diff --git a/lib/hydro.js b/lib/hydro.js
index 56fdfa569994..d45e3c70e713 100644
--- a/lib/hydro.js
+++ b/lib/hydro.js
@@ -3,26 +3,10 @@ import fetch from 'node-fetch'
 import statsd from '../lib/statsd.js'
 import FailBot from '../lib/failbot.js'
 
-const SCHEMAS = {
-  page: 'docs.v0.PageEvent',
-  exit: 'docs.v0.ExitEvent',
-  link: 'docs.v0.LinkEvent',
-  search: 'docs.v0.SearchEvent',
-  searchResult: 'docs.v0.SearchResultEvent',
-  navigate: 'docs.v0.NavigateEvent',
-  survey: 'docs.v0.SurveyEvent',
-  experiment: 'docs.v0.ExperimentEvent',
-  redirect: 'docs.v0.RedirectEvent',
-  clipboard: 'docs.v0.ClipboardEvent',
-  print: 'docs.v0.PrintEvent',
-  preference: 'docs.v0.PreferenceEvent',
-}
-
 export default class Hydro {
   constructor({ secret, endpoint } = {}) {
     this.secret = secret || process.env.HYDRO_SECRET
     this.endpoint = endpoint || process.env.HYDRO_ENDPOINT
-    this.schemas = SCHEMAS
   }
 
   /**
@@ -47,20 +31,14 @@ export default class Hydro {
    * @param {any} value
    */
   async publish(schema, value) {
-    return this.publishMany([{ schema, value }])
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Publish multiple events to Hydro
-   * @param {[{ schema: string, value: any }]} events
-   */
-  async publishMany(events) {
     const body = JSON.stringify({
-      events: events.map(({ schema, value }) => ({
-        schema,
-        value: JSON.stringify(value), // We must double-encode the value property
-        cluster: 'potomac', // We only have ability to publish externally to potomac cluster
-      })),
+      events: [
+        {
+          schema,
+          value: JSON.stringify(value), // We must double-encode the value property
+          cluster: 'potomac', // We only have ability to publish externally to potomac cluster
+        },
+      ],
     })
     const token = this.generatePayloadHmac(body)
 
@@ -81,23 +59,24 @@ export default class Hydro {
     statsd.increment(`hydro.response_code.${res.status}`, 1, statTags)
     statsd.increment('hydro.response_code.all', 1, statTags)
 
-    // Track hydro exceptions in Sentry, but don't track 503s because we can't do anything about service availability
-    if (!res.ok && res.status !== 503) {
+    // Track hydro exceptions in Sentry,
+    // but don't track 5xx because we can't do anything about service availability
+    if (!res.ok && res.status < 500) {
       const err = new Error(`Hydro request failed: ${res.statusText}`)
       err.status = res.status
 
+      const failures = await res.text()
+
       FailBot.report(err, {
         hydroStatus: res.status,
         hydroText: res.statusText,
+        hydroFailures: failures,
       })
 
       // If the Hydro request failed as an "Unprocessable Entity", log it for diagnostics
       if (res.status === 422) {
-        const failures = await res.json()
         console.error(
-          `Hydro schema validation failed:\n - Request: ${body}\n - Failures: ${JSON.stringify(
-            failures
-          )}`
+          `Hydro schema validation failed:\n - Request: ${body}\n - Failures: ${failures}`
         )
       }
 
diff --git a/lib/schema-event.js b/lib/schema-event.js
index edf98df7b016..62d98c9668e1 100644
--- a/lib/schema-event.js
+++ b/lib/schema-event.js
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ const preferenceSchema = {
   },
 }
 
-export default {
+export const eventSchema = {
   oneOf: [
     pageSchema,
     exitSchema,
@@ -477,3 +477,18 @@ export default {
     preferenceSchema,
   ],
 }
+
+export const hydroNames = {
+  page: 'docs.v0.PageEvent',
+  exit: 'docs.v0.ExitEvent',
+  link: 'docs.v0.LinkEvent',
+  search: 'docs.v0.SearchEvent',
+  searchResult: 'docs.v0.SearchResultEvent',
+  navigate: 'docs.v0.NavigateEvent',
+  survey: 'docs.v0.SurveyEvent',
+  experiment: 'docs.v0.ExperimentEvent',
+  redirect: 'docs.v0.RedirectEvent',
+  clipboard: 'docs.v0.ClipboardEvent',
+  print: 'docs.v0.PrintEvent',
+  preference: 'docs.v0.PreferenceEvent',
+}
diff --git a/middleware/events.js b/middleware/events.js
index cc93fc52dc03..11e8b9a373c5 100644
--- a/middleware/events.js
+++ b/middleware/events.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import express from 'express'
 import { omit } from 'lodash-es'
 import Ajv from 'ajv'
 import addFormats from 'ajv-formats'
-import schema from '../lib/schema-event.js'
+import { eventSchema, hydroNames } from '../lib/schema-event.js'
 
 const OMIT_FIELDS = ['type']
 
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ router.post('/', async function postEvents(req, res, next) {
   const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
   const fields = omit(req.body, '_csrf')
 
-  if (!ajv.validate(schema, fields)) {
+  if (!ajv.validate(eventSchema, fields)) {
     return res.status(400).json(isDev ? ajv.errorsText() : {})
   }
 
   if (req.hydro.maySend()) {
     // intentionally don't await this async request
     // so that the http response afterwards is sent immediately
-    req.hydro.publish(req.hydro.schemas[fields.type], omit(fields, OMIT_FIELDS)).catch((e) => {
+    req.hydro.publish(hydroNames[fields.type], omit(fields, OMIT_FIELDS)).catch((e) => {
       if (isDev) console.error(e)
     })
   }
diff --git a/tests/unit/hydro.js b/tests/unit/hydro.js
index 993c6538a4cc..3985154a71ef 100644
--- a/tests/unit/hydro.js
+++ b/tests/unit/hydro.js
@@ -36,30 +36,6 @@ describe('hydro', () => {
     })
   })
 
-  describe('#publishMany', () => {
-    it('publishes multiple events to Hydro', async () => {
-      await hydro.publishMany([
-        { schema: 'event-name', value: { pizza: true } },
-        { schema: 'other-name', value: { salad: false } },
-      ])
-
-      expect(params).toEqual({
-        events: [
-          {
-            schema: 'event-name',
-            value: JSON.stringify({ pizza: true }),
-            cluster: 'potomac',
-          },
-          {
-            schema: 'other-name',
-            value: JSON.stringify({ salad: false }),
-            cluster: 'potomac',
-          },
-        ],
-      })
-    })
-  })
-
   describe('#generatePayloadHmac', () => {
     it('returns a SHA256 HMAC string', () => {
       const body = JSON.stringify({ pizza: true })