diff --git a/src/rpc/inc/rpcTcp.h b/src/rpc/inc/rpcTcp.h
index 40fab00056..6ef8fc2d92 100644
--- a/src/rpc/inc/rpcTcp.h
+++ b/src/rpc/inc/rpcTcp.h
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 void *taosInitTcpServer(uint32_t ip, uint16_t port, char *label, int numOfThreads, void *fp, void *shandle);
+void taosStopTcpServer(void *param);
 void taosCleanUpTcpServer(void *param);
 
 void *taosInitTcpClient(uint32_t ip, uint16_t port, char *label, int num, void *fp, void *shandle);
+void taosStopTcpClient(void *chandle);
 void taosCleanUpTcpClient(void *chandle);
 void *taosOpenTcpClientConnection(void *shandle, void *thandle, uint32_t ip, uint16_t port);
 
diff --git a/src/rpc/inc/rpcUdp.h b/src/rpc/inc/rpcUdp.h
index fd60f4a089..c1da6a9240 100644
--- a/src/rpc/inc/rpcUdp.h
+++ b/src/rpc/inc/rpcUdp.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "taosdef.h"
 
 void *taosInitUdpConnection(uint32_t ip, uint16_t port, char *label, int, void *fp, void *shandle);
+void  taosStopUdpConnection(void *handle);
 void  taosCleanUpUdpConnection(void *handle);
 int   taosSendUdpData(uint32_t ip, uint16_t port, void *data, int dataLen, void *chandle);
 void *taosOpenUdpConnection(void *shandle, void *thandle, uint32_t ip, uint16_t port);
diff --git a/src/rpc/src/rpcMain.c b/src/rpc/src/rpcMain.c
index 007a511adf..f48d207d7b 100644
--- a/src/rpc/src/rpcMain.c
+++ b/src/rpc/src/rpcMain.c
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ void (*taosCleanUpConn[])(void *thandle) = {
     taosCleanUpTcpClient
 };
 
+void (*taosStopConn[])(void *thandle) = {
+    taosStopUdpConnection, 
+    taosStopUdpConnection, 
+    taosStopTcpServer,
+    taosStopTcpClient,
+};
+
 int (*taosSendData[])(uint32_t ip, uint16_t port, void *data, int len, void *chandle) = {
     taosSendUdpData, 
     taosSendUdpData, 
@@ -289,12 +296,18 @@ void *rpcOpen(const SRpcInit *pInit) {
 void rpcClose(void *param) {
   SRpcInfo *pRpc = (SRpcInfo *)param;
 
+  // stop connection to outside first
+  (*taosStopConn[pRpc->connType | RPC_CONN_TCP])(pRpc->tcphandle);
+  (*taosStopConn[pRpc->connType])(pRpc->udphandle);
+
+  // close all connections 
   for (int i = 0; i < pRpc->sessions; ++i) {
     if (pRpc->connList && pRpc->connList[i].user[0]) {
       rpcCloseConn((void *)(pRpc->connList + i));
     }
   }
 
+  // clean up
   (*taosCleanUpConn[pRpc->connType | RPC_CONN_TCP])(pRpc->tcphandle);
   (*taosCleanUpConn[pRpc->connType])(pRpc->udphandle);
 
@@ -588,6 +601,7 @@ static void rpcReleaseConn(SRpcConn *pConn) {
   pConn->inTranId = 0;
   pConn->outTranId = 0;
   pConn->secured = 0;
+  pConn->peerId = 0;
   pConn->peerIp = 0;
   pConn->peerPort = 0;
   pConn->pReqMsg = NULL;
@@ -627,6 +641,7 @@ static SRpcConn *rpcAllocateClientConn(SRpcInfo *pRpc) {
     pConn->spi = pRpc->spi;
     pConn->encrypt = pRpc->encrypt;
     if (pConn->spi) memcpy(pConn->secret, pRpc->secret, TSDB_KEY_LEN);
+    tTrace("%s %p client connection is allocated", pRpc->label, pConn);
   }
 
   return pConn;
@@ -681,6 +696,7 @@ static SRpcConn *rpcAllocateServerConn(SRpcInfo *pRpc, SRecvInfo *pRecv) {
     }
   
     taosHashPut(pRpc->hash, hashstr, size, (char *)&pConn, POINTER_BYTES);
+    tTrace("%s %p server connection is allocated", pRpc->label, pConn);
   }
 
   return pConn;
diff --git a/src/rpc/src/rpcTcp.c b/src/rpc/src/rpcTcp.c
index 5d156492c7..aa94accceb 100644
--- a/src/rpc/src/rpcTcp.c
+++ b/src/rpc/src/rpcTcp.c
@@ -190,22 +190,28 @@ static void taosStopTcpThread(SThreadObj* pThreadObj) {
   }
 }
 
-
-void taosCleanUpTcpServer(void *handle) {
+void taosStopTcpServer(void *handle) {
   SServerObj *pServerObj = handle;
-  SThreadObj *pThreadObj;
 
   if (pServerObj == NULL) return;
   if(pServerObj->fd >=0) shutdown(pServerObj->fd, SHUT_RD);
   if(pServerObj->thread) pthread_join(pServerObj->thread, NULL);
 
+  tTrace("%s TCP server is stopped", pServerObj->label);
+}
+
+void taosCleanUpTcpServer(void *handle) {
+  SServerObj *pServerObj = handle;
+  SThreadObj *pThreadObj;
+  if (pServerObj == NULL) return;
+
   for (int i = 0; i < pServerObj->numOfThreads; ++i) {
     pThreadObj = pServerObj->pThreadObj + i;
     taosStopTcpThread(pThreadObj);
     pthread_mutex_destroy(&(pThreadObj->mutex));
   }
 
-  tTrace("TCP:%s, TCP server is cleaned up", pServerObj->label);
+  tTrace("%s TCP server is cleaned up", pServerObj->label);
 
   tfree(pServerObj->pThreadObj);
   tfree(pServerObj);
@@ -226,7 +232,7 @@ static void *taosAcceptTcpConnection(void *arg) {
     connFd = accept(pServerObj->fd, (struct sockaddr *)&caddr, &addrlen);
     if (connFd == -1) {
       if (errno == EINVAL) {
-        tTrace("%s TCP server socket was shutdown, exiting...", pServerObj->label);
+        tTrace("%s TCP server stop accepting new connections, exiting", pServerObj->label);
         break;
       }
 
@@ -304,12 +310,19 @@ void *taosInitTcpClient(uint32_t ip, uint16_t port, char *label, int num, void *
   return pThreadObj;
 }
 
+void taosStopTcpClient(void *chandle) {
+  SThreadObj *pThreadObj = chandle;
+  if (pThreadObj == NULL) return;
+
+  tTrace ("%s TCP client is stopped", pThreadObj->label);
+}
+
 void taosCleanUpTcpClient(void *chandle) {
   SThreadObj *pThreadObj = chandle;
   if (pThreadObj == NULL) return;
 
   taosStopTcpThread(pThreadObj);
-  tTrace ("%s, all connections are cleaned up", pThreadObj->label);
+  tTrace ("%s TCP client is cleaned up", pThreadObj->label);
 
   tfree(pThreadObj);
 }
diff --git a/src/rpc/src/rpcUdp.c b/src/rpc/src/rpcUdp.c
index 41446f87fb..f88db3a226 100644
--- a/src/rpc/src/rpcUdp.c
+++ b/src/rpc/src/rpcUdp.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #define RPC_MAX_UDP_SIZE 65480
 
 typedef struct {
-  void           *signature;
   int             index;
   int             fd;
   uint16_t        port;       // peer port
@@ -111,7 +110,6 @@ void *taosInitUdpConnection(uint32_t ip, uint16_t port, char *label, int threads
     pConn->processData = fp;
     pConn->index = i;
     pConn->pSet = pSet;
-    pConn->signature = pConn;
 
     int code = pthread_create(&pConn->thread, &thAttr, taosRecvUdpData, pConn);
     if (code != 0) {
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@ void *taosInitUdpConnection(uint32_t ip, uint16_t port, char *label, int threads
   return pSet;
 }
 
-void taosCleanUpUdpConnection(void *handle) {
+void taosStopUdpConnection(void *handle) {
   SUdpConnSet *pSet = (SUdpConnSet *)handle;
   SUdpConn    *pConn;
 
@@ -140,8 +138,6 @@ void taosCleanUpUdpConnection(void *handle) {
 
   for (int i = 0; i < pSet->threads; ++i) {
     pConn = pSet->udpConn + i;
-    pConn->signature = NULL;
-
     if (pConn->fd >=0) shutdown(pConn->fd, SHUT_RDWR);
     if (pConn->fd >=0) taosCloseSocket(pConn->fd);
   }
@@ -150,9 +146,24 @@ void taosCleanUpUdpConnection(void *handle) {
     pConn = pSet->udpConn + i;
     if (pConn->thread) pthread_join(pConn->thread, NULL);
     tfree(pConn->buffer);
-    tTrace("%s UDP thread is closed, inedx:%d", pConn->label, i);
+    // tTrace("%s UDP thread is closed, index:%d", pConn->label, i);
   }
 
+  tTrace("%s UDP is stopped", pSet->label);
+}
+
+void taosCleanUpUdpConnection(void *handle) {
+  SUdpConnSet *pSet = (SUdpConnSet *)handle;
+  SUdpConn    *pConn;
+
+  if (pSet == NULL) return;
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < pSet->threads; ++i) {
+    pConn = pSet->udpConn + i;
+    if (pConn->fd >=0) taosCloseSocket(pConn->fd);
+  }
+
+  tTrace("%s UDP is cleaned up", pSet->label);
   tfree(pSet);
 }
 
@@ -185,7 +196,7 @@ static void *taosRecvUdpData(void *param) {
   while (1) {
     dataLen = recvfrom(pConn->fd, pConn->buffer, RPC_MAX_UDP_SIZE, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&sourceAdd, &addLen);
     if(dataLen <= 0) {
-      tTrace("%s UDP socket was closed, exiting", pConn->label);
+      tTrace("%s UDP socket was closed, exiting(%s)", pConn->label, strerror(errno));
       break;
     }
 
@@ -221,7 +232,7 @@ static void *taosRecvUdpData(void *param) {
 int taosSendUdpData(uint32_t ip, uint16_t port, void *data, int dataLen, void *chandle) {
   SUdpConn *pConn = (SUdpConn *)chandle;
 
-  if (pConn == NULL || pConn->signature != pConn) return -1;
+  if (pConn == NULL) return -1;
 
   struct sockaddr_in destAdd;
   memset(&destAdd, 0, sizeof(destAdd));