str, before: datetime | None = None) -> list[str]:
-        """Return pending timer IDs on *topic*. If *before* is given, restrict to timers due by then."""
+        """
+        Return pending timer IDs on *topic*. If *before* is given, restrict to timers due by then.
+
+        Note that timers currently being processed have their score pushed ``lease_ttl`` seconds
+        into the future, so they appear in the default (``before=None``) result but are excluded
+        once *before* is set to the current time.
+        """
         client = self.config.broker_config.connection.client
         score_max: str | float = before.timestamp() if before is not None else "+inf"
         raw_ids: list[bytes] = await client.zrangebyscore(self._topic_timeline_key(topic), "-inf", score_max)
         return [r.decode() if isinstance(r, bytes) else r for r in raw_ids]
 
     async def cancel_all(self, topic: str) -> int:
-        """Cancel every pending timer on *topic*. Returns the number removed."""
+        """
+        Cancel every pending timer on *topic*. Returns the number removed.
+
+        Handlers already executing for a leased timer continue to run to completion;
+        their final commit is a no-op because the keys are gone.
+        """
         client = self.config.broker_config.connection.client
         timeline_key = self._topic_timeline_key(topic)
         payloads_key = self._topic_payloads_key(topic)
         async with client.pipeline(transaction=True) as pipe:
             pipe.zcard(timeline_key)
-            pipe.delete(timeline_key)
-            pipe.delete(payloads_key)
+            pipe.unlink(timeline_key)
+            pipe.unlink(payloads_key)
             results = await pipe.execute()
         return int(results[0])
 
diff --git a/faststream_redis_timers/subscriber/usecase.py b/faststream_redis_timers/subscriber/usecase.py
index 4084969..02e9887 100644
--- a/faststream_redis_timers/subscriber/usecase.py
+++ b/faststream_redis_timers/subscriber/usecase.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ async def _get_msgs(
         self._log(log_level=logging.DEBUG, message=f"Fetched {len(timer_ids)} due timers")
         lease_ttl = self._config.timer_sub.lease_ttl
         for raw_id in timer_ids:
-            tg.start_soon(self._claim_and_consume, raw_id, lease_ttl, limiter)
+            tg.start_soon(self._claim_and_consume, raw_id, lease_ttl, limiter, client)
         return len(timer_ids)
 
     async def _claim_and_consume(
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ async def _claim_and_consume(
         raw_id: bytes | str,
         lease_ttl: int,
         limiter: anyio.CapacityLimiter,
+        client: "Redis[bytes]",
     ) -> None:
         try:
             async with limiter:
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ async def _claim_and_consume(
                 claim_score = now + lease_ttl
                 timer_id = raw_id.decode() if isinstance(raw_id, bytes) else raw_id
                 raw_payload: bytes | None = await eval_cached(
-                    self._client,
+                    client,
                     CLAIM_LUA,
                     CLAIM_SHA,
                     2,