diff --git a/app/controllers/general.php b/app/controllers/general.php
index 9381843b64..9eabe56eac 100644
--- a/app/controllers/general.php
+++ b/app/controllers/general.php
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function router(Http $utopia, Database $dbForPlatform, callable $getProjectDB, S
     if (!$project->isEmpty() && $project->getId() !== 'console') {
         $accessedAt = $project->getAttribute('accessedAt', 0);
         if (DateTime::formatTz(DateTime::addSeconds(new \DateTime(), -APP_PROJECT_ACCESS)) > $accessedAt) {
-            $lock->set('projects', $project->getId());
+            $lock->set('projects', $project->getId(), 'accessedAt', DateTime::now());
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/app/controllers/shared/api.php b/app/controllers/shared/api.php
index 3c679ce6ec..f88dc5eb4b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/shared/api.php
+++ b/app/controllers/shared/api.php
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ Http::init()
         if ($project->getId() !== 'console') {
             $accessedAt = $project->getAttribute('accessedAt', 0);
             if (DateTime::formatTz(DateTime::addSeconds(new \DateTime(), -APP_PROJECT_ACCESS)) > $accessedAt) {
-                $lock->set('projects', $project->getId());
+                $lock->set('projects', $project->getId(), 'accessedAt', DateTime::now());
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/init/resources.php b/app/init/resources.php
index aa82c19b75..29506bfc9c 100644
--- a/app/init/resources.php
+++ b/app/init/resources.php
@@ -193,25 +193,12 @@ $container->set('cache', function (Group $pools, Telemetry $telemetry) {
 }, ['pools', 'telemetry']);
 
 $container->set('redis', function () {
-    // Prefer _APP_CONNECTIONS_CACHE (URI form, used by cloud and the pool layer)
-    // so that direct \Redis consumers (timelimit, Lock) match the same backend
-    // as the cache pool. Fall back to _APP_REDIS_* for CE-style configs.
-    $cacheDsn = System::getEnv('_APP_CONNECTIONS_CACHE', '');
-    if ($cacheDsn !== '') {
-        $first = explode(';', $cacheDsn)[0];
-        $uri = explode('=', $first, 2)[1] ?? $first;
-        $dsn = new DSN($uri);
-        $host = $dsn->getHost();
-        $port = (int) ($dsn->getPort() ?: 6379);
-        $pass = $dsn->getPassword() ?? '';
-    } else {
-        $host = System::getEnv('_APP_REDIS_HOST', 'localhost');
-        $port = (int) System::getEnv('_APP_REDIS_PORT', 6379);
-        $pass = System::getEnv('_APP_REDIS_PASS', '');
-    }
+    $host = System::getEnv('_APP_REDIS_HOST', 'localhost');
+    $port = System::getEnv('_APP_REDIS_PORT', 6379);
+    $pass = System::getEnv('_APP_REDIS_PASS', '');
 
     $redis = new \Redis();
-    @$redis->pconnect($host, $port);
+    @$redis->pconnect($host, (int) $port);
     if ($pass) {
         $redis->auth($pass);
     }
diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Locking/Lock.php b/src/Appwrite/Locking/Lock.php
index 77b278860b..e545254ef3 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Locking/Lock.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Locking/Lock.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use Closure;
 use Throwable;
 use Utopia\Console;
 use Utopia\Database\Database;
-use Utopia\Database\DateTime;
 use Utopia\Database\Document;
 use Utopia\Database\Validator\Authorization;
 use Utopia\Lock\Distributed as DistributedLock;
@@ -51,15 +50,15 @@ final class Lock
     public function set(
         string $collection,
         string $id,
-        string $attribute = 'accessedAt',
-        ?string $value = null,
+        string $attribute,
+        string $value,
     ): void {
         $key = "lock:platform:{$this->projectInternalId}:{$collection}:{$id}:{$attribute}";
         $this->execute($key, $collection, function () use ($collection, $id, $attribute, $value) {
             $this->authorization->skip(fn () => $this->dbForPlatform->updateDocument(
                 $collection,
                 $id,
-                new Document([$attribute => $value ?? DateTime::now()])
+                new Document([$attribute => $value])
             ));
         });
     }