diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c
index fff58feeb1..969edae30d 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ int32_t tqProcessTaskDeployReq(STQ* pTq, int64_t sversion, char* msg, int32_t ms
   return code;
 }
 
-static void doStartStep2(SStreamTask* pTask, SStreamTask* pStreamTask, STQ* pTq) {
+static void doStartFillhistoryStep2(SStreamTask* pTask, SStreamTask* pStreamTask, STQ* pTq) {
   const char* id = pTask->id.idStr;
   int64_t     nextProcessedVer = pStreamTask->hTaskInfo.haltVer;
 
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ static void doStartStep2(SStreamTask* pTask, SStreamTask* pStreamTask, STQ* pTq)
   }
 }
 
-// this function should be executed by only one thread
+// this function should be executed by only one thread, so we set an sentinel to protect this function
 int32_t tqProcessTaskScanHistory(STQ* pTq, SRpcMsg* pMsg) {
   SStreamScanHistoryReq* pReq = (SStreamScanHistoryReq*)pMsg->pCont;
   SStreamMeta*           pMeta = pTq->pStreamMeta;
@@ -1134,6 +1134,7 @@ int32_t tqProcessTaskScanHistory(STQ* pTq, SRpcMsg* pMsg) {
     }
   }
 
+  // let's decide which step should be executed now
   if (pTask->execInfo.step1Start == 0) {
     ASSERT(pTask->status.pauseAllowed == false);
     int64_t ts = taosGetTimestampMs();
@@ -1167,14 +1168,28 @@ int32_t tqProcessTaskScanHistory(STQ* pTq, SRpcMsg* pMsg) {
     return 0;
   }
 
-  streamScanHistoryData(pTask);
+  EScanHistoryRet ret = streamScanHistoryData(pTask);
 
+  // todo update the step1 exec elapsed time
   double el = (taosGetTimestampMs() - pTask->execInfo.step1Start) / 1000.0;
-  if (streamTaskGetStatus(pTask, NULL) == TASK_STATUS__PAUSE) {
-    int8_t status = streamTaskSetSchedStatusInactive(pTask);
-    tqDebug("s-task:%s is paused in the step1, elapsed time:%.2fs, sched-status:%d", pTask->id.idStr, el, status);
 
+  if (ret == TASK_SCANHISTORY_QUIT || ret == TASK_SCANHISTORY_REXEC) {
+    int8_t status = streamTaskSetSchedStatusInactive(pTask);
     atomic_store_32(&pTask->status.inScanHistorySentinel, 0);
+
+    if (ret == TASK_SCANHISTORY_REXEC) {
+      streamStartScanHistoryAsync(pTask, 0);
+    } else {
+      char*       p = NULL;
+      ETaskStatus s = streamTaskGetStatus(pTask, &p);
+
+      if (s == TASK_STATUS__PAUSE) {
+        tqDebug("s-task:%s is paused in the step1, elapsed time:%.2fs, sched-status:%d", pTask->id.idStr, el, status);
+      } else if (s == TASK_STATUS__STOP || s == TASK_STATUS__DROPPING) {
+        tqDebug("s-task:%s status:%p not continue scan-history data", pTask->id.idStr, p);
+      }
+    }
+
     streamMetaReleaseTask(pMeta, pTask);
     return 0;
   }
@@ -1203,23 +1218,20 @@ int32_t tqProcessTaskScanHistory(STQ* pTq, SRpcMsg* pMsg) {
 
     code = streamTaskHandleEvent(pStreamTask->status.pSM, TASK_EVENT_HALT);
     if (code == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
-      doStartStep2(pTask, pStreamTask, pTq);
+      doStartFillhistoryStep2(pTask, pStreamTask, pTq);
     } else {
       tqError("s-task:%s failed to halt s-task:%s, not launch step2", id, pStreamTask->id.idStr);
     }
 
     streamMetaReleaseTask(pMeta, pStreamTask);
-
   } else {
     STimeWindow* pWindow = &pTask->dataRange.window;
     ASSERT(HAS_RELATED_FILLHISTORY_TASK(pTask));
 
-    // Not update the fill-history time window until the state transfer is completed if the related fill-history task
-    // exists.
-    tqDebug(
-        "s-task:%s scan-history in stream time window completed, now start to handle data from WAL, startVer:%" PRId64
-        ", window:%" PRId64 " - %" PRId64,
-        id, pTask->chkInfo.nextProcessVer, pWindow->skey, pWindow->ekey);
+    // Not update the fill-history time window until the state transfer is completed.
+    tqDebug("s-task:%s scan-history in stream time window completed, start to handle data from WAL, startVer:%" PRId64
+            ", window:%" PRId64 " - %" PRId64,
+            id, pTask->chkInfo.nextProcessVer, pWindow->skey, pWindow->ekey);
 
     code = streamTaskScanHistoryDataComplete(pTask);
   }
diff --git a/source/libs/executor/src/executor.c b/source/libs/executor/src/executor.c
index 4452eff8c7..9ed7d6e033 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/src/executor.c
+++ b/source/libs/executor/src/executor.c
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ int32_t qRestoreStreamOperatorOption(qTaskInfo_t tinfo) {
   }
 }
 
-bool qStreamRecoverScanFinished(qTaskInfo_t tinfo) {
+bool qStreamScanhistoryFinished(qTaskInfo_t tinfo) {
   SExecTaskInfo* pTaskInfo = (SExecTaskInfo*)tinfo;
   return pTaskInfo->streamInfo.recoverScanFinished;
 }
diff --git a/source/libs/stream/src/streamMeta.c b/source/libs/stream/src/streamMeta.c
index 76945f17a9..7dfe88e6de 100644
--- a/source/libs/stream/src/streamMeta.c
+++ b/source/libs/stream/src/streamMeta.c
@@ -1104,7 +1104,6 @@ void streamMetaRLock(SStreamMeta* pMeta) {
 void streamMetaRUnLock(SStreamMeta* pMeta) {
   stTrace("vgId:%d meta-runlock", pMeta->vgId);
   taosRUnLockLatch(&pMeta->lock);
-
 }
 void streamMetaWLock(SStreamMeta* pMeta) {
   stTrace("vgId:%d meta-wlock", pMeta->vgId);
diff --git a/source/libs/stream/src/streamQueue.c b/source/libs/stream/src/streamQueue.c
index eae4605dbc..90e862005b 100644
--- a/source/libs/stream/src/streamQueue.c
+++ b/source/libs/stream/src/streamQueue.c
@@ -340,10 +340,11 @@ int32_t streamTaskPutDataIntoInputQ(SStreamTask* pTask, SStreamQueueItem* pItem)
   return 0;
 }
 
-// the result should be put into the outputQ in any cases, otherwise, the result may be lost
+// the result should be put into the outputQ in any cases, the result may be lost otherwise.
 int32_t streamTaskPutDataIntoOutputQ(SStreamTask* pTask, SStreamDataBlock* pBlock) {
   STaosQueue* pQueue = pTask->outputq.queue->pQueue;
 
+  // wait for the output queue is available for new data to dispatch
   while (streamQueueIsFull(pTask->outputq.queue)) {
     if (streamTaskShouldStop(pTask)) {
       stInfo("s-task:%s discard result block due to task stop", pTask->id.idStr);
diff --git a/source/libs/stream/src/streamTask.c b/source/libs/stream/src/streamTask.c
index f949d46315..a1245ba32c 100644
--- a/source/libs/stream/src/streamTask.c
+++ b/source/libs/stream/src/streamTask.c
@@ -400,8 +400,7 @@ void tFreeStreamTask(SStreamTask* pTask) {
   taosMemoryFree(pTask->outputInfo.pTokenBucket);
   taosThreadMutexDestroy(&pTask->lock);
 
-  taosArrayDestroy(pTask->outputInfo.pDownstreamUpdateList);
-  pTask->outputInfo.pDownstreamUpdateList = NULL;
+  pTask->outputInfo.pDownstreamUpdateList = taosArrayDestroy(pTask->outputInfo.pDownstreamUpdateList);
 
   taosMemoryFree(pTask);
   stDebug("s-task:0x%x free task completed", taskId);
diff --git a/source/libs/stream/src/streamTaskSm.c b/source/libs/stream/src/streamTaskSm.c
index 09656cbe97..04b449aaaf 100644
--- a/source/libs/stream/src/streamTaskSm.c
+++ b/source/libs/stream/src/streamTaskSm.c
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ int32_t streamTaskOnHandleEventSuccess(SStreamTaskSM* pSM, EStreamTaskEvent even
             GET_EVT_NAME(event), pSM->current.name, GET_EVT_NAME(pSM->prev.evt));
 
     taosThreadMutexUnlock(&pTask->lock);
-    stDebug("s-task:%s unlockx", pTask->id.idStr);
     return TSDB_CODE_STREAM_INVALID_STATETRANS;
   }