diff --git a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/inc/vmInt.h b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/inc/vmInt.h
index 0f7daf0e1d8e0fab76f4715261624e5953ea3a31..7e5379b0f8661cd25eed2bd8b0ed6db5e6d5a99b 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/inc/vmInt.h
+++ b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/inc/vmInt.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ typedef struct SVnodeMgmt {
   SQWorkerPool   fetchPool;
   SWWorkerPool   syncPool;
   SWWorkerPool   writePool;
+  SWWorkerPool   applyPool;
   SWWorkerPool   mergePool;
   SSingleWorker  mgmtWorker;
   SSingleWorker  monitorWorker;
diff --git a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmWorker.c b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmWorker.c
index b6913f93f271dc9ba30de6886bc2e405114f1267..88831384d4e719f2a64ac321671888e4507a20bc 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmWorker.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmWorker.c
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@
 #define _DEFAULT_SOURCE
 #include "vmInt.h"
 
-#include "sync.h"
-#include "syncTools.h"
-
 static inline void vmSendRsp(SRpcMsg *pMsg, int32_t code) {
+  if (pMsg->info.handle == NULL) return;
   SRpcMsg rsp = {
       .code = code,
       .pCont = pMsg->info.rsp,
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ static void vmProcessMgmtQueue(SQueueInfo *pInfo, SRpcMsg *pMsg) {
   if (IsReq(pMsg)) {
     if (code != 0) {
       if (terrno != 0) code = terrno;
-      dError("msg:%p failed to process since %s", pMsg, terrstr());
+      dError("msg:%p, failed to process since %s", pMsg, terrstr());
     }
     vmSendRsp(pMsg, code);
   }
@@ -107,11 +105,9 @@ static void vmProcessSyncQueue(SQueueInfo *pInfo, STaosQall *qall, int32_t numOf
 
     int32_t code = vnodeProcessSyncReq(pVnode->pImpl, pMsg, NULL);
     if (code != 0) {
+      if (terrno != 0) code = terrno;
       dError("vgId:%d, msg:%p failed to sync since %s", pVnode->vgId, pMsg, terrstr());
-      if (pMsg->info.handle != NULL) {
-        if (terrno != 0) code = terrno;
-        vmSendRsp(pMsg, code);
-      }
+      vmSendRsp(pMsg, code);
     }
 
     dTrace("vgId:%d, msg:%p is freed, code:0x%x", pVnode->vgId, pMsg, code);
@@ -130,8 +126,8 @@ static void vmProcessMergeQueue(SQueueInfo *pInfo, STaosQall *qall, int32_t numO
 
     int32_t code = vnodeProcessFetchMsg(pVnode->pImpl, pMsg, pInfo);
     if (code != 0) {
-      dError("vgId:%d, msg:%p failed to merge since %s", pVnode->vgId, pMsg, terrstr());
       if (terrno != 0) code = terrno;
+      dError("vgId:%d, msg:%p failed to merge since %s", pVnode->vgId, pMsg, terrstr());
       vmSendRsp(pMsg, code);
     }
 
@@ -150,7 +146,7 @@ static int32_t vmPutMsgToQueue(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, SRpcMsg *pMsg, EQueueType qtyp
 
   SVnodeObj *pVnode = vmAcquireVnode(pMgmt, pHead->vgId);
   if (pVnode == NULL) {
-    dError("vgId:%d, failed to put msg:%p into vnode queue since %s, type:%s", pHead->vgId, pMsg, terrstr(),
+    dError("vgId:%d, msg:%p failed to put into vnode queue since %s, type:%s", pHead->vgId, pMsg, terrstr(),
            TMSG_INFO(pMsg->msgType));
     return terrno != 0 ? terrno : -1;
   }
@@ -260,7 +256,7 @@ int32_t vmGetQueueSize(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t vgId, EQueueType qtype) {
 int32_t vmAllocQueue(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, SVnodeObj *pVnode) {
   pVnode->pWriteQ = tWWorkerAllocQueue(&pMgmt->writePool, pVnode->pImpl, (FItems)vnodeProposeMsg);
   pVnode->pSyncQ = tWWorkerAllocQueue(&pMgmt->syncPool, pVnode, (FItems)vmProcessSyncQueue);
-  pVnode->pApplyQ = tWWorkerAllocQueue(&pMgmt->writePool, pVnode->pImpl, (FItems)vnodeApplyMsg);
+  pVnode->pApplyQ = tWWorkerAllocQueue(&pMgmt->applyPool, pVnode->pImpl, (FItems)vnodeApplyMsg);
   pVnode->pQueryQ = tQWorkerAllocQueue(&pMgmt->queryPool, pVnode, (FItem)vmProcessQueryQueue);
   pVnode->pFetchQ = tQWorkerAllocQueue(&pMgmt->fetchPool, pVnode, (FItem)vmProcessFetchQueue);
   pVnode->pMergeQ = tWWorkerAllocQueue(&pMgmt->mergePool, pVnode, (FItems)vmProcessMergeQueue);
@@ -277,7 +273,7 @@ int32_t vmAllocQueue(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, SVnodeObj *pVnode) {
 
 void vmFreeQueue(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, SVnodeObj *pVnode) {
   tWWorkerFreeQueue(&pMgmt->writePool, pVnode->pWriteQ);
-  tWWorkerFreeQueue(&pMgmt->writePool, pVnode->pApplyQ);
+  tWWorkerFreeQueue(&pMgmt->applyPool, pVnode->pApplyQ);
   tWWorkerFreeQueue(&pMgmt->syncPool, pVnode->pSyncQ);
   tQWorkerFreeQueue(&pMgmt->queryPool, pVnode->pQueryQ);
   tQWorkerFreeQueue(&pMgmt->fetchPool, pVnode->pFetchQ);
@@ -309,6 +305,11 @@ int32_t vmStartWorker(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt) {
   pWPool->max = tsNumOfVnodeWriteThreads;
   if (tWWorkerInit(pWPool) != 0) return -1;
 
+  SWWorkerPool *pAPool = &pMgmt->applyPool;
+  pAPool->name = "vnode-apply";
+  pAPool->max = tsNumOfVnodeWriteThreads;
+  if (tWWorkerInit(pAPool) != 0) return -1;
+
   SWWorkerPool *pSPool = &pMgmt->syncPool;
   pSPool->name = "vnode-sync";
   pSPool->max = tsNumOfVnodeSyncThreads;
@@ -345,6 +346,7 @@ void vmStopWorker(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt) {
   tSingleWorkerCleanup(&pMgmt->monitorWorker);
   tSingleWorkerCleanup(&pMgmt->mgmtWorker);
   tWWorkerCleanup(&pMgmt->writePool);
+  tWWorkerCleanup(&pMgmt->applyPool);
   tWWorkerCleanup(&pMgmt->syncPool);
   tQWorkerCleanup(&pMgmt->queryPool);
   tQWorkerCleanup(&pMgmt->fetchPool);