Several fixes to worker logic #110

Job	Run time
DLCLive Compatibility • github-main	57s
Unit + Smoke (no hardware) • windows-latest • py3.11	2m 37s
Unit + Smoke (no hardware) • macos-latest • py3.10	2m 5s
Unit + Smoke (no hardware) • ubuntu-latest • py3.11	1m 50s
DLCLive Compatibility • pypi-1.1	1m 19s
Unit + Smoke (no hardware) • macos-latest • py3.11	2m 2s
Unit + Smoke (no hardware) • macos-latest • py3.12	1m 58s
Unit + Smoke (no hardware) • windows-latest • py3.10	6m 15s
Unit + Smoke (no hardware) • windows-latest • py3.12	3m 6s
Unit + Smoke (no hardware) • ubuntu-latest • py3.10	2m 9s
Unit + Smoke (no hardware) • ubuntu-latest • py3.12	2m 26s
	26m 44s

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