diff --git a/source/client/src/clientTmq.c b/source/client/src/clientTmq.c
index befcb00ac793778694ba9713098ad657dfd317be..0ee9a7bd7d9e5528e003d87f83122e477b2d132b 100644
--- a/source/client/src/clientTmq.c
+++ b/source/client/src/clientTmq.c
@@ -1151,6 +1151,7 @@ int32_t tmq_subscribe(tmq_t* tmq, const tmq_list_t* topic_list) {
   };
 
   if (tsem_init(&param.rspSem, 0, 0) != 0) {
+    code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_INTERNAL_ERROR;
     goto FAIL;
   }
 
@@ -1186,6 +1187,8 @@ int32_t tmq_subscribe(tmq_t* tmq, const tmq_list_t* topic_list) {
   int32_t retryCnt = 0;
   while (TSDB_CODE_MND_CONSUMER_NOT_READY == doAskEp(tmq)) {
     if (retryCnt++ > MAX_RETRY_COUNT) {
+      tscError("consumer:0x%" PRIx64 ", mnd not ready for subscribe, retry:%d in 500ms", tmq->consumerId, retryCnt);
+      code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_INTERNAL_ERROR;
       goto FAIL;
     }
 
diff --git a/utils/test/c/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/test/c/CMakeLists.txt
index eda9c70f159b9c440d530a8036ef01eeb409930c..87b0d11d1c00f631c7c09081952af82174e2432f 100644
--- a/utils/test/c/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/test/c/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ add_executable(tmq_taosx_ci tmq_taosx_ci.c)
 add_executable(write_raw_block_test write_raw_block_test.c)
 add_executable(sml_test sml_test.c)
 add_executable(get_db_name_test get_db_name_test.c)
+add_executable(tmq_offset tmqOffset.c)
+target_link_libraries(
+    tmq_offset
+    PUBLIC taos_static
+    PUBLIC util
+    PUBLIC common
+    PUBLIC os
+)
 target_link_libraries(
     create_table
     PUBLIC taos_static
diff --git a/utils/test/c/tmqOffset.c b/utils/test/c/tmqOffset.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7225cb87bdcbf77807c1861d22cef72f955d49bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/test/c/tmqOffset.c
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+//
+// Created by mingming wanng on 2023/4/7.
+//
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "taoserror.h"
+#include "tlog.h"
+#include "tmsg.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+  int32_t size;
+} STqOffsetHead;
+
+int32_t tqOffsetRestoreFromFile(const char* fname) {
+  TdFilePtr pFile = taosOpenFile(fname, TD_FILE_READ);
+  if (pFile != NULL) {
+    STqOffsetHead head = {0};
+    int32_t       code;
+
+    while (1) {
+      if ((code = taosReadFile(pFile, &head, sizeof(STqOffsetHead))) != sizeof(STqOffsetHead)) {
+        if (code == 0) {
+          break;
+        } else {
+          printf("code:%d != 0\n", code);
+          return -1;
+        }
+      }
+      int32_t size = htonl(head.size);
+      void*   memBuf = taosMemoryCalloc(1, size);
+      if (memBuf == NULL) {
+        printf("memBuf == NULL\n");
+        return -1;
+      }
+      if ((code = taosReadFile(pFile, memBuf, size)) != size) {
+        taosMemoryFree(memBuf);
+        printf("code:%d != size:%d\n", code, size);
+        return -1;
+      }
+      STqOffset offset;
+      SDecoder  decoder;
+      tDecoderInit(&decoder, memBuf, size);
+      if (tDecodeSTqOffset(&decoder, &offset) < 0) {
+        taosMemoryFree(memBuf);
+        tDecoderClear(&decoder);
+        printf("tDecodeSTqOffset error\n");
+        return -1;
+      }
+
+      tDecoderClear(&decoder);
+      printf("subkey:%s, type:%d, uid/version:%"PRId64", ts:%"PRId64"\n",
+             offset.subKey, offset.val.type, offset.val.uid, offset.val.ts);
+      taosMemoryFree(memBuf);
+    }
+
+    taosCloseFile(&pFile);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  tqOffsetRestoreFromFile("offset-ver0");
+  return 0;
+}