diff --git a/include/util/taoserror.h b/include/util/taoserror.h
index 5106196ccd..1e04cbf6e3 100644
--- a/include/util/taoserror.h
+++ b/include/util/taoserror.h
@@ -541,7 +541,8 @@ int32_t* taosGetErrno();
 #define TSDB_CODE_SYN_BATCH_ERROR               TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0913)
 #define TSDB_CODE_SYN_RESTORING                 TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0914)
 #define TSDB_CODE_SYN_INVALID_SNAPSHOT_MSG      TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0915)  // internal
-#define TSDB_CODE_SYN_BUFFER_FULL               TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0916)  //
+#define TSDB_CODE_SYN_BUFFER_FULL               TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0916)
+#define TSDB_CODE_SYN_WRITE_STALL               TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0917)
 #define TSDB_CODE_SYN_INTERNAL_ERROR            TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x09FF)
 
 // tq
diff --git a/source/libs/sync/src/syncMain.c b/source/libs/sync/src/syncMain.c
index 04e4859c5e..592fe7ce7f 100644
--- a/source/libs/sync/src/syncMain.c
+++ b/source/libs/sync/src/syncMain.c
@@ -2165,8 +2165,8 @@ int32_t syncNodeAppend(SSyncNode* ths, SSyncRaftEntry* pEntry) {
   // append to log buffer
   if (syncLogBufferAppend(ths->pLogBuf, ths, pEntry) < 0) {
     sError("vgId:%d, failed to enqueue sync log buffer, index:%" PRId64, ths->vgId, pEntry->index);
-    terrno = TSDB_CODE_SYN_BUFFER_FULL;
-    (void)syncLogFsmExecute(ths, ths->pFsm, ths->state, raftStoreGetTerm(ths), pEntry, TSDB_CODE_SYN_BUFFER_FULL);
+    ASSERT(terrno != 0);
+    (void)syncLogFsmExecute(ths, ths->pFsm, ths->state, raftStoreGetTerm(ths), pEntry, terrno);
     syncEntryDestroy(pEntry);
     return -1;
   }
diff --git a/source/libs/sync/src/syncPipeline.c b/source/libs/sync/src/syncPipeline.c
index 0dc723e316..e28a2a6872 100644
--- a/source/libs/sync/src/syncPipeline.c
+++ b/source/libs/sync/src/syncPipeline.c
@@ -48,7 +48,16 @@ int32_t syncLogBufferAppend(SSyncLogBuffer* pBuf, SSyncNode* pNode, SSyncRaftEnt
   SyncIndex index = pEntry->index;
 
   if (index - pBuf->startIndex >= pBuf->size) {
-    sError("vgId:%d, failed to append due to sync log buffer full. index:%" PRId64 "", pNode->vgId, index);
+    terrno = TSDB_CODE_SYN_BUFFER_FULL;
+    sError("vgId:%d, failed to append since %s. index:%" PRId64 "", pNode->vgId, terrstr(), index);
+    goto _err;
+  }
+
+  SyncIndex appliedIndex = pNode->pFsm->FpAppliedIndexCb(pNode->pFsm);
+  if (index - appliedIndex >= pBuf->size) {
+    terrno = TSDB_CODE_SYN_WRITE_STALL;
+    sError("vgId:%d, failed to append since %s. index:%" PRId64 ", commit-index:%" PRId64 ", applied-index:%" PRId64,
+           pNode->vgId, terrstr(), index, pBuf->commitIndex, appliedIndex);
     goto _err;
   }
 
diff --git a/source/util/src/terror.c b/source/util/src/terror.c
index 33b562c8dd..8340a82761 100644
--- a/source/util/src/terror.c
+++ b/source/util/src/terror.c
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_SYN_BATCH_ERROR,              "Sync batch error")
 TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_SYN_RESTORING,                "Sync is restoring")
 TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_SYN_INVALID_SNAPSHOT_MSG,     "Sync invalid snapshot msg")
 TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_SYN_BUFFER_FULL,              "Sync buffer is full")
+TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_SYN_WRITE_STALL,              "Sync write stall")
 TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_SYN_INTERNAL_ERROR,           "Sync internal error")
 
 //tq