diff --git a/source/libs/sync/inc/syncEnv.h b/source/libs/sync/inc/syncEnv.h
index 9fbea03265..c3679636e6 100644
--- a/source/libs/sync/inc/syncEnv.h
+++ b/source/libs/sync/inc/syncEnv.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "ttimer.h"
 
 #define TIMER_MAX_MS 0x7FFFFFFF
+#define ENV_TICK_TIMER_MS 1000
 #define PING_TIMER_MS 1000
 #define ELECT_TIMER_MS_MIN 150
 #define ELECT_TIMER_MS_MAX 300
@@ -38,17 +39,28 @@ extern "C" {
 #define EMPTY_RAFT_ID ((SRaftId){.addr = 0, .vgId = 0})
 
 typedef struct SSyncEnv {
-  tmr_h pEnvTickTimer;
+  // tick timer
+  tmr_h             pEnvTickTimer;
+  int32_t           envTickTimerMS;
+  uint64_t          envTickTimerLogicClock;
+  uint64_t          envTickTimerLogicClockUser;
+  TAOS_TMR_CALLBACK FpEnvTickTimer;  // Timer Fp
+  uint64_t          envTickTimerCounter;
+
+  // timer manager
   tmr_h pTimerManager;
-  char  name[128];
+
+  // other resources shared by SyncNodes
+  // ...
+
 } SSyncEnv;
 
 extern SSyncEnv* gSyncEnv;
 
 int32_t syncEnvStart();
 int32_t syncEnvStop();
-tmr_h   syncEnvStartTimer(TAOS_TMR_CALLBACK fp, int mseconds, void* param);
-void    syncEnvStopTimer(tmr_h* pTimer);
+int32_t syncEnvStartTimer();
+int32_t syncEnvStopTimer();
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/source/libs/sync/src/syncEnv.c b/source/libs/sync/src/syncEnv.c
index cb38b3f6f8..2830d2d4aa 100644
--- a/source/libs/sync/src/syncEnv.c
+++ b/source/libs/sync/src/syncEnv.c
@@ -19,19 +19,18 @@
 SSyncEnv *gSyncEnv = NULL;
 
 // local function -----------------
-static void    syncEnvTick(void *param, void *tmrId);
-static int32_t doSyncEnvStart(SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv);
-static int32_t doSyncEnvStop(SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv);
-static tmr_h   doSyncEnvStartTimer(SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv, TAOS_TMR_CALLBACK fp, int mseconds, void *param);
-static void    doSyncEnvStopTimer(SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv, tmr_h *pTimer);
+static SSyncEnv *doSyncEnvStart();
+static int32_t   doSyncEnvStop(SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv);
+static int32_t   doSyncEnvStartTimer(SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv);
+static int32_t   doSyncEnvStopTimer(SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv);
+static void      syncEnvTick(void *param, void *tmrId);
 // --------------------------------
 
 int32_t syncEnvStart() {
-  int32_t ret;
+  int32_t ret = 0;
   taosSeedRand(taosGetTimestampSec());
-  gSyncEnv = (SSyncEnv *)malloc(sizeof(SSyncEnv));
+  gSyncEnv = doSyncEnvStart(gSyncEnv);
   assert(gSyncEnv != NULL);
-  ret = doSyncEnvStart(gSyncEnv);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -40,31 +39,46 @@ int32_t syncEnvStop() {
   return ret;
 }
 
-tmr_h syncEnvStartTimer(TAOS_TMR_CALLBACK fp, int mseconds, void *param) {
-  return doSyncEnvStartTimer(gSyncEnv, fp, mseconds, param);
+int32_t syncEnvStartTimer() {
+  int32_t ret = doSyncEnvStartTimer(gSyncEnv);
+  return ret;
 }
 
-void syncEnvStopTimer(tmr_h *pTimer) { doSyncEnvStopTimer(gSyncEnv, pTimer); }
+int32_t syncEnvStopTimer() {
+  int32_t ret = doSyncEnvStopTimer(gSyncEnv);
+  return ret;
+}
 
 // local function -----------------
 static void syncEnvTick(void *param, void *tmrId) {
   SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv = (SSyncEnv *)param;
-  sTrace("syncEnvTick ... name:%s ", pSyncEnv->name);
+  if (atomic_load_64(&pSyncEnv->envTickTimerLogicClockUser) <= atomic_load_64(&pSyncEnv->envTickTimerLogicClock)) {
+    ++(pSyncEnv->envTickTimerCounter);
+    sTrace(
+        "syncEnvTick ... envTickTimerLogicClockUser:%lu, envTickTimerLogicClock:%lu, envTickTimerCounter:%lu, "
+        "envTickTimerMS:%d",
+        pSyncEnv->envTickTimerLogicClockUser, pSyncEnv->envTickTimerLogicClock, pSyncEnv->envTickTimerCounter,
+        pSyncEnv->envTickTimerMS);
 
-  pSyncEnv->pEnvTickTimer = taosTmrStart(syncEnvTick, 1000, pSyncEnv, pSyncEnv->pTimerManager);
+    // do something, tick ...
+    taosTmrReset(syncEnvTick, pSyncEnv->envTickTimerMS, pSyncEnv, pSyncEnv->pTimerManager, &pSyncEnv->pEnvTickTimer);
+  }
 }
 
-static int32_t doSyncEnvStart(SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv) {
-  snprintf(pSyncEnv->name, sizeof(pSyncEnv->name), "SyncEnv_%p", pSyncEnv);
+static SSyncEnv *doSyncEnvStart() {
+  SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv = (SSyncEnv *)malloc(sizeof(SSyncEnv));
+  assert(pSyncEnv != NULL);
+  memset(pSyncEnv, 0, sizeof(pSyncEnv));
+
+  pSyncEnv->envTickTimerCounter = 0;
+  pSyncEnv->envTickTimerMS = ENV_TICK_TIMER_MS;
+  pSyncEnv->FpEnvTickTimer = syncEnvTick;
+  atomic_store_64(&pSyncEnv->envTickTimerLogicClock, 0);
+  atomic_store_64(&pSyncEnv->envTickTimerLogicClockUser, 0);
 
   // start tmr thread
   pSyncEnv->pTimerManager = taosTmrInit(1000, 50, 10000, "SYNC-ENV");
-
-  // pSyncEnv->pEnvTickTimer = taosTmrStart(syncEnvTick, 1000, pSyncEnv, pSyncEnv->pTimerManager);
-
-  sTrace("SyncEnv start ok, name:%s", pSyncEnv->name);
-
-  return 0;
+  return pSyncEnv;
 }
 
 static int32_t doSyncEnvStop(SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv) {
@@ -72,8 +86,17 @@ static int32_t doSyncEnvStop(SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv) {
   return 0;
 }
 
-static tmr_h doSyncEnvStartTimer(SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv, TAOS_TMR_CALLBACK fp, int mseconds, void *param) {
-  return taosTmrStart(fp, mseconds, pSyncEnv, pSyncEnv->pTimerManager);
+static int32_t doSyncEnvStartTimer(SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv) {
+  int32_t ret = 0;
+  pSyncEnv->pEnvTickTimer =
+      taosTmrStart(pSyncEnv->FpEnvTickTimer, pSyncEnv->envTickTimerMS, pSyncEnv, pSyncEnv->pTimerManager);
+  atomic_store_64(&pSyncEnv->envTickTimerLogicClock, pSyncEnv->envTickTimerLogicClockUser);
+  return ret;
 }
 
-static void doSyncEnvStopTimer(SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv, tmr_h *pTimer) {}
+static int32_t doSyncEnvStopTimer(SSyncEnv *pSyncEnv) {
+  atomic_add_fetch_64(&pSyncEnv->envTickTimerLogicClockUser, 1);
+  taosTmrStop(pSyncEnv->pEnvTickTimer);
+  pSyncEnv->pEnvTickTimer = NULL;
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/source/libs/sync/test/syncEnvTest.cpp b/source/libs/sync/test/syncEnvTest.cpp
index 101c0efe9a..a7a819e046 100644
--- a/source/libs/sync/test/syncEnvTest.cpp
+++ b/source/libs/sync/test/syncEnvTest.cpp
@@ -14,15 +14,6 @@ void logTest() {
   sFatal("--- sync log test: fatal");
 }
 
-void *pTimer = NULL;
-void *pTimerMgr = NULL;
-int   g = 300;
-
-static void timerFp(void *param, void *tmrId) {
-  printf("param:%p, tmrId:%p, pTimer:%p, pTimerMgr:%p \n", param, tmrId, pTimer, pTimerMgr);
-  taosTmrReset(timerFp, 1000, param, pTimerMgr, &pTimer);
-}
-
 int main() {
   // taosInitLog((char*)"syncEnvTest.log", 100000, 10);
   tsAsyncLog = 0;
@@ -34,13 +25,20 @@ int main() {
   ret = syncEnvStart();
   assert(ret == 0);
 
-  // timer
-  pTimerMgr = taosTmrInit(1000, 50, 10000, "SYNC-ENV-TEST");
-  taosTmrStart(timerFp, 1000, &g, pTimerMgr);
+  for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
+    ret = syncEnvStartTimer();
+    assert(ret == 0);
 
-  while (1) {
-    taosMsleep(1000);
+    taosMsleep(5000);
+
+    ret = syncEnvStopTimer();
+    assert(ret == 0);
+
+    taosMsleep(5000);
   }
 
+  ret = syncEnvStop();
+  assert(ret == 0);
+
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/source/libs/sync/test/syncRpcMsgTest.cpp b/source/libs/sync/test/syncRpcMsgTest.cpp
index 0331a29f22..61edbd3012 100644
--- a/source/libs/sync/test/syncRpcMsgTest.cpp
+++ b/source/libs/sync/test/syncRpcMsgTest.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ SyncAppendEntriesReply *createSyncAppendEntriesReply() {
 
 void test1() {
   SyncTimeout *pMsg = createSyncTimeout();
-  SRpcMsg          rpcMsg;
+  SRpcMsg      rpcMsg;
   syncTimeout2RpcMsg(pMsg, &rpcMsg);
   syncRpcMsgPrint2((char *)"test1", &rpcMsg);
   syncTimeoutDestroy(pMsg);
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void test1() {
 
 void test2() {
   SyncPing *pMsg = createSyncPing();
-  SRpcMsg          rpcMsg;
+  SRpcMsg   rpcMsg;
   syncPing2RpcMsg(pMsg, &rpcMsg);
   syncRpcMsgPrint2((char *)"test2", &rpcMsg);
   syncPingDestroy(pMsg);
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void test2() {
 
 void test3() {
   SyncPingReply *pMsg = createSyncPingReply();
-  SRpcMsg          rpcMsg;
+  SRpcMsg        rpcMsg;
   syncPingReply2RpcMsg(pMsg, &rpcMsg);
   syncRpcMsgPrint2((char *)"test3", &rpcMsg);
   syncPingReplyDestroy(pMsg);
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void test4() {
 
 void test5() {
   SyncRequestVoteReply *pMsg = createSyncRequestVoteReply();
-  SRpcMsg          rpcMsg;
+  SRpcMsg               rpcMsg;
   syncRequestVoteReply2RpcMsg(pMsg, &rpcMsg);
   syncRpcMsgPrint2((char *)"test5", &rpcMsg);
   syncRequestVoteReplyDestroy(pMsg);
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void test5() {
 
 void test6() {
   SyncAppendEntries *pMsg = createSyncAppendEntries();
-  SRpcMsg          rpcMsg;
+  SRpcMsg            rpcMsg;
   syncAppendEntries2RpcMsg(pMsg, &rpcMsg);
   syncRpcMsgPrint2((char *)"test6", &rpcMsg);
   syncAppendEntriesDestroy(pMsg);
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void test6() {
 
 void test7() {
   SyncAppendEntriesReply *pMsg = createSyncAppendEntriesReply();
-  SRpcMsg          rpcMsg;
+  SRpcMsg                 rpcMsg;
   syncAppendEntriesReply2RpcMsg(pMsg, &rpcMsg);
   syncRpcMsgPrint2((char *)"test7", &rpcMsg);
   syncAppendEntriesReplyDestroy(pMsg);
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ void test7() {
 
 void test8() {
   SyncClientRequest *pMsg = createSyncClientRequest();
-  SRpcMsg          rpcMsg;
+  SRpcMsg            rpcMsg;
   syncClientRequest2RpcMsg(pMsg, &rpcMsg);
   syncRpcMsgPrint2((char *)"test8", &rpcMsg);
   syncClientRequestDestroy(pMsg);