diff --git a/pipeline/resolve.go b/pipeline/resolve.go
index 5ae24c804..c2840ec57 100644
--- a/pipeline/resolve.go
+++ b/pipeline/resolve.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package pipeline
 
 import (
-	"connectrpc.com/connect"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"sync/atomic"
+
+	"connectrpc.com/connect"
 	"github.com/streamingfast/bstream"
 	"github.com/streamingfast/bstream/hub"
 	pbbstream "github.com/streamingfast/bstream/pb/sf/bstream/v1"
@@ -15,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	pbsubstreams "github.com/streamingfast/substreams/pb/sf/substreams/v1"
 	"github.com/streamingfast/substreams/reqctx"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
-	"sync/atomic"
 )
 
 type getBlockFunc func() (uint64, error)
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ func BuildRequestDetails(
 	getRecentFinalBlock getBlockFunc,
 	resolveCursor CursorResolver,
 	getHeadBlock getBlockFunc,
-	segmentSize uint64) (req *reqctx.RequestDetails, undoSignal *pbsubstreamsrpc.BlockUndoSignal, err error) {
+	segmentSize uint64,
+) (req *reqctx.RequestDetails, undoSignal *pbsubstreamsrpc.BlockUndoSignal, err error) {
 	req = &reqctx.RequestDetails{
 		Modules:                             request.Modules,
 		OutputModule:                        request.OutputModule,
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ func BuildRequestDetails(
 	return
 }
 
-func BuildRequestDetailsFromSubrequest(request *pbssinternal.ProcessRangeRequest) (req *reqctx.RequestDetails) {
+func BuildRequestDetailsFromSubrequest(ctx context.Context, request *pbssinternal.ProcessRangeRequest) (req *reqctx.RequestDetails) {
 	req = &reqctx.RequestDetails{
 		Modules:               request.Modules,
 		OutputModule:          request.OutputModule,
@@ -107,6 +109,9 @@ func BuildRequestDetailsFromSubrequest(request *pbssinternal.ProcessRangeRequest
 		ResolvedStartBlockNum: request.StartBlock(),
 		UniqueID:              nextUniqueID(),
 	}
+
+	req.SetStageLayerParallelExecutorCountFromContext(ctx)
+
 	return req
 }
 
diff --git a/reqctx/request.go b/reqctx/request.go
index 9b1afba24..a123e1115 100644
--- a/reqctx/request.go
+++ b/reqctx/request.go
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package reqctx
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"github.com/streamingfast/dauth"
 	pbsubstreams "github.com/streamingfast/substreams/pb/sf/substreams/v1"
 )
 
@@ -45,3 +47,18 @@ func (d *RequestDetails) ShouldStreamCachedOutputs() bool {
 	return d.ProductionMode &&
 		d.ResolvedStartBlockNum < d.LinearHandoffBlockNum
 }
+
+// SetStageLayerParallelExecutorCountFromContext sets the MaxStageLayerParallelExecutor from the context
+// by first retrieving the dauth trusted headers and then parsing the value from the header, if present.
+func (d *RequestDetails) SetStageLayerParallelExecutorCountFromContext(ctx context.Context) {
+	trustedHeaders := dauth.FromContext(ctx)
+	if trustedHeaders == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if parallelExecutors := trustedHeaders.Get("X-Sf-Substreams-Stage-Layer-Parallel-Executor-Max-Count"); parallelExecutors != "" {
+		if count, err := strconv.ParseUint(parallelExecutors, 10, 64); err == nil {
+			d.MaxStageLayerParallelExecutor = count
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/service/tier1.go b/service/tier1.go
index 7937ac1c6..489204d1a 100644
--- a/service/tier1.go
+++ b/service/tier1.go
@@ -437,18 +437,15 @@ func (s *Tier1Service) blocks(ctx context.Context, request *pbsubstreamsrpc.Requ
 				requestDetails.MaxParallelJobs = count
 			}
 		}
-		if parallelExecutors := auth.Get("X-Sf-Substreams-Stage-Layer-Parallel-Executor-Max-Count"); parallelExecutors != "" {
-			if count, err := strconv.ParseUint(parallelExecutors, 10, 64); err == nil {
-				requestDetails.MaxStageLayerParallelExecutor = count
-			}
-		}
-		if ct := auth.Get("X-Sf-Substreams-Cache-Tag"); ct != "" {
-			if IsValidCacheTag(ct) {
-				cacheTag = ct
+		if tag := auth.Get("X-Sf-Substreams-Cache-Tag"); tag != "" {
+			if IsValidCacheTag(tag) {
+				cacheTag = tag
 			} else {
-				return fmt.Errorf("invalid value for X-Sf-Substreams-Cache-Tag %s, should only contain letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores", ct)
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid value for X-Sf-Substreams-Cache-Tag %s, should only contain letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores", tag)
 			}
 		}
+
+		requestDetails.SetStageLayerParallelExecutorCountFromContext(ctx)
 	}
 
 	var requestStats *metrics.Stats
diff --git a/service/tier2.go b/service/tier2.go
index 76840a7c4..074f918dd 100644
--- a/service/tier2.go
+++ b/service/tier2.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func (s *Tier2Service) processRange(ctx context.Context, request *pbssinternal.P
 		return stream.NewErrInvalidArg(err.Error())
 	}
 
-	requestDetails := pipeline.BuildRequestDetailsFromSubrequest(request)
+	requestDetails := pipeline.BuildRequestDetailsFromSubrequest(ctx, request)
 	ctx = reqctx.WithRequest(ctx, requestDetails)
 	if s.moduleExecutionTracing {
 		ctx = reqctx.WithModuleExecutionTracing(ctx)