1. A method for execution by computing device within a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method comprises: monitoring processing status of a plurality of pending DSN access requests, wherein a pending DSN access request of the plurality of pending DSN access requests includes a set of access requests regarding a set of encoded data slices, wherein the set of access requests is sent to dispersed storage (DS) units of the DSN, and wherein less than a desired number of the DS units have favorably responded to the set of access requests; interpreting the processing status of the plurality of pending DSN access requests to detect a processing anomaly of one of the plurality of pending DSN access requests; reprioritizing further processing of at least one of: the one of the plurality of pending DSN access requests having the processing anomaly; and another one or more of the plurality of pending DSN access requests; and sending notice of the reprioritized further processing to one or more of the DS units.