diff --git a/infer/src/base/ProcessPool.ml b/infer/src/base/ProcessPool.ml
index 21b91aa60..87edb0916 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/ProcessPool.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/ProcessPool.ml
@@ -90,23 +90,25 @@ let rec really_read ?(pos = 0) ~len fd ~buf =
     really_read ~pos:(pos + read) ~len:(len - read) fd ~buf
 
 
-(** return [true] if the [file_descr] is ready for reading after at most [timeout] has
-     elapsed *)
+(** return a list of all updates coming from workers. The first update is expected for up to the 
+    timeout [refresh_timeout].  After that, all already received updates are consumed but with zero timeout. 
+    If there is none left, return the list. *)
 let wait_for_updates pool buffer =
-  let file_descr = pool.children_updates in
-  (* Use select(2) so that we can both wait on the pipe of children updates and wait for a
+  let rec aux acc ~timeout =
+    let file_descr = pool.children_updates in
+    (* Use select(2) so that we can both wait on the pipe of children updates and wait for a
      timeout. The timeout is for giving a chance to the taskbar of refreshing from time to time,
      as well as for checking for new work where none were previously available. *)
-  let {Unix.Select_fds.read= read_fds} =
-    Unix.select ~read:[file_descr] ~write:[] ~except:[] ~timeout:refresh_timeout ()
-  in
-  match read_fds with
-  | _ :: _ :: _ ->
-      assert false
-  | [] ->
-      (* not ready *) None
-  | [_file_descr] ->
-      (* Read one OCaml value at a time. This is done by first reading the header of the marshalled
+    let {Unix.Select_fds.read= read_fds} =
+      Unix.select ~read:[file_descr] ~write:[] ~except:[] ~timeout ()
+    in
+    match read_fds with
+    | _ :: _ :: _ ->
+        assert false
+    | [] ->
+        (* no updates, break loop *) acc
+    | [_file_descr] ->
+        (* Read one OCaml value at a time. This is done by first reading the header of the marshalled
        value (fixed size), then get the total size of the data from that header, then request a
        read of the full OCaml value.
 
@@ -119,10 +121,12 @@ let wait_for_updates pool buffer =
        as much as possible eagerly. This can empty the pipe without us having a way to tell that
        there is more to read anymore since the [select] call will return that there is nothing to
        read. *)
-      really_read pool.children_updates ~buf:buffer ~len:Marshal.header_size ;
-      let data_size = Marshal.data_size buffer 0 in
-      really_read pool.children_updates ~buf:buffer ~pos:Marshal.header_size ~len:data_size ;
-      Some (Marshal.from_bytes buffer 0)
+        really_read pool.children_updates ~buf:buffer ~len:Marshal.header_size ;
+        let data_size = Marshal.data_size buffer 0 in
+        really_read pool.children_updates ~buf:buffer ~pos:Marshal.header_size ~len:data_size ;
+        aux (Marshal.from_bytes buffer 0 :: acc) ~timeout:`Immediately
+  in
+  aux [] ~timeout:refresh_timeout |> List.rev
 
 
 let wait_for_updates pool buffer =
@@ -221,7 +225,7 @@ let process_updates pool buffer =
   |> Option.iter ~f:(fun (slot, status) ->
          killall pool ~slot (Unix.Exit_or_signal.to_string_hum status) ) ;
   wait_for_updates pool buffer
-  |> Option.iter ~f:(function
+  |> List.iter ~f:(function
        | UpdateStatus (slot, t, status) ->
            TaskBar.update_status pool.task_bar ~slot t status
        | Crash slot ->