diff --git a/mapchete/commands/_execute.py b/mapchete/commands/_execute.py
index 76830f1b..9d2bf6e9 100644
--- a/mapchete/commands/_execute.py
+++ b/mapchete/commands/_execute.py
@@ -171,19 +171,18 @@ def execute(
                     )
                     # TODO it would be nice to track the time it took sending tasks to the executor
                     try:
-                        count = 0
-                        for task_info in mp.execute(
-                            executor=executor,
-                            tasks=tasks,
-                            dask_settings=dask_settings,
+                        for count, task_info in enumerate(
+                            mp.execute(
+                                executor=executor,
+                                tasks=tasks,
+                                dask_settings=dask_settings,
+                            ),
+                            1,
                         ):
-                            count += 1
-
                             all_observers.notify(
                                 progress=Progress(total=len(tasks), current=count),
                                 task_info=task_info,
                             )
-
                         all_observers.notify(status=Status.done)
                         return
 
diff --git a/mapchete/executor/future.py b/mapchete/executor/future.py
index 5440caa0..351c82c3 100644
--- a/mapchete/executor/future.py
+++ b/mapchete/executor/future.py
@@ -152,9 +152,16 @@ def exception(self, **kwargs) -> Union[Exception, None]:
 
         return self._exception
 
-    def cancelled(self) -> bool:  # pragma: no cover
+    def cancelled(self) -> bool:
         """Sequential futures cannot be cancelled."""
-        return self._cancelled
+        return self._cancelled or self.status == "cancelled"
+
+    def failed(self) -> bool:
+        return (
+            self.status == "error"
+            # concurrent.futures futures
+            or self.exception(timeout=mapchete_options.future_timeout) is not None
+        )
 
     def _populate_from_future(
         self, timeout: int = mapchete_options.future_timeout, **kwargs
@@ -184,21 +191,6 @@ def _set_result(self, result: Any) -> None:
         else:
             self._result = result
 
-    def failed_or_cancelled(self) -> bool:
-        """
-        Return whether future is failed or cancelled.
-
-        This is a workaround between the slightly different APIs of dask and concurrent.futures.
-        It also tries to avoid potentially expensive calls to the dask scheduler.
-        """
-        if self.cancelled():  # pragma: no cover
-            return True
-        elif self.status:
-            return self.status in ["error", "cancelled"]
-        # concurrent.futures futures
-        else:
-            return self.exception(timeout=mapchete_options.future_timeout) is not None
-
     def raise_if_failed(self) -> None:
         """
         Checks whether future contains an exception and raises it as MapcheteTaskFailed.
@@ -209,7 +201,16 @@ def raise_if_failed(self) -> None:
         # Let's directly re-raise these to be more transparent.
         keep_exceptions = (CancelledError, TimeoutError, CommClosedError)
 
-        if self.failed_or_cancelled():
+        if self.cancelled():  # pragma: no cover
+            try:
+                raise self.exception(timeout=mapchete_options.future_timeout)
+            except Exception as exc:  # pragma: no cover
+                raise CancelledError(
+                    f"{self.name} got cancelled (status: {self.status}) but original "
+                    f"exception could not be recovered due to {exc}"
+                )
+
+        elif self.failed():
             try:
                 exception = self.exception(timeout=mapchete_options.future_timeout)
             except Exception:  # pragma: no cover
@@ -218,7 +219,8 @@ def raise_if_failed(self) -> None:
             # sometimes, exceptions are simply empty or cannot be retreived
             if exception is None:  # pragma: no cover
                 raise MapcheteTaskFailed(
-                    f"{self.name} failed (status: {self.status}), but exception could not be recovered"
+                    f"{self.name} failed (status: {self.status}), but exception could "
+                    "not be recovered"
                 )
 
             # keep some exceptions as they are
diff --git a/mapchete/settings.py b/mapchete/settings.py
index 6b7af2f2..16d272fa 100644
--- a/mapchete/settings.py
+++ b/mapchete/settings.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 """
 from typing import Tuple, Type
 
+from aiohttp.client_exceptions import ServerDisconnectedError
 from fiona.errors import FionaError
+from fsspec.exceptions import FSTimeoutError
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
 from rasterio.errors import RasterioError
 
@@ -59,6 +61,8 @@ class IORetrySettings(BaseSettings):
         TimeoutError,
         RasterioError,
         FionaError,
+        FSTimeoutError,
+        ServerDisconnectedError,
     )
     # read from environment
     model_config = SettingsConfigDict(env_prefix="MAPCHETE_IO_RETRY_")