diff --git a/source/libs/index/inc/indexUtil.h b/source/libs/index/inc/indexUtil.h
index dbaecaa963..148a521d5a 100644
--- a/source/libs/index/inc/indexUtil.h
+++ b/source/libs/index/inc/indexUtil.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define SERIALIZE_VAR_TO_BUF(buf, var, type)    \
   do {                                          \
     type c = var;                               \
-    assert(sizeof(type) == sizeof(c));          \
     memcpy((void *)buf, (void *)&c, sizeof(c)); \
     buf += sizeof(c);                           \
   } while (0)
diff --git a/source/libs/index/src/index.c b/source/libs/index/src/index.c
index 76dc84ae42..a99c87b7f9 100644
--- a/source/libs/index/src/index.c
+++ b/source/libs/index/src/index.c
@@ -226,7 +226,9 @@ int indexPut(SIndex* index, SIndexMultiTerm* fVals, uint64_t uid) {
     indexDebug("w suid:%" PRIu64 ", colName:%s, colType:%d", key.suid, key.colName, key.colType);
 
     IndexCache** cache = taosHashGet(index->colObj, buf, sz);
-    assert(*cache != NULL);
+    ASSERTS(*cache != NULL, "index-cache already release");
+    if (*cache == NULL) return -1;
+
     int ret = idxCachePut(*cache, p, uid);
     if (ret != 0) {
       return ret;
diff --git a/source/libs/index/src/indexComm.c b/source/libs/index/src/indexComm.c
index e3f140047a..c2ac7f4478 100644
--- a/source/libs/index/src/indexComm.c
+++ b/source/libs/index/src/indexComm.c
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ TExeCond tCompare(__compar_fn_t func, int8_t cmptype, void* a, void* b, int8_t d
     }
     return tDoCompare(func, cmptype, &va, &vb);
   }
-  assert(0);
   return BREAK;
 #endif
 }
@@ -367,7 +366,7 @@ int32_t idxConvertData(void* src, int8_t type, void** dst) {
       tlen = taosEncodeBinary(dst, src, strlen(src));
       break;
     default:
-      ASSERT(0);
+      ASSERTS(0, "index invalid input type");
       break;
   }
   *dst = (char*)*dst - tlen;
@@ -459,7 +458,7 @@ int32_t idxConvertDataToStr(void* src, int8_t type, void** dst) {
       *dst = (char*)*dst - tlen;
       break;
     default:
-      ASSERT(0);
+      ASSERTS(0, "index invalid input type");
       break;
   }
   return tlen;
diff --git a/source/libs/index/src/indexFilter.c b/source/libs/index/src/indexFilter.c
index 07696c3822..5c14424b7e 100644
--- a/source/libs/index/src/indexFilter.c
+++ b/source/libs/index/src/indexFilter.c
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int32_t sifGetValueFromNode(SNode *node, char **value) {
 
 static FORCE_INLINE int32_t sifInitJsonParam(SNode *node, SIFParam *param, SIFCtx *ctx) {
   SOperatorNode *nd = (SOperatorNode *)node;
-  assert(nodeType(node) == QUERY_NODE_OPERATOR);
+  if (nodeType(node) != QUERY_NODE_OPERATOR) {
+    return -1;
+  }
   SColumnNode *l = (SColumnNode *)nd->pLeft;
   SValueNode  *r = (SValueNode *)nd->pRight;
 
diff --git a/source/libs/index/src/indexFst.c b/source/libs/index/src/indexFst.c
index bbffcfa6c1..f3b7b2fbae 100644
--- a/source/libs/index/src/indexFst.c
+++ b/source/libs/index/src/indexFst.c
@@ -65,10 +65,7 @@ void fstUnFinishedNodesPushEmpty(FstUnFinishedNodes* nodes, bool isFinal) {
   taosArrayPush(nodes->stack, &un);
 }
 FstBuilderNode* fstUnFinishedNodesPopRoot(FstUnFinishedNodes* nodes) {
-  assert(taosArrayGetSize(nodes->stack) == 1);
-
   FstBuilderNodeUnfinished* un = taosArrayPop(nodes->stack);
-  assert(un->last == NULL);
   return un->node;
 }
 
@@ -82,7 +79,6 @@ FstBuilderNode* fstUnFinishedNodesPopFreeze(FstUnFinishedNodes* nodes, CompiledA
 
 FstBuilderNode* fstUnFinishedNodesPopEmpty(FstUnFinishedNodes* nodes) {
   FstBuilderNodeUnfinished* un = taosArrayPop(nodes->stack);
-  assert(un->last == NULL);
   return un->node;
 }
 void fstUnFinishedNodesSetRootOutput(FstUnFinishedNodes* nodes, Output out) {
@@ -102,7 +98,8 @@ void fstUnFinishedNodesAddSuffix(FstUnFinishedNodes* nodes, FstSlice bs, Output
   }
   int32_t                   sz = taosArrayGetSize(nodes->stack) - 1;
   FstBuilderNodeUnfinished* un = taosArrayGet(nodes->stack, sz);
-  assert(un->last == NULL);
+  ASSERTS(un->last == NULL, "index-fst meet unexpected node");
+  if (un->last != NULL) return;
 
   // FstLastTransition *trn = taosMemoryMalloc(sizeof(FstLastTransition));
   // trn->inp = s->data[s->start];
@@ -247,7 +244,6 @@ void fstStateCompileForOneTrans(IdxFstFile* w, CompiledAddr addr, FstTransition*
 }
 void fstStateCompileForAnyTrans(IdxFstFile* w, CompiledAddr addr, FstBuilderNode* node) {
   int32_t sz = taosArrayGetSize(node->trans);
-  assert(sz <= 256);
 
   uint8_t tSize = 0;
   uint8_t oSize = packSize(node->finalOutput);
@@ -322,7 +318,7 @@ void fstStateCompileForAnyTrans(IdxFstFile* w, CompiledAddr addr, FstBuilderNode
 
 // set_comm_input
 void fstStateSetCommInput(FstState* s, uint8_t inp) {
-  assert(s->state == OneTransNext || s->state == OneTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == OneTransNext || s->state == OneTrans);
 
   uint8_t val;
   COMMON_INDEX(inp, 0b111111, val);
@@ -331,7 +327,7 @@ void fstStateSetCommInput(FstState* s, uint8_t inp) {
 
 // comm_input
 uint8_t fstStateCommInput(FstState* s, bool* null) {
-  assert(s->state == OneTransNext || s->state == OneTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == OneTransNext || s->state == OneTrans);
   uint8_t v = s->val & 0b00111111;
   if (v == 0) {
     *null = true;
@@ -344,7 +340,7 @@ uint8_t fstStateCommInput(FstState* s, bool* null) {
 // input_len
 
 uint64_t fstStateInputLen(FstState* s) {
-  assert(s->state == OneTransNext || s->state == OneTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == OneTransNext || s->state == OneTrans);
   bool null = false;
   fstStateCommInput(s, &null);
   return null ? 1 : 0;
@@ -352,11 +348,11 @@ uint64_t fstStateInputLen(FstState* s) {
 
 // end_addr
 uint64_t fstStateEndAddrForOneTransNext(FstState* s, FstSlice* data) {
-  assert(s->state == OneTransNext);
+  ASSERT(s->state == OneTransNext);
   return FST_SLICE_LEN(data) - 1 - fstStateInputLen(s);
 }
 uint64_t fstStateEndAddrForOneTrans(FstState* s, FstSlice* data, PackSizes sizes) {
-  assert(s->state == OneTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == OneTrans);
   return FST_SLICE_LEN(data) - 1 - fstStateInputLen(s) - 1  // pack size
          - FST_GET_TRANSITION_PACK_SIZE(sizes) - FST_GET_OUTPUT_PACK_SIZE(sizes);
 }
@@ -370,7 +366,7 @@ uint64_t fstStateEndAddrForAnyTrans(FstState* state, uint64_t version, FstSlice*
 }
 // input
 uint8_t fstStateInput(FstState* s, FstNode* node) {
-  assert(s->state == OneTransNext || s->state == OneTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == OneTransNext || s->state == OneTrans);
   FstSlice* slice = &node->data;
   bool      null = false;
   uint8_t   inp = fstStateCommInput(s, &null);
@@ -378,7 +374,7 @@ uint8_t fstStateInput(FstState* s, FstNode* node) {
   return null == false ? inp : data[node->start - 1];
 }
 uint8_t fstStateInputForAnyTrans(FstState* s, FstNode* node, uint64_t i) {
-  assert(s->state == AnyTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == AnyTrans);
   FstSlice* slice = &node->data;
 
   uint64_t at = node->start - fstStateNtransLen(s) - 1                             // pack size
@@ -390,7 +386,7 @@ uint8_t fstStateInputForAnyTrans(FstState* s, FstNode* node, uint64_t i) {
 
 // trans_addr
 CompiledAddr fstStateTransAddr(FstState* s, FstNode* node) {
-  assert(s->state == OneTransNext || s->state == OneTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == OneTransNext || s->state == OneTrans);
   FstSlice* slice = &node->data;
   if (s->state == OneTransNext) {
     return (CompiledAddr)(node->end) - 1;
@@ -406,7 +402,7 @@ CompiledAddr fstStateTransAddr(FstState* s, FstNode* node) {
   }
 }
 CompiledAddr fstStateTransAddrForAnyTrans(FstState* s, FstNode* node, uint64_t i) {
-  assert(s->state == AnyTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == AnyTrans);
 
   FstSlice* slice = &node->data;
   uint8_t   tSizes = FST_GET_TRANSITION_PACK_SIZE(node->sizes);
@@ -418,7 +414,7 @@ CompiledAddr fstStateTransAddrForAnyTrans(FstState* s, FstNode* node, uint64_t i
 
 // sizes
 PackSizes fstStateSizes(FstState* s, FstSlice* slice) {
-  assert(s->state == OneTrans || s->state == AnyTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == OneTrans || s->state == AnyTrans);
   uint64_t i;
   if (s->state == OneTrans) {
     i = FST_SLICE_LEN(slice) - 1 - fstStateInputLen(s) - 1;
@@ -431,7 +427,7 @@ PackSizes fstStateSizes(FstState* s, FstSlice* slice) {
 }
 // Output
 Output fstStateOutput(FstState* s, FstNode* node) {
-  assert(s->state == OneTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == OneTrans);
 
   uint8_t oSizes = FST_GET_OUTPUT_PACK_SIZE(node->sizes);
   if (oSizes == 0) {
@@ -445,7 +441,7 @@ Output fstStateOutput(FstState* s, FstNode* node) {
   return unpackUint64(data + i, oSizes);
 }
 Output fstStateOutputForAnyTrans(FstState* s, FstNode* node, uint64_t i) {
-  assert(s->state == AnyTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == AnyTrans);
 
   uint8_t oSizes = FST_GET_OUTPUT_PACK_SIZE(node->sizes);
   if (oSizes == 0) {
@@ -462,19 +458,19 @@ Output fstStateOutputForAnyTrans(FstState* s, FstNode* node, uint64_t i) {
 // anyTrans specify function
 
 void fstStateSetFinalState(FstState* s, bool yes) {
-  assert(s->state == AnyTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == AnyTrans);
   if (yes) {
     s->val |= 0b01000000;
   }
   return;
 }
 bool fstStateIsFinalState(FstState* s) {
-  assert(s->state == AnyTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == AnyTrans);
   return (s->val & 0b01000000) == 0b01000000;
 }
 
 void fstStateSetStateNtrans(FstState* s, uint8_t n) {
-  assert(s->state == AnyTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == AnyTrans);
   if (n <= 0b00111111) {
     s->val = (s->val & 0b11000000) | n;
   }
@@ -482,7 +478,7 @@ void fstStateSetStateNtrans(FstState* s, uint8_t n) {
 }
 // state_ntrans
 uint8_t fstStateStateNtrans(FstState* s, bool* null) {
-  assert(s->state == AnyTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == AnyTrans);
   *null = false;
   uint8_t n = s->val & 0b00111111;
 
@@ -492,16 +488,16 @@ uint8_t fstStateStateNtrans(FstState* s, bool* null) {
   return n;
 }
 uint64_t fstStateTotalTransSize(FstState* s, uint64_t version, PackSizes sizes, uint64_t nTrans) {
-  assert(s->state == AnyTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == AnyTrans);
   uint64_t idxSize = fstStateTransIndexSize(s, version, nTrans);
   return nTrans + (nTrans * FST_GET_TRANSITION_PACK_SIZE(sizes)) + idxSize;
 }
 uint64_t fstStateTransIndexSize(FstState* s, uint64_t version, uint64_t nTrans) {
-  assert(s->state == AnyTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == AnyTrans);
   return (version >= 2 && nTrans > TRANS_INDEX_THRESHOLD) ? 256 : 0;
 }
 uint64_t fstStateNtransLen(FstState* s) {
-  assert(s->state == AnyTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == AnyTrans);
   bool null = false;
   fstStateStateNtrans(s, &null);
   return null == true ? 1 : 0;
@@ -530,7 +526,7 @@ Output fstStateFinalOutput(FstState* s, uint64_t version, FstSlice* slice, PackS
   return unpackUint64(data + at, (uint8_t)oSizes);
 }
 uint64_t fstStateFindInput(FstState* s, FstNode* node, uint8_t b, bool* null) {
-  assert(s->state == AnyTrans);
+  ASSERT(s->state == AnyTrans);
   FstSlice* slice = &node->data;
   if (node->version >= 2 && node->nTrans > TRANS_INDEX_THRESHOLD) {
     uint64_t at = node->start - fstStateNtransLen(s) - 1  // pack size
@@ -676,17 +672,17 @@ bool fstNodeGetTransitionAddrAt(FstNode* node, uint64_t i, CompiledAddr* res) {
   bool      s = true;
   FstState* st = &node->state;
   if (st->state == OneTransNext) {
-    assert(i == 0);
+    ASSERT(i == 0);
     fstStateTransAddr(st, node);
   } else if (st->state == OneTrans) {
-    assert(i == 0);
+    ASSERT(i == 0);
     fstStateTransAddr(st, node);
   } else if (st->state == AnyTrans) {
     fstStateTransAddrForAnyTrans(st, node, i);
   } else if (FST_STATE_EMPTY_FINAL(node)) {
     s = false;
   } else {
-    assert(0);
+    ASSERT(0);
   }
   return s;
 }
@@ -722,7 +718,7 @@ bool fstNodeFindInput(FstNode* node, uint8_t b, uint64_t* res) {
 
 bool fstNodeCompile(FstNode* node, void* w, CompiledAddr lastAddr, CompiledAddr addr, FstBuilderNode* builderNode) {
   int32_t sz = taosArrayGetSize(builderNode->trans);
-  assert(sz < 256);
+  ASSERT(sz < 256);
   if (sz == 0 && builderNode->isFinal && builderNode->finalOutput == 0) {
     return true;
   } else if (sz != 1 || builderNode->isFinal) {
@@ -804,7 +800,7 @@ void fstBuilderInsertOutput(FstBuilder* b, FstSlice bs, Output in) {
   uint64_t prefixLen = fstUnFinishedNodesFindCommPrefixAndSetOutput(b->unfinished, bs, in, &out);
 
   if (prefixLen == FST_SLICE_LEN(s)) {
-    assert(out == 0);
+    ASSERT(out == 0);
     return;
   }
 
@@ -848,7 +844,7 @@ void fstBuilderCompileFrom(FstBuilder* b, uint64_t istate) {
     addr = fstBuilderCompile(b, bn);
 
     fstBuilderNodeDestroy(bn);
-    assert(addr != NONE_ADDRESS);
+    ASSERT(addr != NONE_ADDRESS);
   }
   fstUnFinishedNodesTopLastFreeze(b->unfinished, addr);
   return;
diff --git a/source/libs/index/src/indexFstDfa.c b/source/libs/index/src/indexFstDfa.c
index 8ce0ba1e69..4d348e76f2 100644
--- a/source/libs/index/src/indexFstDfa.c
+++ b/source/libs/index/src/indexFstDfa.c
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ bool dfaBuilderRunState(FstDfaBuilder *builder, FstSparseSet *cur, FstSparseSet
   DfaState *t = taosArrayGet(builder->dfa->states, state);
   for (int i = 0; i < taosArrayGetSize(t->insts); i++) {
     int32_t ip = *(int32_t *)taosArrayGet(t->insts, i);
-    bool    succ = sparSetAdd(cur, ip, NULL);
-    assert(succ == true);
+
+    bool succ = sparSetAdd(cur, ip, NULL);
+    if (succ == false) return false;
   }
   dfaRun(builder->dfa, cur, next, byte);
 
diff --git a/source/libs/index/src/indexFstFile.c b/source/libs/index/src/indexFstFile.c
index 4620af8694..5a9c8dfe3d 100644
--- a/source/libs/index/src/indexFstFile.c
+++ b/source/libs/index/src/indexFstFile.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int idxFileCtxDoReadFrom(IFileCtx* ctx, uint8_t* buf, int len, int32_t of
 
   do {
     char key[1024] = {0};
-    assert(strlen(ctx->file.buf) + 1 + 64 < sizeof(key));
+    ASSERT(strlen(ctx->file.buf) + 1 + 64 < sizeof(key));
     idxGenLRUKey(key, ctx->file.buf, blkId);
     LRUHandle* h = taosLRUCacheLookup(ctx->lru, key, strlen(key));
 
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ static int idxFileCtxDoReadFrom(IFileCtx* ctx, uint8_t* buf, int len, int32_t of
       if (left < kBlockSize) {
         nread = TMIN(left, len);
         int32_t bytes = taosPReadFile(ctx->file.pFile, buf + total, nread, offset);
-        assert(bytes == nread);
+        ASSERTS(bytes == nread, "index read incomplete data");
+        if (bytes != nread) break;
 
         total += bytes;
         return total;
@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ static int idxFileCtxDoReadFrom(IFileCtx* ctx, uint8_t* buf, int len, int32_t of
         SDataBlock* blk = taosMemoryCalloc(1, cacheMemSize);
         blk->blockId = blkId;
         blk->nread = taosPReadFile(ctx->file.pFile, blk->buf, kBlockSize, blkId * kBlockSize);
-        assert(blk->nread <= kBlockSize);
+        ASSERTS(blk->nread <= kBlockSize, "index read incomplete data");
+        if (blk->nread > kBlockSize) break;
 
         if (blk->nread < kBlockSize && blk->nread < len) {
           taosMemoryFree(blk);
@@ -275,7 +277,10 @@ int idxFileWrite(IdxFstFile* write, uint8_t* buf, uint32_t len) {
   // update checksum
   IFileCtx* ctx = write->wrt;
   int       nWrite = ctx->write(ctx, buf, len);
-  assert(nWrite == len);
+  ASSERTS(nWrite == len, "index write incomplete data");
+  if (nWrite != len) {
+    return -1;
+  }
   write->count += len;
 
   write->summer = taosCalcChecksum(write->summer, buf, len);
@@ -302,7 +307,6 @@ int idxFileFlush(IdxFstFile* write) {
 }
 
 void idxFilePackUintIn(IdxFstFile* writer, uint64_t n, uint8_t nBytes) {
-  assert(1 <= nBytes && nBytes <= 8);
   uint8_t* buf = taosMemoryCalloc(8, sizeof(uint8_t));
   for (uint8_t i = 0; i < nBytes; i++) {
     buf[i] = (uint8_t)n;
diff --git a/source/libs/index/src/indexFstRegister.c b/source/libs/index/src/indexFstRegister.c
index e0abcadc78..adafecccb1 100644
--- a/source/libs/index/src/indexFstRegister.c
+++ b/source/libs/index/src/indexFstRegister.c
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ static void fstRegistryCellPromote(SArray* arr, uint32_t start, uint32_t end) {
   if (start >= sz && end >= sz) {
     return;
   }
-
-  assert(start >= end);
+  ASSERTS(start >= end, "index-fst start lower than end");
+  if (start < end) return;
 
   int32_t s = (int32_t)start;
   int32_t e = (int32_t)end;
diff --git a/source/libs/index/src/indexFstUtil.c b/source/libs/index/src/indexFstUtil.c
index b1a919b365..f1e8808cf5 100644
--- a/source/libs/index/src/indexFstUtil.c
+++ b/source/libs/index/src/indexFstUtil.c
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ FstSlice fstSliceDeepCopy(FstSlice* s, int32_t start, int32_t end) {
   int32_t slen;
 
   uint8_t* data = fstSliceData(s, &slen);
-  assert(tlen <= slen);
 
   uint8_t* buf = taosMemoryMalloc(sizeof(uint8_t) * tlen);
   memcpy(buf, data + start, tlen);
diff --git a/source/libs/index/src/indexTfile.c b/source/libs/index/src/indexTfile.c
index b34d05d297..d921ca7103 100644
--- a/source/libs/index/src/indexTfile.c
+++ b/source/libs/index/src/indexTfile.c
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ TFileCache* tfileCacheCreate(SIndex* idx, const char* path) {
 
     char    buf[128] = {0};
     int32_t sz = idxSerialCacheKey(&key, buf);
-    assert(sz < sizeof(buf));
     taosHashPut(tcache->tableCache, buf, sz, &reader, sizeof(void*));
     tfileReaderRef(reader);
   }
@@ -151,9 +150,8 @@ void tfileCacheDestroy(TFileCache* tcache) {
 }
 
 TFileReader* tfileCacheGet(TFileCache* tcache, ICacheKey* key) {
-  char    buf[128] = {0};
-  int32_t sz = idxSerialCacheKey(key, buf);
-  assert(sz < sizeof(buf));
+  char          buf[128] = {0};
+  int32_t       sz = idxSerialCacheKey(key, buf);
   TFileReader** reader = taosHashGet(tcache->tableCache, buf, sz);
   if (reader == NULL || *reader == NULL) {
     return NULL;
@@ -877,7 +875,7 @@ static int tfileWriteFooter(TFileWriter* write) {
   int nwrite = write->ctx->write(write->ctx, buf, (int32_t)strlen(buf));
 
   indexInfo("tfile write footer size: %d", write->ctx->size(write->ctx));
-  assert(nwrite == sizeof(FILE_MAGIC_NUMBER));
+  ASSERTS(nwrite == sizeof(FILE_MAGIC_NUMBER), "index write incomplete data");
   return nwrite;
 }
 static int tfileReaderLoadHeader(TFileReader* reader) {
@@ -892,7 +890,6 @@ static int tfileReaderLoadHeader(TFileReader* reader) {
   } else {
     indexInfo("actual Read: %d, to read: %d, filename: %s", (int)(nread), (int)sizeof(buf), reader->ctx->file.buf);
   }
-  // assert(nread == sizeof(buf));
   memcpy(&reader->header, buf, sizeof(buf));
 
   return 0;
@@ -914,7 +911,10 @@ static int tfileReaderLoadFst(TFileReader* reader) {
   indexInfo("nread = %d, and fst offset=%d, fst size: %d, filename: %s, file size: %d, time cost: %" PRId64 "us", nread,
             reader->header.fstOffset, fstSize, ctx->file.buf, size, cost);
   // we assuse fst size less than FST_MAX_SIZE
-  assert(nread > 0 && nread <= fstSize);
+  ASSERTS(nread > 0 && nread <= fstSize, "index read incomplete fst");
+  if (nread <= 0 || nread > fstSize) {
+    return -1;
+  }
 
   FstSlice st = fstSliceCreate((uint8_t*)buf, nread);
   reader->fst = fstCreate(&st);
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ static int tfileReaderLoadTableIds(TFileReader* reader, int32_t offset, SArray*
   // add block cache
   char    block[4096] = {0};
   int32_t nread = ctx->readFrom(ctx, block, sizeof(block), offset);
-  assert(nread >= sizeof(uint32_t));
+  ASSERT(nread >= sizeof(uint32_t));
 
   char*   p = block;
   int32_t nid = *(int32_t*)p;
diff --git a/source/libs/transport/src/trans.c b/source/libs/transport/src/trans.c
index 55c3c61b05..47b1ac5ca7 100644
--- a/source/libs/transport/src/trans.c
+++ b/source/libs/transport/src/trans.c
@@ -160,21 +160,12 @@ int rpcSendRecv(void* shandle, SEpSet* pEpSet, SRpcMsg* pMsg, SRpcMsg* pRsp) {
 
 int rpcSendResponse(const SRpcMsg* pMsg) { return transSendResponse(pMsg); }
 
-void rpcRefHandle(void* handle, int8_t type) {
-  assert(type == TAOS_CONN_SERVER || type == TAOS_CONN_CLIENT);
-  (*taosRefHandle[type])(handle);
-}
+void rpcRefHandle(void* handle, int8_t type) { (*taosRefHandle[type])(handle); }
 
-void rpcUnrefHandle(void* handle, int8_t type) {
-  assert(type == TAOS_CONN_SERVER || type == TAOS_CONN_CLIENT);
-  (*taosUnRefHandle[type])(handle);
-}
+void rpcUnrefHandle(void* handle, int8_t type) { (*taosUnRefHandle[type])(handle); }
 
 int rpcRegisterBrokenLinkArg(SRpcMsg* msg) { return transRegisterMsg(msg); }
-int rpcReleaseHandle(void* handle, int8_t type) {
-  assert(type == TAOS_CONN_SERVER || type == TAOS_CONN_CLIENT);
-  return (*transReleaseHandle[type])(handle);
-}
+int rpcReleaseHandle(void* handle, int8_t type) { return (*transReleaseHandle[type])(handle); }
 
 int rpcSetDefaultAddr(void* thandle, const char* ip, const char* fqdn) {
   // later
diff --git a/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c b/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
index 1dc79e0cfb..2632d290e9 100644
--- a/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
+++ b/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
@@ -651,7 +651,6 @@ static void cliRecvCb(uv_stream_t* handle, ssize_t nread, const uv_buf_t* buf) {
     return;
   }
 
-  assert(nread <= 0);
   if (nread == 0) {
     // ref http://docs.libuv.org/en/v1.x/stream.html?highlight=uv_read_start#c.uv_read_cb
     // nread might be 0, which does not indicate an error or EOF. This is equivalent to EAGAIN or EWOULDBLOCK under
@@ -801,7 +800,11 @@ static void cliSendCb(uv_write_t* req, int status) {
 }
 
 void cliSend(SCliConn* pConn) {
-  assert(!transQueueEmpty(&pConn->cliMsgs));
+  bool empty = transQueueEmpty(&pConn->cliMsgs);
+  ASSERTS(empty == false, "trans-cli get invalid msg");
+  if (empty == true) {
+    return;
+  }
 
   SCliMsg* pCliMsg = NULL;
   CONN_GET_NEXT_SENDMSG(pConn);
@@ -933,7 +936,6 @@ void cliConnCb(uv_connect_t* req, int status) {
   transSockInfo2Str(&sockname, pConn->src);
 
   tTrace("%s conn %p connect to server successfully", CONN_GET_INST_LABEL(pConn), pConn);
-  assert(pConn->stream == req->handle);
 
   cliSend(pConn);
 }
@@ -1237,7 +1239,7 @@ bool cliRecvReleaseReq(SCliConn* conn, STransMsgHead* pHead) {
     for (int i = 0; ahandle == 0 && i < transQueueSize(&conn->cliMsgs); i++) {
       SCliMsg* cliMsg = transQueueGet(&conn->cliMsgs, i);
       if (cliMsg->type == Release) {
-        assert(pMsg == NULL);
+        ASSERTS(pMsg == NULL, "trans-cli recv invaid release-req");
         return true;
       }
     }
@@ -1665,7 +1667,8 @@ int cliAppCb(SCliConn* pConn, STransMsg* pResp, SCliMsg* pMsg) {
   if (pCtx->retryCode != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
     int32_t code = pResp->code;
     // return internal code app
-    if (code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL || code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_BROKEN_LINK || code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_SOMENODE_NOT_CONNECTED) {
+    if (code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL || code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_BROKEN_LINK ||
+        code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_SOMENODE_NOT_CONNECTED) {
       pResp->code = pCtx->retryCode;
     }
   }
diff --git a/source/libs/transport/src/transComm.c b/source/libs/transport/src/transComm.c
index 09f9a78ab8..1161ed7c00 100644
--- a/source/libs/transport/src/transComm.c
+++ b/source/libs/transport/src/transComm.c
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ int transDumpFromBuffer(SConnBuffer* connBuf, char** buf) {
   if (total >= HEADSIZE && !p->invalid) {
     *buf = taosMemoryCalloc(1, total);
     memcpy(*buf, p->buf, total);
-    transResetBuffer(connBuf);
+    if (transResetBuffer(connBuf) < 0) {
+      return -1;
+    }
   } else {
     total = -1;
   }
@@ -154,7 +156,8 @@ int transResetBuffer(SConnBuffer* connBuf) {
     p->total = 0;
     p->len = 0;
   } else {
-    assert(0);
+    ASSERTS(0, "invalid read from sock buf");
+    return -1;
   }
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/source/libs/transport/src/transSvr.c b/source/libs/transport/src/transSvr.c
index 7384877313..fa8929f7d9 100644
--- a/source/libs/transport/src/transSvr.c
+++ b/source/libs/transport/src/transSvr.c
@@ -267,7 +267,10 @@ static bool uvHandleReq(SSvrConn* pConn) {
 
   tGTrace("%s handle %p conn:%p translated to app, refId:%" PRIu64, transLabel(pTransInst), transMsg.info.handle, pConn,
           pConn->refId);
-  assert(transMsg.info.handle != NULL);
+  ASSERTS(transMsg.info.handle != NULL, "trans-svr failed to alloc handle to msg");
+  if (transMsg.info.handle == NULL) {
+    return false;
+  }
 
   if (pHead->noResp == 1) {
     transMsg.info.refId = -1;
@@ -718,8 +721,8 @@ void uvOnConnectionCb(uv_stream_t* q, ssize_t nread, const uv_buf_t* buf) {
     return;
   }
   // free memory allocated by
-  assert(nread == strlen(notify));
-  assert(buf->base[0] == notify[0]);
+  ASSERTS(nread == strlen(notify), "trans-svr mem corrupted");
+  ASSERTS(buf->base[0] == notify[0], "trans-svr mem corrupted");
   taosMemoryFree(buf->base);
 
   SWorkThrd* pThrd = q->data;
@@ -731,7 +734,6 @@ void uvOnConnectionCb(uv_stream_t* q, ssize_t nread, const uv_buf_t* buf) {
   }
 
   uv_handle_type pending = uv_pipe_pending_type(pipe);
-  assert(pending == UV_TCP);
 
   SSvrConn* pConn = createConn(pThrd);
 
@@ -971,19 +973,24 @@ static void uvPipeListenCb(uv_stream_t* handle, int status) {
   uv_pipe_t*  pipe = &(srv->pipe[srv->numOfWorkerReady][0]);
 
   int ret = uv_pipe_init(srv->loop, pipe, 1);
-  assert(ret == 0);
+  ASSERTS(ret == 0, "trans-svr failed to init pipe");
+  if (ret != 0) return;
 
   ret = uv_accept((uv_stream_t*)&srv->pipeListen, (uv_stream_t*)pipe);
-  assert(ret == 0);
+  ASSERTS(ret == 0, "trans-svr failed to accept pipe msg");
+  if (ret != 0) return;
 
   ret = uv_is_readable((uv_stream_t*)pipe);
-  assert(ret == 1);
+  ASSERTS(ret == 1, "trans-svr pipe status corrupted");
+  if (ret != 1) return;
 
   ret = uv_is_writable((uv_stream_t*)pipe);
-  assert(ret == 1);
+  ASSERTS(ret == 1, "trans-svr pipe status corrupted");
+  if (ret != 1) return;
 
   ret = uv_is_closing((uv_handle_t*)pipe);
-  assert(ret == 0);
+  ASSERTS(ret == 0, "trans-svr pipe status corrupted");
+  if (ret != 0) return;
 
   srv->numOfWorkerReady++;
 }
@@ -1272,7 +1279,6 @@ int transSendResponse(const STransMsg* msg) {
   SExHandle* exh = msg->info.handle;
   int64_t    refId = msg->info.refId;
   ASYNC_CHECK_HANDLE(exh, refId);
-  assert(refId != 0);
 
   STransMsg tmsg = *msg;
   tmsg.info.refId = refId;