diff --git a/src/common/inc/tglobal.h b/src/common/inc/tglobal.h
index 49ca1e31c5f4fc21beeed169b431f21e8985a642..cde5eab48783351d4bd8c00be9008d52b5bf6561 100644
--- a/src/common/inc/tglobal.h
+++ b/src/common/inc/tglobal.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ extern int8_t   tsArbOnline;
 extern int64_t  tsArbOnlineTimestamp;
 extern int32_t  tsDnodeId;
 extern int64_t  tsDnodeStartTime;
+extern int8_t   tsDnodeNopLoop;
 
 // common
 extern int      tsRpcTimer;
diff --git a/src/common/src/tglobal.c b/src/common/src/tglobal.c
index 83026a3774ab77aa4b5d4998225a4dcc5d10c121..d29eb09ae102130a5a570f8ea3eff70023723252 100644
--- a/src/common/src/tglobal.c
+++ b/src/common/src/tglobal.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ int64_t  tsArbOnlineTimestamp = TSDB_ARB_DUMMY_TIME;
 char     tsEmail[TSDB_FQDN_LEN] = {0};
 int32_t  tsDnodeId = 0;
 int64_t  tsDnodeStartTime = 0;
+int8_t   tsDnodeNopLoop = 0;
 
 // common
 int32_t tsRpcTimer = 300;
@@ -622,6 +623,16 @@ static void doInitGlobalConfig(void) {
   cfg.unitType = TAOS_CFG_UTYPE_NONE;
   taosInitConfigOption(cfg);
 
+  cfg.option = "dnodeNopLoop";
+  cfg.ptr = &tsDnodeNopLoop;
+  cfg.valType = TAOS_CFG_VTYPE_INT8;
+  cfg.cfgType = TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_CONFIG;
+  cfg.minValue = 0;
+  cfg.maxValue = 1;
+  cfg.ptrLength = 0;
+  cfg.unitType = TAOS_CFG_UTYPE_NONE;
+  taosInitConfigOption(cfg);
+
   cfg.option = "balance";
   cfg.ptr = &tsEnableBalance;
   cfg.valType = TAOS_CFG_VTYPE_INT8;
diff --git a/src/dnode/src/dnodeVnodes.c b/src/dnode/src/dnodeVnodes.c
index 93d218581cfb7d1738fa5ba3f3afd8c8f0d70dd7..47ef92a6e0e7274e65db181590ca069736317224 100644
--- a/src/dnode/src/dnodeVnodes.c
+++ b/src/dnode/src/dnodeVnodes.c
@@ -222,6 +222,17 @@ static void dnodeProcessStatusRsp(SRpcMsg *pMsg) {
       if (clusterId[0] != '\0') {
         dnodeSetDropped();
         dError("exit zombie dropped dnode");
+
+        // warning: only for k8s!
+        while (tsDnodeNopLoop) {
+          dInfo("Nop loop");
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+          Sleep(100);
+#else
+          usleep(100000);
+#endif
+        }
+
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
       }
     }