diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/StressSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/StressSpec.scala
index 1a25800899..f794ad6f50 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/StressSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/StressSpec.scala
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import scala.collection.immutable
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom
+
 import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterEach
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
@@ -39,7 +40,9 @@ import akka.actor.ActorIdentity
 import akka.util.Helpers.ConfigOps
 import akka.util.Helpers.Requiring
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory
+
 import akka.remote.RARP
+import akka.remote.artery.ArterySettings.AeronUpd
 
 /**
  * This test is intended to be used as long running stress test
@@ -126,11 +129,6 @@ private[cluster] object StressMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
     akka.loggers = ["akka.testkit.TestEventListener"]
     akka.loglevel = INFO
     akka.remote.log-remote-lifecycle-events = off
-
-    akka.remote.artery.advanced.aeron {
-      idle-cpu-level = 1
-    }
-
     akka.actor.default-dispatcher.fork-join-executor {
       parallelism-min = 8
       parallelism-max = 8
@@ -723,6 +721,8 @@ abstract class StressSpec
 
   def isArteryEnabled: Boolean = RARP(system).provider.remoteSettings.Artery.Enabled
 
+  def isAeronUdpTransport: Boolean = RARP(system).provider.remoteSettings.Artery.Transport == AeronUpd
+
   def jvmInfo(): String = {
     val runtime = ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean
     val os = ManagementFactory.getOperatingSystemMXBean
@@ -1169,9 +1169,9 @@ abstract class StressSpec
       enterBarrier("after-" + step)
     }
 
-    // FIXME issue #21810
+    // Aeron UDP with embedded driver seems too heavy to get to pass
     // note: there must be one test step before pending, otherwise afterTermination will not run
-    if (isArteryEnabled) pending
+    if (isArteryEnabled && isAeronUdpTransport) pending
 
     "join seed nodes" taggedAs LongRunningTest in within(30 seconds) {
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemotingFlightRecorder.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemotingFlightRecorder.scala
index 5fb5031a14..d468dcf060 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemotingFlightRecorder.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemotingFlightRecorder.scala
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ object RemotingFlightRecorder extends ExtensionId[RemotingFlightRecorder] with E
         (classOf[ExtendedActorSystem], system) :: Nil) match {
         case Success(jfr) => jfr
         case Failure(ex) =>
-          system.log
-            .warning("Failed to load JFR remoting flight recorder, falling back to noop. Exception: {}", ex.getMessage)
+          system.log.warning("Failed to load JFR remoting flight recorder, falling back to noop. Exception: {}", ex)
           NoOpRemotingFlightRecorder
       } // fallback if not possible to dynamically load for some reason
     } else