diff --git a/libmozevent/phabricator.py b/libmozevent/phabricator.py
index a011e4b..daf2b2c 100644
--- a/libmozevent/phabricator.py
+++ b/libmozevent/phabricator.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 import structlog
 from libmozdata.phabricator import PhabricatorAPI
 
+from libmozevent.utils import get_session
+
 logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -21,10 +23,16 @@ class PhabricatorBuild(object):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, request):
-        self.diff_id = int(request.rel_url.query.get("diff", 0))
-        self.repo_phid = request.rel_url.query.get("repo")
-        self.revision_id = int(request.rel_url.query.get("revision", 0))
-        self.target_phid = request.rel_url.query.get("target")
+        self.diff_id = int(
+            get_session("phabricator", request).rel_url.query.get("diff", 0)
+        )
+        self.repo_phid = get_session("phabricator", request).rel_url.query.get("repo")
+        self.revision_id = int(
+            get_session("phabricator", request).rel_url.query.get("revision", 0)
+        )
+        self.target_phid = get_session("phabricator", request).rel_url.query.get(
+            "target"
+        )
         self.state = PhabricatorBuildState.Queued
         # Incremented on an unexpected failure during build's push to try
         self.retries = 0
diff --git a/libmozevent/utils.py b/libmozevent/utils.py
index c8c6d2b..8e2bbaa 100644
--- a/libmozevent/utils.py
+++ b/libmozevent/utils.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import os
 import signal
 import time
+from functools import lru_cache
 from typing import Iterable
 
 import hglib
@@ -22,10 +23,29 @@
 from redis.exceptions import ResponseError
 from redis.exceptions import TimeoutError
 from redis.exceptions import WatchError
+from requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry import Retry
 
 log = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
 
 
+@lru_cache(maxsize=None)
+def get_session(name: str, requests):
+    session = requests.Session()
+
+    retry = Retry(total=9, backoff_factor=1, status_forcelist=[429, 500, 502, 503, 504])
+
+    # Default HTTPAdapter uses 10 connections. Mount custom adapter to increase
+    # that limit. Connections are established as needed, so using a large value
+    # should not negatively impact performance.
+    http_adapter = requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(
+        pool_connections=50, pool_maxsize=50, max_retries=retry
+    )
+    session.mount("https://", http_adapter)
+    session.mount("http://", http_adapter)
+
+    return session
+
+
 def run_tasks(awaitables: Iterable, bus_to_restore=None):
     """
     Helper to run tasks concurrently.