diff --git a/include/common/tmsg.h b/include/common/tmsg.h
index ad6077db098b18d2b10d95058831d4f8c25d046a..57654b2db13be9324b8d86eb4b965ede510ce4fb 100644
--- a/include/common/tmsg.h
+++ b/include/common/tmsg.h
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ int32_t tDeserializeSDropVnodeReq(void* buf, int32_t bufLen, SDropVnodeReq* pReq
 typedef struct {
   int64_t dbUid;
   char    db[TSDB_DB_FNAME_LEN];
-  int64_t reserved[8];
+  int64_t compactStartTime;
 } SCompactVnodeReq;
 
 int32_t tSerializeSCompactVnodeReq(void* buf, int32_t bufLen, SCompactVnodeReq* pReq);
diff --git a/source/common/src/systable.c b/source/common/src/systable.c
index 60a673ef9cf25b61e8889f4941802a8500b726a2..a51a711e960b312868e862b26c022408869e3325 100644
--- a/source/common/src/systable.c
+++ b/source/common/src/systable.c
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ static const SSysDbTableSchema vgroupsSchema[] = {
     {.name = "v4_status", .bytes = 9 + VARSTR_HEADER_SIZE, .type = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_VARCHAR, .sysInfo = true},
     {.name = "cacheload", .bytes = 4, .type = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_INT, .sysInfo = true},
     {.name = "tsma", .bytes = 1, .type = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_TINYINT, .sysInfo = true},
+    {.name = "compact_start_time", .bytes = 8, .type = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_TIMESTAMP, .sysInfo = false},
 };
 
 static const SSysDbTableSchema smaSchema[] = {
diff --git a/source/common/src/tmsg.c b/source/common/src/tmsg.c
index 95625e8d9360946fbcf1432f804ec7841e006dfc..39797e4947e1b3bd1bf5613d195b4e0cd44c30ab 100644
--- a/source/common/src/tmsg.c
+++ b/source/common/src/tmsg.c
@@ -3989,9 +3989,7 @@ int32_t tSerializeSCompactVnodeReq(void *buf, int32_t bufLen, SCompactVnodeReq *
   if (tStartEncode(&encoder) < 0) return -1;
   if (tEncodeI64(&encoder, pReq->dbUid) < 0) return -1;
   if (tEncodeCStr(&encoder, pReq->db) < 0) return -1;
-  for (int32_t i = 0; i < 8; ++i) {
-    if (tEncodeI64(&encoder, pReq->reserved[i]) < 0) return -1;
-  }
+  if (tEncodeI64(&encoder, pReq->compactStartTime) < 0) return -1;
   tEndEncode(&encoder);
 
   int32_t tlen = encoder.pos;
@@ -4006,9 +4004,7 @@ int32_t tDeserializeSCompactVnodeReq(void *buf, int32_t bufLen, SCompactVnodeReq
   if (tStartDecode(&decoder) < 0) return -1;
   if (tDecodeI64(&decoder, &pReq->dbUid) < 0) return -1;
   if (tDecodeCStrTo(&decoder, pReq->db) < 0) return -1;
-  for (int32_t i = 0; i < 8; ++i) {
-    if (tDecodeI64(&decoder, &pReq->reserved[i]) < 0) return -1;
-  }
+  if (tDecodeI64(&decoder, &pReq->compactStartTime) < 0) return -1;
   tEndDecode(&decoder);
 
   tDecoderClear(&decoder);
diff --git a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/inc/mndDef.h b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/inc/mndDef.h
index 4e93a1d96ee0eb3b70742eee69d892b8cb1dc451..4b2cb087f1cebf986c9dbdf03a039b7dba1764f8 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/inc/mndDef.h
+++ b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/inc/mndDef.h
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ typedef struct {
   SDbCfg   cfg;
   SRWLatch lock;
   int64_t  stateTs;
+  int64_t  compactStartTime;
 } SDbObj;
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/inc/mndVgroup.h b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/inc/mndVgroup.h
index 765d4fd33da9fa52266a89e8fc57d247c6494a96..51eb24f40235e21a811ef48a172c75ba09b4f396 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/inc/mndVgroup.h
+++ b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/inc/mndVgroup.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ int32_t mndAddDropVnodeAction(SMnode *, STrans *pTrans, SDbObj *pDb, SVgObj *pVg
 int32_t mndSetMoveVgroupsInfoToTrans(SMnode *, STrans *pTrans, int32_t dropDnodeId, bool force);
 int32_t mndBuildAlterVgroupAction(SMnode *pMnode, STrans *pTrans, SDbObj *pOldDb, SDbObj *pNewDb, SVgObj *pVgroup,
                                   SArray *pArray);
+int32_t mndBuildCompactVgroupAction(SMnode *pMnode, STrans *pTrans, SDbObj *pDb, SVgObj *pVgroup, int64_t compactTs);
 
 void *mndBuildCreateVnodeReq(SMnode *, SDnodeObj *pDnode, SDbObj *pDb, SVgObj *pVgroup, int32_t *pContLen);
 void *mndBuildDropVnodeReq(SMnode *, SDnodeObj *pDnode, SDbObj *pDb, SVgObj *pVgroup, int32_t *pContLen);
diff --git a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndDb.c b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndDb.c
index 8a4f6c2195ba88b1adea293690b1ba209c6c91a8..50ebb2a7dc9ea1a42913c514358b2c00f9ad9102 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndDb.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndDb.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "systable.h"
 
 #define DB_VER_NUMBER   1
-#define DB_RESERVE_SIZE 54
+#define DB_RESERVE_SIZE 46
 
 static SSdbRaw *mndDbActionEncode(SDbObj *pDb);
 static SSdbRow *mndDbActionDecode(SSdbRaw *pRaw);
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static SSdbRaw *mndDbActionEncode(SDbObj *pDb) {
   SDB_SET_INT16(pRaw, dataPos, pDb->cfg.hashPrefix, _OVER)
   SDB_SET_INT16(pRaw, dataPos, pDb->cfg.hashSuffix, _OVER)
   SDB_SET_INT32(pRaw, dataPos, pDb->cfg.tsdbPageSize, _OVER)
+  SDB_SET_INT64(pRaw, dataPos, pDb->compactStartTime, _OVER)
 
   SDB_SET_RESERVE(pRaw, dataPos, DB_RESERVE_SIZE, _OVER)
   SDB_SET_DATALEN(pRaw, dataPos, _OVER)
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ static SSdbRow *mndDbActionDecode(SSdbRaw *pRaw) {
   SDB_GET_INT16(pRaw, dataPos, &pDb->cfg.hashPrefix, _OVER)
   SDB_GET_INT16(pRaw, dataPos, &pDb->cfg.hashSuffix, _OVER)
   SDB_GET_INT32(pRaw, dataPos, &pDb->cfg.tsdbPageSize, _OVER)
+  SDB_GET_INT64(pRaw, dataPos, &pDb->compactStartTime, _OVER)
 
   SDB_GET_RESERVE(pRaw, dataPos, DB_RESERVE_SIZE, _OVER)
   taosInitRWLatch(&pDb->lock);
@@ -275,6 +277,7 @@ static int32_t mndDbActionUpdate(SSdb *pSdb, SDbObj *pOld, SDbObj *pNew) {
   pOld->cfg.replications = pNew->cfg.replications;
   pOld->cfg.sstTrigger = pNew->cfg.sstTrigger;
   pOld->cfg.tsdbPageSize = pNew->cfg.tsdbPageSize;
+  pOld->compactStartTime = pNew->compactStartTime;
   taosWUnLockLatch(&pOld->lock);
   return 0;
 }
@@ -1388,7 +1391,63 @@ int32_t mndValidateDbInfo(SMnode *pMnode, SDbVgVersion *pDbs, int32_t numOfDbs,
   return 0;
 }
 
-static int32_t mndCompactDb(SMnode *pMnode, SDbObj *pDb) { return 0; }
+static int32_t mndSetCompactDbCommitLogs(SMnode *pMnode, STrans *pTrans, SDbObj *pDb, int64_t compactTs) {
+  SDbObj dbObj = {0};
+  memcpy(&dbObj, pDb, sizeof(SDbObj));
+  dbObj.compactStartTime = compactTs;
+
+  SSdbRaw *pCommitRaw = mndDbActionEncode(&dbObj);
+  if (pCommitRaw == NULL) return -1;
+  if (mndTransAppendCommitlog(pTrans, pCommitRaw) != 0) {
+    sdbFreeRaw(pCommitRaw);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  (void)sdbSetRawStatus(pCommitRaw, SDB_STATUS_READY);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int32_t mndSetCompactDbRedoActions(SMnode *pMnode, STrans *pTrans, SDbObj *pDb, int64_t compactTs) {
+  SSdb *pSdb = pMnode->pSdb;
+  void *pIter = NULL;
+
+  while (1) {
+    SVgObj *pVgroup = NULL;
+    pIter = sdbFetch(pSdb, SDB_VGROUP, pIter, (void **)&pVgroup);
+    if (pIter == NULL) break;
+
+    if (mndVgroupInDb(pVgroup, pDb->uid)) {
+      if (mndBuildCompactVgroupAction(pMnode, pTrans, pDb, pVgroup, compactTs) != 0) {
+        sdbCancelFetch(pSdb, pIter);
+        sdbRelease(pSdb, pVgroup);
+        return -1;
+      }
+    }
+
+    sdbRelease(pSdb, pVgroup);
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int32_t mndCompactDb(SMnode *pMnode, SRpcMsg *pReq, SDbObj *pDb) {
+  int64_t compactTs = taosGetTimestampMs();
+  int32_t code = -1;
+  STrans *pTrans = mndTransCreate(pMnode, TRN_POLICY_RETRY, TRN_CONFLICT_DB, pReq, "compact-db");
+  if (pTrans == NULL) goto _OVER;
+
+  mInfo("trans:%d, used to compact db:%s", pTrans->id, pDb->name);
+  mndTransSetDbName(pTrans, pDb->name, NULL);
+  if (mndTrancCheckConflict(pMnode, pTrans) != 0) goto _OVER;
+  if (mndSetCompactDbCommitLogs(pMnode, pTrans, pDb, compactTs) != 0) goto _OVER;
+  if (mndSetCompactDbRedoActions(pMnode, pTrans, pDb, compactTs) != 0) goto _OVER;
+  if (mndTransPrepare(pMnode, pTrans) != 0) goto _OVER;
+  code = 0;
+
+_OVER:
+  mndTransDrop(pTrans);
+  return code;
+}
 
 static int32_t mndProcessCompactDbReq(SRpcMsg *pReq) {
   SMnode       *pMnode = pReq->info.node;
@@ -1412,10 +1471,11 @@ static int32_t mndProcessCompactDbReq(SRpcMsg *pReq) {
     goto _OVER;
   }
 
-  code = mndCompactDb(pMnode, pDb);
+  code = mndCompactDb(pMnode, pReq, pDb);
+  if (code == 0) code = TSDB_CODE_ACTION_IN_PROGRESS;
 
 _OVER:
-  if (code != 0) {
+  if (code != 0 && code != TSDB_CODE_ACTION_IN_PROGRESS) {
     mError("db:%s, failed to process compact db req since %s", compactReq.db, terrstr());
   }
 
diff --git a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndVgroup.c b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndVgroup.c
index 31ab1f3259cd45b0223c5962fbca5f27386da57a..bbc9b8d460b6603c8995f3f0b050ecbd4853342b 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndVgroup.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndVgroup.c
@@ -729,6 +729,13 @@ static int32_t mndRetrieveVgroups(SRpcMsg *pReq, SShowObj *pShow, SSDataBlock *p
     pColInfo = taosArrayGet(pBlock->pDataBlock, cols++);
     colDataAppend(pColInfo, numOfRows, (const char *)&pVgroup->isTsma, false);
 
+    pColInfo = taosArrayGet(pBlock->pDataBlock, cols++);
+    if (pDb->compactStartTime <= 0) {
+      colDataAppendNULL(pColInfo, rows);
+    } else {
+      colDataAppend(pColInfo, numOfRows, (const char *)&pDb->compactStartTime, false);
+    }
+
     numOfRows++;
     sdbRelease(pSdb, pVgroup);
   }
@@ -2066,3 +2073,59 @@ _OVER:
 }
 
 bool mndVgroupInDb(SVgObj *pVgroup, int64_t dbUid) { return !pVgroup->isTsma && pVgroup->dbUid == dbUid; }
+
+static void *mndBuildCompactVnodeReq(SMnode *pMnode, SDbObj *pDb, SVgObj *pVgroup, int32_t *pContLen,
+                                     int64_t compactTs) {
+  SCompactVnodeReq compactReq = {0};
+  compactReq.dbUid = pDb->uid;
+  compactReq.compactStartTime = compactTs;
+  tstrncpy(compactReq.db, pDb->name, TSDB_DB_FNAME_LEN);
+
+  mInfo("vgId:%d, build compact vnode config req", pVgroup->vgId);
+  int32_t contLen = tSerializeSCompactVnodeReq(NULL, 0, &compactReq);
+  if (contLen < 0) {
+    terrno = TSDB_CODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  contLen += sizeof(SMsgHead);
+
+  void *pReq = taosMemoryMalloc(contLen);
+  if (pReq == NULL) {
+    terrno = TSDB_CODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  SMsgHead *pHead = pReq;
+  pHead->contLen = htonl(contLen);
+  pHead->vgId = htonl(pVgroup->vgId);
+
+  tSerializeSCompactVnodeReq((char *)pReq + sizeof(SMsgHead), contLen, &compactReq);
+  *pContLen = contLen;
+  return pReq;
+}
+
+static int32_t mndAddCompactVnodeAction(SMnode *pMnode, STrans *pTrans, SDbObj *pDb, SVgObj *pVgroup,
+                                        int64_t compactTs) {
+  STransAction action = {0};
+  action.epSet = mndGetVgroupEpset(pMnode, pVgroup);
+
+  int32_t contLen = 0;
+  void   *pReq = mndBuildCompactVnodeReq(pMnode, pDb, pVgroup, &contLen, compactTs);
+  if (pReq == NULL) return -1;
+
+  action.pCont = pReq;
+  action.contLen = contLen;
+  action.msgType = TDMT_VND_COMPACT;
+
+  if (mndTransAppendRedoAction(pTrans, &action) != 0) {
+    taosMemoryFree(pReq);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int32_t mndBuildCompactVgroupAction(SMnode *pMnode, STrans *pTrans, SDbObj *pDb, SVgObj *pVgroup, int64_t compactTs) {
+  if (mndAddCompactVnodeAction(pMnode, pTrans, pDb, pVgroup, compactTs) != 0) return -1;
+  return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeSvr.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeSvr.c
index 1ca68fd877fcfa0f88ffa4347978f65c00373d01..2eb44636b19843acc4e475769818cdf5f5c8dff4 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeSvr.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeSvr.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessDropTtlTbReq(SVnode *pVnode, int64_t version, void *p
 static int32_t vnodeProcessTrimReq(SVnode *pVnode, int64_t version, void *pReq, int32_t len, SRpcMsg *pRsp);
 static int32_t vnodeProcessDeleteReq(SVnode *pVnode, int64_t version, void *pReq, int32_t len, SRpcMsg *pRsp);
 static int32_t vnodeProcessBatchDeleteReq(SVnode *pVnode, int64_t version, void *pReq, int32_t len, SRpcMsg *pRsp);
+static int32_t vnodeProcessCompactVnodeReq(SVnode *pVnode, int64_t version, void *pReq, int32_t len, SRpcMsg *pRsp);
 
 int32_t vnodePreProcessWriteMsg(SVnode *pVnode, SRpcMsg *pMsg) {
   int32_t  code = 0;
@@ -308,8 +309,7 @@ int32_t vnodeProcessWriteMsg(SVnode *pVnode, SRpcMsg *pMsg, int64_t version, SRp
       vnodeBegin(pVnode);
       goto _exit;
     case TDMT_VND_COMPACT:
-      vnodeAsyncCompact(pVnode);
-      vnodeBegin(pVnode);
+      vnodeProcessCompactVnodeReq(pVnode, version, pReq, len, pRsp);
       goto _exit;
     default:
       vError("vgId:%d, unprocessed msg, %d", TD_VID(pVnode), pMsg->msgType);
@@ -1266,3 +1266,20 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessDeleteReq(SVnode *pVnode, int64_t version, void *pReq
 _err:
   return code;
 }
+
+static int32_t vnodeProcessCompactVnodeReq(SVnode *pVnode, int64_t version, void *pReq, int32_t len, SRpcMsg *pRsp) {
+  SCompactVnodeReq req = {0};
+  if (tDeserializeSCompactVnodeReq(pReq, len, &req) != 0) {
+    terrno = TSDB_CODE_INVALID_MSG;
+    return TSDB_CODE_INVALID_MSG;
+  }
+  vInfo("vgId:%d, compact msg will be processed, db:%s dbUid:%" PRId64 " compactStartTime:%" PRId64, TD_VID(pVnode),
+        req.db, req.dbUid, req.compactStartTime);
+
+#if 0
+  vnodeAsyncCompact(pVnode);
+  vnodeBegin(pVnode);
+#endif
+
+  return 0;
+}
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