diff --git a/src/rust/engine/src/externs/interface.rs b/src/rust/engine/src/externs/interface.rs
index 802b07ef36ea..38b1b9dda0fb 100644
--- a/src/rust/engine/src/externs/interface.rs
+++ b/src/rust/engine/src/externs/interface.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ use pyo3::prelude::{
   PyResult as PyO3Result, Python,
 };
 use pyo3::types::{PyBytes, PyDict, PyList, PyTuple, PyType};
-use pyo3::{create_exception, IntoPy, PyAny};
+use pyo3::{create_exception, IntoPy, PyAny, PyRef};
 use regex::Regex;
 use rule_graph::{self, RuleGraph};
 use task_executor::Executor;
@@ -839,36 +839,50 @@ async fn workunits_to_py_tuple_value(
 
 #[pyfunction]
 fn session_poll_workunits(
-  py: Python,
-  py_scheduler: &PyScheduler,
-  py_session: &PySession,
+  py_scheduler: PyObject,
+  py_session: PyObject,
   max_log_verbosity_level: u64,
 ) -> PyO3Result<PyObject> {
-  let py_level: PythonLogLevel = max_log_verbosity_level
-    .try_into()
-    .map_err(|e| PyException::new_err(format!("{}", e)))?;
-  let core = &py_scheduler.0.core;
-  core.executor.enter(|| {
-    let (started, completed) = py.allow_threads(|| {
-      py_session
-        .0
-        .workunit_store()
-        .latest_workunits(py_level.into())
-    });
+  // TODO: Black magic. PyObject is not marked UnwindSafe, and contains an UnsafeCell. Since PyO3
+  // only allows us to receive `pyfunction` arguments as `PyObject` (or references under a held
+  // GIL), we cannot do what it does to use `catch_unwind` which would be interacting with
+  // `catch_unwind` while the object is still a raw pointer, and unchecked.
+  //
+  // Instead, we wrap the call, and assert that it is safe. It really might not be though. So this
+  // code should only live long enough to shake out the current issue, and an upstream issue with
+  // PyO3 will be the long term solution.
+  let py_scheduler = std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe(py_scheduler);
+  let py_session = std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe(py_session);
+  std::panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+    let (core, session, py_level) = {
+      let gil = Python::acquire_gil();
+      let py = gil.python();
+
+      let py_scheduler = py_scheduler.extract::<PyRef<PyScheduler>>(py)?;
+      let py_session = py_session.extract::<PyRef<PySession>>(py)?;
+      let py_level: PythonLogLevel = max_log_verbosity_level
+        .try_into()
+        .map_err(|e| PyException::new_err(format!("{}", e)))?;
+      (py_scheduler.0.core.clone(), py_session.0.clone(), py_level)
+    };
+    core.executor.enter(|| {
+      let (started, completed) = session.workunit_store().latest_workunits(py_level.into());
 
-    let started_val = core.executor.block_on(workunits_to_py_tuple_value(
-      py,
-      started,
-      core,
-      &py_session.0,
-    ))?;
-    let completed_val = core.executor.block_on(workunits_to_py_tuple_value(
-      py,
-      completed,
-      core,
-      &py_session.0,
-    ))?;
-    Ok(externs::store_tuple(py, vec![started_val, completed_val]).into())
+      let gil = Python::acquire_gil();
+      let py = gil.python();
+
+      let started_val = core
+        .executor
+        .block_on(workunits_to_py_tuple_value(py, started, &core, &session))?;
+      let completed_val = core
+        .executor
+        .block_on(workunits_to_py_tuple_value(py, completed, &core, &session))?;
+      Ok(externs::store_tuple(py, vec![started_val, completed_val]).into())
+    })
+  })
+  .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+    log::warn!("Panic in `session_poll_workunits`: {:?}", e);
+    std::panic::resume_unwind(e);
   })
 }