diff --git a/crates/net/network/src/transactions/fetcher.rs b/crates/net/network/src/transactions/fetcher.rs
index a9243643bd55..bb57b5744dea 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/src/transactions/fetcher.rs
+++ b/crates/net/network/src/transactions/fetcher.rs
@@ -240,32 +240,20 @@ impl TransactionFetcher {
         surplus_hashes
     }
 
-    pub(super) fn buffer_hashes_for_retry(&mut self, mut hashes: Vec<TxHash>) {
-        // It could be that the txns have been received over broadcast in the time being.
-        hashes.retain(|hash| self.unknown_hashes.peek(hash).is_some());
+    pub(super) fn buffer_hashes_for_retry(&mut self, hashes: Vec<TxHash>) {
         self.buffer_hashes(hashes, None)
     }
 
     /// Buffers hashes. Note: Only peers that haven't yet tried to request the hashes should be
     /// passed as `fallback_peer` parameter! Hashes that have been re-requested
     /// [`MAX_REQUEST_RETRIES_PER_TX_HASH`], are dropped.
-    pub(super) fn buffer_hashes(
-        &mut self,
-        hashes: impl IntoIterator<Item = TxHash>,
-        fallback_peer: Option<PeerId>,
-    ) {
+    pub(super) fn buffer_hashes(&mut self, mut hashes: Vec<TxHash>, fallback_peer: Option<PeerId>) {
         let mut max_retried_and_evicted_hashes = vec![];
 
-        for hash in hashes {
-            // todo: enforce by adding new types UnknownTxHash66 and UnknownTxHash68
-            debug_assert!(
-                self.unknown_hashes.peek(&hash).is_some(),
-                "`%hash` in `@buffered_hashes` that's not in `@unknown_hashes`, `@buffered_hashes` should be a subset of keys in `@unknown_hashes`, broken invariant `@buffered_hashes` and `@unknown_hashes`,
-`%hash`: {},
-`@self`: {:?}",
-                hash, self
-            );
+        // It could be that the txns have been received over broadcast in the time being.
+        hashes.retain(|hash| self.unknown_hashes.peek(hash).is_some());
 
+        for hash in hashes {
             let Some((retries, peers)) = self.unknown_hashes.get(&hash) else { return };
 
             if let Some(peer_id) = fallback_peer {
@@ -434,6 +422,21 @@ impl TransactionFetcher {
 
         *inflight_count += 1;
 
+        debug_assert!(
+            || -> bool {
+                for hash in &new_announced_hashes {
+                    if self.buffered_hashes.contains(hash) {
+                        return false
+                    }
+                }
+                true
+            }(),
+            "`%new_announced_hashes` should been taken out of buffer before packing in a request, breaks invariant `@buffered_hashes` and `@inflight_requests`,
+`%new_announced_hashes`: {:?}, 
+`@self`: {:?}",
+            new_announced_hashes, self
+        );
+
         let (response, rx) = oneshot::channel();
         let req: PeerRequest = PeerRequest::GetPooledTransactions {
             request: GetPooledTransactions(new_announced_hashes.clone()),
@@ -448,28 +451,11 @@ impl TransactionFetcher {
                     // need to do some cleanup so
                     let req = req.into_get_pooled_transactions().expect("is get pooled tx");
 
-                    // we know that the peer is the only entry in the map, so we can remove all
-                    self.remove_from_unknown_hashes(req.0);
+                    metrics_increment_egress_peer_channel_full();
+                    return Some(req.0)
                 }
             }
-            metrics_increment_egress_peer_channel_full();
-            return Some(new_announced_hashes)
         } else {
-            debug_assert!(
-                || -> bool {
-                    for hash in &new_announced_hashes {
-                        if self.buffered_hashes.contains(hash) {
-                            return false
-                        }
-                    }
-                    true
-                }(),
-                "`%new_announced_hashes` should been taken out of buffer before packing in a request, breaks invariant `@buffered_hashes` and `@inflight_requests`,
-`%new_announced_hashes`: {:?}, 
-`@self`: {:?}",
-                new_announced_hashes, self
-            );
-
             // stores a new request future for the request
             self.inflight_requests.push(GetPooledTxRequestFut::new(
                 peer_id,