diff --git a/src/server/cluster/cluster_family.cc b/src/server/cluster/cluster_family.cc
index 9dec758ff90a..e42ac7b128a6 100644
--- a/src/server/cluster/cluster_family.cc
+++ b/src/server/cluster/cluster_family.cc
@@ -1025,18 +1025,16 @@ void ClusterFamily::BreakStalledFlowsInShard() {
       LOG(WARNING) << "Source node detected migration timeout for: "
                    << om->GetMigrationInfo().ToString()
                    << " last_write_ms: " << last_write_ns / 1000'000 << ", now: " << now / 1000'000;
-      // TODO add error string
-      om->Finish(true);
-      om->Start();
+      om->Finish(true, "Detected migration timeout");
     }
   }
 }
 
 void ClusterFamily::PauseMigration(bool pause) {
   util::fb2::LockGuard lk(migration_mu_);
-  CHECK(!outgoing_migration_jobs_.empty());
-  for (auto& om : outgoing_migration_jobs_) {
-    om->Pause(pause);
+  CHECK(!incoming_migrations_jobs_.empty());
+  for (auto& im : incoming_migrations_jobs_) {
+    im->Pause(pause);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/server/cluster/incoming_slot_migration.cc b/src/server/cluster/incoming_slot_migration.cc
index 6cfb01f2c8f5..b42244ed9819 100644
--- a/src/server/cluster/incoming_slot_migration.cc
+++ b/src/server/cluster/incoming_slot_migration.cc
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ class ClusterShardMigration {
         bc_(bc) {
   }
 
+  void Pause(bool pause) {
+    pause_ = pause;
+  }
+
   void Start(Context* cntx, util::FiberSocketBase* source) ABSL_LOCKS_EXCLUDED(mu_) {
     {
       util::fb2::LockGuard lk(mu_);
@@ -56,6 +60,11 @@ class ClusterShardMigration {
     TransactionReader tx_reader;
 
     while (!cntx->IsCancelled()) {
+      if (pause_) {
+        ThisFiber::SleepFor(100ms);
+        continue;
+      }
+
       auto tx_data = tx_reader.NextTxData(&reader, cntx);
       if (!tx_data) {
         in_migration_->ReportError(GenericError("No tx data"));
@@ -135,6 +144,7 @@ class ClusterShardMigration {
   IncomingSlotMigration* in_migration_;
   util::fb2::BlockingCounter bc_;
   atomic_long last_attempt_{-1};
+  atomic_bool pause_;
 };
 
 IncomingSlotMigration::IncomingSlotMigration(string source_id, Service* se, SlotRanges slots,
@@ -153,6 +163,13 @@ IncomingSlotMigration::IncomingSlotMigration(string source_id, Service* se, Slot
 IncomingSlotMigration::~IncomingSlotMigration() {
 }
 
+void IncomingSlotMigration::Pause(bool pause) {
+  VLOG(1) << "Pausing migration";
+  for (auto& flow : shard_flows_) {
+    flow->Pause(pause);
+  }
+}
+
 bool IncomingSlotMigration::Join(long attempt) {
   const absl::Time start = absl::Now();
   const absl::Duration timeout =
diff --git a/src/server/cluster/incoming_slot_migration.h b/src/server/cluster/incoming_slot_migration.h
index 02ad3c2021c8..d8af4fce8e93 100644
--- a/src/server/cluster/incoming_slot_migration.h
+++ b/src/server/cluster/incoming_slot_migration.h
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ class IncomingSlotMigration {
 
   size_t GetKeyCount() const;
 
+  void Pause(bool pause);
+
  private:
   std::string source_id_;
   Service& service_;
diff --git a/src/server/cluster/outgoing_slot_migration.cc b/src/server/cluster/outgoing_slot_migration.cc
index 55957544d570..95953c9cedf6 100644
--- a/src/server/cluster/outgoing_slot_migration.cc
+++ b/src/server/cluster/outgoing_slot_migration.cc
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ class OutgoingMigration::SliceSlotMigration : private ProtocolClient {
     streamer_.SendFinalize(attempt);
   }
 
-  void Pause(bool pause) {
-    streamer_.Pause(pause);
-  }
-
   const dfly::GenericError GetError() const {
     return cntx_.GetError();
   }
@@ -105,7 +101,8 @@ class OutgoingMigration::SliceSlotMigration : private ProtocolClient {
 int64_t OutgoingMigration::GetShardLastWriteTime() const {
   const auto* shard = EngineShard::tlocal();
   CHECK(shard);
-  return slot_migrations_[shard->shard_id()]->GetLastWriteTime();
+  const auto& migration = slot_migrations_[shard->shard_id()];
+  return migration ? migration->GetLastWriteTime() : -1;
 }
 
 OutgoingMigration::OutgoingMigration(MigrationInfo info, ClusterFamily* cf, ServerFamily* sf)
@@ -145,9 +142,16 @@ void OutgoingMigration::OnAllShards(
   });
 }
 
-void OutgoingMigration::Finish(bool is_error) {
-  VLOG(1) << "Finish outgoing migration for " << cf_->MyID() << " : "
-          << migration_info_.node_info.id;
+void OutgoingMigration::Finish(bool is_error, std::string error) {
+  if (is_error) {
+    cntx_.ReportError(GenericError(std::move(error)));
+    VLOG(1) << "Finish outgoing migration for " << cf_->MyID() << ": "
+            << migration_info_.node_info.id << "with error: " << error;
+  } else {
+    VLOG(1) << "Finish outgoing migration for " << cf_->MyID() << ": "
+            << migration_info_.node_info.id;
+  }
+
   bool should_cancel_flows = false;
 
   {
@@ -177,14 +181,6 @@ void OutgoingMigration::Finish(bool is_error) {
   }
 }
 
-void OutgoingMigration::Pause(bool pause) {
-  VLOG(1) << "Pausing migration";
-  OnAllShards([pause](auto& migration) {
-    CHECK(migration != nullptr);
-    migration->Pause(pause);
-  });
-}
-
 MigrationState OutgoingMigration::GetState() const {
   util::fb2::LockGuard lk(state_mu_);
   return state_;
@@ -313,7 +309,7 @@ bool OutgoingMigration::FinalizeMigration(long attempt) {
   bool is_block_active = true;
   auto is_pause_in_progress = [&is_block_active] { return is_block_active; };
   auto pause_fb_opt =
-      dfly::Pause(server_family_->GetNonPriviligedListeners(), &namespaces.GetDefaultNamespace(),
+      dfly::Pause(server_family_->GetNonPriviligedListeners(), &namespaces->GetDefaultNamespace(),
                   nullptr, ClientPause::WRITE, is_pause_in_progress);
 
   if (!pause_fb_opt) {
diff --git a/src/server/cluster/outgoing_slot_migration.h b/src/server/cluster/outgoing_slot_migration.h
index ae744e09fd94..eab9166f85a1 100644
--- a/src/server/cluster/outgoing_slot_migration.h
+++ b/src/server/cluster/outgoing_slot_migration.h
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@ class OutgoingMigration : private ProtocolClient {
   // start migration process, sends INIT command to the target node
   void Start();
 
-  // mark migration as FINISHED and cancel migration if it's not finished yet
+  // if is_error = false mark migration as FINISHED and cancel migration if it's not finished yet
   // can be called from any thread, but only after Start()
-  void Finish(bool is_error = false) ABSL_LOCKS_EXCLUDED(state_mu_);
-
-  void Pause(bool pause);
+  // if is_error = true and migration is in progress it will be restarted otherwise nothing happens
+  void Finish(bool is_error = false, std::string error = "") ABSL_LOCKS_EXCLUDED(state_mu_);
 
   MigrationState GetState() const ABSL_LOCKS_EXCLUDED(state_mu_);
 
diff --git a/src/server/journal/streamer.cc b/src/server/journal/streamer.cc
index b3da7e9660ae..0e2c5559b83c 100644
--- a/src/server/journal/streamer.cc
+++ b/src/server/journal/streamer.cc
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ void JournalStreamer::Write(std::string_view str) {
   }
   v[next_buf_id++] = IoVec(io::Bytes(buf, str.size()));
 
+  last_write_time_ns_ = absl::GetCurrentTimeNanos();
   dest_->AsyncWrite(
       v, next_buf_id,
       [buf0 = std::move(pending_buf_), buf, this, len = total_pending](std::error_code ec) {
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ void JournalStreamer::Write(std::string_view str) {
 }
 
 void JournalStreamer::OnCompletion(std::error_code ec, size_t len) {
+  last_write_time_ns_ = -1;
   DCHECK_GE(in_flight_bytes_, len);
 
   DVLOG(2) << "Completing from " << in_flight_bytes_ << " to " << in_flight_bytes_ - len;
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ void JournalStreamer::OnCompletion(std::error_code ec, size_t len) {
     // If everything was sent but we have a pending buf, flush it.
     io::Bytes src(pending_buf_);
     in_flight_bytes_ += src.size();
+    last_write_time_ns_ = absl::GetCurrentTimeNanos();
     dest_->AsyncWrite(src, [buf = std::move(pending_buf_), this](std::error_code ec) {
       OnCompletion(ec, buf.size());
     });
@@ -210,10 +213,6 @@ void RestoreStreamer::Run() {
   PrimeTable* pt = &db_array_[0]->prime;
 
   do {
-    if (pause_) {
-      ThisFiber::SleepFor(100ms);
-      continue;
-    }
     if (fiber_cancelled_)
       return;
 
@@ -352,7 +351,6 @@ void RestoreStreamer::WriteEntry(string_view key, const PrimeValue& pk, const Pr
   // TODO: From DumpObject to till Write we tripple copy the PrimeValue. It's very inefficient and
   // will burn CPU for large values.
   Write(restore_cmd_sink.str());
-  last_write_time_ns_ = absl::GetCurrentTimeNanos();
 }
 
 }  // namespace dfly
diff --git a/src/server/journal/streamer.h b/src/server/journal/streamer.h
index 20a54dc98815..40c89e8ab90a 100644
--- a/src/server/journal/streamer.h
+++ b/src/server/journal/streamer.h
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ class JournalStreamer {
 
   size_t GetTotalBufferCapacities() const;
 
+  int64_t GetLastWriteTime() const {
+    return last_write_time_ns_;
+  }
+
  protected:
   // TODO: we copy the string on each write because JournalItem may be passed to multiple
   // streamers so we can not move it. However, if we would either wrap JournalItem in shared_ptr
@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@ class JournalStreamer {
   time_t last_lsn_time_ = 0;
   util::fb2::EventCount waker_;
   uint32_t journal_cb_id_{0};
+  int64_t last_write_time_ns_ = -1;  // last write call.
 };
 
 // Serializes existing DB as RESTORE commands, and sends updates as regular commands.
@@ -90,14 +95,6 @@ class RestoreStreamer : public JournalStreamer {
     return snapshot_finished_;
   }
 
-  int64_t GetLastWriteTime() const {
-    return last_write_time_ns_;
-  }
-
-  void Pause(bool pause) {
-    pause_ = pause;
-  }
-
  private:
   void OnDbChange(DbIndex db_index, const DbSlice::ChangeReq& req);
   bool ShouldWrite(const journal::JournalItem& item) const override;
@@ -114,8 +111,6 @@ class RestoreStreamer : public JournalStreamer {
   cluster::SlotSet my_slots_;
   bool fiber_cancelled_ = false;
   bool snapshot_finished_ = false;
-  bool pause_ = false;
-  int64_t last_write_time_ns_ = -1;  // last write call.
 };
 
 }  // namespace dfly
diff --git a/src/server/main_service.cc b/src/server/main_service.cc
index 6fa009ef0fad..22723a30f4ea 100644
--- a/src/server/main_service.cc
+++ b/src/server/main_service.cc
@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@ void Service::Init(util::AcceptServer* acceptor, std::vector<facade::Listener*>
 
   config_registry.RegisterMutable("replica_partial_sync");
   config_registry.RegisterMutable("replication_timeout");
+  config_registry.RegisterMutable("migration_timeout");
   config_registry.RegisterMutable("table_growth_margin");
   config_registry.RegisterMutable("tcp_keepalive");
 
@@ -864,6 +865,7 @@ void Service::Init(util::AcceptServer* acceptor, std::vector<facade::Listener*>
   // Initialize shard_set with a global callback running once in a while in the shard threads.
   shard_set->Init(shard_num, [this] {
     server_family_.GetDflyCmd()->BreakStalledFlowsInShard();
+    cluster_family_.BreakStalledFlowsInShard();
     server_family_.UpdateMemoryGlobalStats();
   });
   Transaction::Init(shard_num);
diff --git a/tests/dragonfly/cluster_test.py b/tests/dragonfly/cluster_test.py
index 3a19cfd022d6..4046201f53ac 100644
--- a/tests/dragonfly/cluster_test.py
+++ b/tests/dragonfly/cluster_test.py
@@ -2050,3 +2050,56 @@ async def test_cluster_memory_consumption_migration(df_factory: DflyInstanceFact
     await push_config(json.dumps(generate_config(nodes)), [node.admin_client for node in nodes])
 
     await check_for_no_state_status([node.admin_client for node in nodes])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@dfly_args({"proactor_threads": 4, "cluster_mode": "yes"})
+async def test_migration_timeout_on_sync(df_factory: DflyInstanceFactory, df_seeder_factory):
+    # setting migration_timeout to a very small value to force the replica to timeout
+    instances = [
+        df_factory.create(
+            port=BASE_PORT + i,
+            admin_port=BASE_PORT + i + 1000,
+            migration_timeout=100,
+            vmodule="outgoing_slot_migration=9,cluster_family=9,incoming_slot_migration=9",
+        )
+        for i in range(2)
+    ]
+
+    df_factory.start_all(instances)
+
+    nodes = [(await create_node_info(instance)) for instance in instances]
+    nodes[0].slots = [(0, 16383)]
+    nodes[1].slots = []
+
+    await push_config(json.dumps(generate_config(nodes)), [node.admin_client for node in nodes])
+
+    logging.debug("source node DEBUG POPULATE")
+    await nodes[0].client.execute_command("debug", "populate", "200000", "foo", "1000")
+
+    seeder = df_seeder_factory.create(port=nodes[0].instance.port, cluster_mode=True)
+    seeder_task = asyncio.create_task(seeder.run(target_deviation=0.1))
+
+    await asyncio.sleep(0.5)  # wait for seeder running
+
+    logging.debug("Start migration")
+    nodes[0].migrations.append(
+        MigrationInfo("127.0.0.1", nodes[1].instance.admin_port, [(0, 16383)], nodes[1].id)
+    )
+    await push_config(json.dumps(generate_config(nodes)), [node.admin_client for node in nodes])
+
+    await wait_for_status(nodes[0].admin_client, nodes[1].id, "SYNC")
+
+    logging.debug("debug migration pause")
+    await nodes[1].client.execute_command("debug migration pause")
+
+    await asyncio.sleep(1)
+
+    logging.debug("debug migration resume")
+    await nodes[1].client.execute_command("debug migration resume")
+
+    await asyncio.sleep(1)  # migration will start resync
+    seeder.stop()
+    await seeder_task
+
+    await wait_for_status(nodes[0].admin_client, nodes[1].id, "FINISHED")