diff --git a/executor/adapter.go b/executor/adapter.go
index 6ee10da05f..4a648f4029 100644
--- a/executor/adapter.go
+++ b/executor/adapter.go
@@ -1296,7 +1296,15 @@ func (a *ExecStmt) LogSlowQuery(txnTS uint64, succ bool, hasMoreResults bool) {
 		ExecRetryCount:    a.retryCount,
 		IsExplicitTxn:     sessVars.TxnCtx.IsExplicit,
 		IsWriteCacheTable: stmtCtx.WaitLockLeaseTime > 0,
+		IsSyncStatsFailed: stmtCtx.IsSyncStatsFailed,
 	}
+	failpoint.Inject("assertSyncStatsFailed", func(val failpoint.Value) {
+		if val.(bool) {
+			if !slowItems.IsSyncStatsFailed {
+				panic("isSyncStatsFailed should be true")
+			}
+		}
+	})
 	if a.retryCount > 0 {
 		slowItems.ExecRetryTime = costTime - sessVars.DurationParse - sessVars.DurationCompile - time.Since(a.retryStartTime)
 	}
diff --git a/executor/executor.go b/executor/executor.go
index 678eb3d39c..fc177713d7 100644
--- a/executor/executor.go
+++ b/executor/executor.go
@@ -1925,6 +1925,7 @@ func ResetContextOfStmt(ctx sessionctx.Context, s ast.StmtNode) (err error) {
 	sc.EnableOptimizeTrace = false
 	sc.OptimizeTracer = nil
 	sc.OptimizerCETrace = nil
+	sc.IsSyncStatsFailed = false
 
 	sc.SysdateIsNow = ctx.GetSessionVars().SysdateIsNow
 
diff --git a/planner/core/plan_stats.go b/planner/core/plan_stats.go
index 4fbf5e4772..4a8e38b01a 100644
--- a/planner/core/plan_stats.go
+++ b/planner/core/plan_stats.go
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/sessionctx"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/sessionctx/stmtctx"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/sessionctx/variable"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util/logutil"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util/mathutil"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 type collectPredicateColumnsPoint struct{}
@@ -41,6 +43,9 @@ func (c collectPredicateColumnsPoint) optimize(_ context.Context, plan LogicalPl
 	if len(predicateColumns) > 0 {
 		plan.SCtx().UpdateColStatsUsage(predicateColumns)
 	}
+	if !histNeeded {
+		return plan, nil
+	}
 	histNeededIndices := collectSyncIndices(plan.SCtx(), histNeededColumns)
 	histNeededItems := collectHistNeededItems(histNeededColumns, histNeededIndices)
 	if histNeeded && len(histNeededItems) > 0 {
@@ -85,6 +90,8 @@ func RequestLoadStats(ctx sessionctx.Context, neededHistItems []model.TableItemI
 	var timeout = time.Duration(waitTime)
 	err := domain.GetDomain(ctx).StatsHandle().SendLoadRequests(stmtCtx, neededHistItems, timeout)
 	if err != nil {
+		logutil.BgLogger().Warn("SendLoadRequests failed", zap.Error(err))
+		stmtCtx.IsSyncStatsFailed = true
 		return handleTimeout(stmtCtx)
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -100,6 +107,8 @@ func SyncWaitStatsLoad(plan LogicalPlan) (bool, error) {
 	if success {
 		return true, nil
 	}
+	logutil.BgLogger().Warn("SyncWaitStatsLoad failed")
+	stmtCtx.IsSyncStatsFailed = true
 	err := handleTimeout(stmtCtx)
 	return false, err
 }
diff --git a/planner/core/plan_stats_test.go b/planner/core/plan_stats_test.go
index 84678bc7ca..8f23858cda 100644
--- a/planner/core/plan_stats_test.go
+++ b/planner/core/plan_stats_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/pingcap/failpoint"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/config"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/executor"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser"
@@ -27,7 +28,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/planner"
 	plannercore "github.com/pingcap/tidb/planner/core"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/sessionctx"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/sessionctx/stmtctx"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/statistics"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/statistics/handle"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/testkit"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -259,15 +262,26 @@ func TestPlanStatsLoadTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	tableInfo := tbl.Meta()
 	neededColumn := model.TableItemID{TableID: tableInfo.ID, ID: tableInfo.Columns[0].ID, IsIndex: false}
-	resultCh := make(chan model.TableItemID, 1)
+	resultCh := make(chan stmtctx.StatsLoadResult, 1)
 	timeout := time.Duration(1<<63 - 1)
-	dom.StatsHandle().AppendNeededItem(neededColumn, resultCh, timeout) // make channel queue full
-	stmt, err := p.ParseOneStmt("select * from t where c>1", "", "")
+	task := &handle.NeededItemTask{
+		TableItemID: neededColumn,
+		ResultCh:    resultCh,
+		ToTimeout:   time.Now().Local().Add(timeout),
+	}
+	dom.StatsHandle().AppendNeededItem(task, timeout) // make channel queue full
+	sql := "select * from t where c>1"
+	stmt, err := p.ParseOneStmt(sql, "", "")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	tk.MustExec("set global tidb_stats_load_pseudo_timeout=false")
 	_, _, err = planner.Optimize(context.TODO(), ctx, stmt, is)
 	require.Error(t, err) // fail sql for timeout when pseudo=false
+
 	tk.MustExec("set global tidb_stats_load_pseudo_timeout=true")
+	require.NoError(t, failpoint.Enable("github.com/pingcap/executor/assertSyncStatsFailed", `return(true)`))
+	tk.MustExec(sql) // not fail sql for timeout when pseudo=true
+	failpoint.Disable("github.com/pingcap/executor/assertSyncStatsFailed")
+
 	plan, _, err := planner.Optimize(context.TODO(), ctx, stmt, is)
 	require.NoError(t, err) // not fail sql for timeout when pseudo=true
 	switch pp := plan.(type) {
diff --git a/sessionctx/stmtctx/stmtctx.go b/sessionctx/stmtctx/stmtctx.go
index a13b80a78a..98f2c6b27a 100644
--- a/sessionctx/stmtctx/stmtctx.go
+++ b/sessionctx/stmtctx/stmtctx.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package stmtctx
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"math"
 	"strconv"
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ type StatementContext struct {
 		// NeededItems stores the columns/indices whose stats are needed for planner.
 		NeededItems []model.TableItemID
 		// ResultCh to receive stats loading results
-		ResultCh chan model.TableItemID
+		ResultCh chan StatsLoadResult
 		// Fallback indicates if the planner uses full-loaded stats or fallback all to pseudo/simple.
 		Fallback bool
 		// LoadStartTime is to record the load start time to calculate latency
@@ -310,6 +311,9 @@ type StatementContext struct {
 	IsSQLRegistered atomic2.Bool
 	// IsSQLAndPlanRegistered uses to indicate whether the SQL and plan has been registered for TopSQL.
 	IsSQLAndPlanRegistered atomic2.Bool
+
+	// IsSyncStatsFailed indicates whether any failure happened during sync stats
+	IsSyncStatsFailed bool
 }
 
 // StmtHints are SessionVars related sql hints.
@@ -1014,3 +1018,30 @@ func (d *CopTasksDetails) ToZapFields() (fields []zap.Field) {
 	fields = append(fields, zap.String("wait_max_addr", d.MaxWaitAddress))
 	return fields
 }
+
+// StatsLoadResult indicates result for StatsLoad
+type StatsLoadResult struct {
+	Item  model.TableItemID
+	Error error
+}
+
+// HasError returns whether result has error
+func (r StatsLoadResult) HasError() bool {
+	return r.Error != nil
+}
+
+// ErrorMsg returns StatsLoadResult err msg
+func (r StatsLoadResult) ErrorMsg() string {
+	if r.Error == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	b := bytes.NewBufferString("tableID:")
+	b.WriteString(strconv.FormatInt(r.Item.TableID, 10))
+	b.WriteString(", id:")
+	b.WriteString(strconv.FormatInt(r.Item.ID, 10))
+	b.WriteString(", isIndex:")
+	b.WriteString(strconv.FormatBool(r.Item.IsIndex))
+	b.WriteString(", err:")
+	b.WriteString(r.Error.Error())
+	return b.String()
+}
diff --git a/sessionctx/variable/session.go b/sessionctx/variable/session.go
index a9bdcb8a60..4a03cc3317 100644
--- a/sessionctx/variable/session.go
+++ b/sessionctx/variable/session.go
@@ -2526,6 +2526,8 @@ const (
 	SlowLogIsExplicitTxn = "IsExplicitTxn"
 	// SlowLogIsWriteCacheTable is used to indicate whether writing to the cache table need to wait for the read lock to expire.
 	SlowLogIsWriteCacheTable = "IsWriteCacheTable"
+	// SlowLogIsSyncStatsFailed is used to indicate whether any failure happen during sync stats
+	SlowLogIsSyncStatsFailed = "IsSyncStatsFailed"
 )
 
 // GenerateBinaryPlan decides whether we should record binary plan in slow log and stmt summary.
@@ -2568,6 +2570,7 @@ type SlowQueryLogItems struct {
 	ResultRows        int64
 	IsExplicitTxn     bool
 	IsWriteCacheTable bool
+	IsSyncStatsFailed bool
 }
 
 // SlowLogFormat uses for formatting slow log.
@@ -2732,6 +2735,7 @@ func (s *SessionVars) SlowLogFormat(logItems *SlowQueryLogItems) string {
 	writeSlowLogItem(&buf, SlowLogResultRows, strconv.FormatInt(logItems.ResultRows, 10))
 	writeSlowLogItem(&buf, SlowLogSucc, strconv.FormatBool(logItems.Succ))
 	writeSlowLogItem(&buf, SlowLogIsExplicitTxn, strconv.FormatBool(logItems.IsExplicitTxn))
+	writeSlowLogItem(&buf, SlowLogIsSyncStatsFailed, strconv.FormatBool(logItems.IsSyncStatsFailed))
 	if s.StmtCtx.WaitLockLeaseTime > 0 {
 		writeSlowLogItem(&buf, SlowLogIsWriteCacheTable, strconv.FormatBool(logItems.IsWriteCacheTable))
 	}
diff --git a/sessionctx/variable/session_test.go b/sessionctx/variable/session_test.go
index 0776dd6083..5e47a9da45 100644
--- a/sessionctx/variable/session_test.go
+++ b/sessionctx/variable/session_test.go
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ func TestSlowLogFormat(t *testing.T) {
 # Result_rows: 12345
 # Succ: true
 # IsExplicitTxn: true
+# IsSyncStatsFailed: false
 # IsWriteCacheTable: true`
 	sql := "select * from t;"
 	_, digest := parser.NormalizeDigest(sql)
diff --git a/sessionctx/variable/tidb_vars.go b/sessionctx/variable/tidb_vars.go
index e1bae81b22..dbd38bd774 100644
--- a/sessionctx/variable/tidb_vars.go
+++ b/sessionctx/variable/tidb_vars.go
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ const (
 	DefTiDBPersistAnalyzeOptions                   = true
 	DefTiDBEnableColumnTracking                    = false
 	DefTiDBStatsLoadSyncWait                       = 0
-	DefTiDBStatsLoadPseudoTimeout                  = false
+	DefTiDBStatsLoadPseudoTimeout                  = true
 	DefSysdateIsNow                                = false
 	DefTiDBEnableMutationChecker                   = false
 	DefTiDBTxnAssertionLevel                       = AssertionOffStr
diff --git a/statistics/handle/handle.go b/statistics/handle/handle.go
index fdf592f364..6c5ca30353 100644
--- a/statistics/handle/handle.go
+++ b/statistics/handle/handle.go
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ func NewHandle(ctx sessionctx.Context, lease time.Duration, pool sessionPool, tr
 	handle.StatsLoad.SubCtxs = make([]sessionctx.Context, cfg.Performance.StatsLoadConcurrency)
 	handle.StatsLoad.NeededItemsCh = make(chan *NeededItemTask, cfg.Performance.StatsLoadQueueSize)
 	handle.StatsLoad.TimeoutItemsCh = make(chan *NeededItemTask, cfg.Performance.StatsLoadQueueSize)
-	handle.StatsLoad.WorkingColMap = map[model.TableItemID][]chan model.TableItemID{}
+	handle.StatsLoad.WorkingColMap = map[model.TableItemID][]chan stmtctx.StatsLoadResult{}
 	err := handle.RefreshVars()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/statistics/handle/handle_hist.go b/statistics/handle/handle_hist.go
index 44423794fb..8e87308e22 100644
--- a/statistics/handle/handle_hist.go
+++ b/statistics/handle/handle_hist.go
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ type StatsLoad struct {
 	SubCtxs        []sessionctx.Context
 	NeededItemsCh  chan *NeededItemTask
 	TimeoutItemsCh chan *NeededItemTask
-	WorkingColMap  map[model.TableItemID][]chan model.TableItemID
+	WorkingColMap  map[model.TableItemID][]chan stmtctx.StatsLoadResult
 }
 
 // NeededItemTask represents one needed column/indices with expire time.
 type NeededItemTask struct {
 	TableItemID model.TableItemID
 	ToTimeout   time.Time
-	ResultCh    chan model.TableItemID
+	ResultCh    chan stmtctx.StatsLoadResult
 }
 
 // SendLoadRequests send neededColumns requests
@@ -64,9 +64,14 @@ func (h *Handle) SendLoadRequests(sc *stmtctx.StatementContext, neededHistItems
 	}
 	sc.StatsLoad.Timeout = timeout
 	sc.StatsLoad.NeededItems = remainedItems
-	sc.StatsLoad.ResultCh = make(chan model.TableItemID, len(remainedItems))
-	for _, col := range remainedItems {
-		err := h.AppendNeededItem(col, sc.StatsLoad.ResultCh, timeout)
+	sc.StatsLoad.ResultCh = make(chan stmtctx.StatsLoadResult, len(remainedItems))
+	for _, item := range remainedItems {
+		task := &NeededItemTask{
+			TableItemID: item,
+			ToTimeout:   time.Now().Local().Add(timeout),
+			ResultCh:    sc.StatsLoad.ResultCh,
+		}
+		err := h.AppendNeededItem(task, timeout)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -80,7 +85,12 @@ func (h *Handle) SyncWaitStatsLoad(sc *stmtctx.StatementContext) bool {
 	if len(sc.StatsLoad.NeededItems) <= 0 {
 		return true
 	}
+	var errorMsgs []string
 	defer func() {
+		if len(errorMsgs) > 0 {
+			logutil.BgLogger().Warn("SyncWaitStatsLoad meets error",
+				zap.Strings("errors", errorMsgs))
+		}
 		sc.StatsLoad.NeededItems = nil
 	}()
 	resultCheckMap := map[model.TableItemID]struct{}{}
@@ -94,7 +104,10 @@ func (h *Handle) SyncWaitStatsLoad(sc *stmtctx.StatementContext) bool {
 		select {
 		case result, ok := <-sc.StatsLoad.ResultCh:
 			if ok {
-				delete(resultCheckMap, result)
+				if result.HasError() {
+					errorMsgs = append(errorMsgs, result.ErrorMsg())
+				}
+				delete(resultCheckMap, result.Item)
 				if len(resultCheckMap) == 0 {
 					metrics.SyncLoadHistogram.Observe(float64(time.Since(sc.StatsLoad.LoadStartTime).Milliseconds()))
 					return true
@@ -104,6 +117,7 @@ func (h *Handle) SyncWaitStatsLoad(sc *stmtctx.StatementContext) bool {
 			}
 		case <-timer.C:
 			metrics.SyncLoadTimeoutCounter.Inc()
+			logutil.BgLogger().Warn("SyncWaitStatsLoad timeout")
 			return false
 		}
 	}
@@ -134,9 +148,7 @@ func (h *Handle) removeHistLoadedColumns(neededItems []model.TableItemID) []mode
 }
 
 // AppendNeededItem appends needed columns/indices to ch, if exists, do not append the duplicated one.
-func (h *Handle) AppendNeededItem(item model.TableItemID, resultCh chan model.TableItemID, timeout time.Duration) error {
-	toTimout := time.Now().Local().Add(timeout)
-	task := &NeededItemTask{TableItemID: item, ToTimeout: toTimout, ResultCh: resultCh}
+func (h *Handle) AppendNeededItem(task *NeededItemTask, timeout time.Duration) error {
 	return h.writeToChanWithTimeout(h.StatsLoad.NeededItemsCh, task, timeout)
 }
 
@@ -202,11 +214,12 @@ func (h *Handle) HandleOneTask(lastTask *NeededItemTask, readerCtx *StatsReaderC
 }
 
 func (h *Handle) handleOneItemTask(task *NeededItemTask, readerCtx *StatsReaderContext, ctx sqlexec.RestrictedSQLExecutor) (*NeededItemTask, error) {
-	item := task.TableItemID
+	result := stmtctx.StatsLoadResult{Item: task.TableItemID}
+	item := result.Item
 	oldCache := h.statsCache.Load().(statsCache)
 	tbl, ok := oldCache.Get(item.TableID)
 	if !ok {
-		h.writeToResultChan(task.ResultCh, item)
+		h.writeToResultChan(task.ResultCh, result)
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 	var err error
@@ -214,22 +227,22 @@ func (h *Handle) handleOneItemTask(task *NeededItemTask, readerCtx *StatsReaderC
 	if item.IsIndex {
 		index, ok := tbl.Indices[item.ID]
 		if !ok || index.IsFullLoad() {
-			h.writeToResultChan(task.ResultCh, item)
+			h.writeToResultChan(task.ResultCh, result)
 			return nil, nil
 		}
 		wrapper.idx = index
 	} else {
 		col, ok := tbl.Columns[item.ID]
 		if !ok || col.IsFullLoad() {
-			h.writeToResultChan(task.ResultCh, item)
+			h.writeToResultChan(task.ResultCh, result)
 			return nil, nil
 		}
 		wrapper.col = col
 	}
 	// to avoid duplicated handling in concurrent scenario
-	working := h.setWorking(task.TableItemID, task.ResultCh)
+	working := h.setWorking(result.Item, task.ResultCh)
 	if !working {
-		h.writeToResultChan(task.ResultCh, item)
+		h.writeToResultChan(task.ResultCh, result)
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 	// refresh statsReader to get latest stats
@@ -238,6 +251,7 @@ func (h *Handle) handleOneItemTask(task *NeededItemTask, readerCtx *StatsReaderC
 	needUpdate := false
 	wrapper, err = h.readStatsForOneItem(item, wrapper, readerCtx.reader)
 	if err != nil {
+		result.Error = err
 		return task, err
 	}
 	if item.IsIndex {
@@ -251,9 +265,9 @@ func (h *Handle) handleOneItemTask(task *NeededItemTask, readerCtx *StatsReaderC
 	}
 	metrics.ReadStatsHistogram.Observe(float64(time.Since(t).Milliseconds()))
 	if needUpdate && h.updateCachedItem(item, wrapper.col, wrapper.idx) {
-		h.writeToResultChan(task.ResultCh, item)
+		h.writeToResultChan(task.ResultCh, result)
 	}
-	h.finishWorking(item)
+	h.finishWorking(result)
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
@@ -425,7 +439,7 @@ func (h *Handle) writeToChanWithTimeout(taskCh chan *NeededItemTask, task *Neede
 }
 
 // writeToResultChan safe-writes with panic-recover so one write-fail will not have big impact.
-func (h *Handle) writeToResultChan(resultCh chan model.TableItemID, rs model.TableItemID) {
+func (h *Handle) writeToResultChan(resultCh chan stmtctx.StatsLoadResult, rs stmtctx.StatsLoadResult) {
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
 			logutil.BgLogger().Error("writeToResultChan panicked", zap.Any("error", r), zap.Stack("stack"))
@@ -466,7 +480,7 @@ func (h *Handle) updateCachedItem(item model.TableItemID, colHist *statistics.Co
 	return h.updateStatsCache(oldCache.update([]*statistics.Table{tbl}, nil, oldCache.version, WithTableStatsByQuery()))
 }
 
-func (h *Handle) setWorking(item model.TableItemID, resultCh chan model.TableItemID) bool {
+func (h *Handle) setWorking(item model.TableItemID, resultCh chan stmtctx.StatsLoadResult) bool {
 	h.StatsLoad.Lock()
 	defer h.StatsLoad.Unlock()
 	chList, ok := h.StatsLoad.WorkingColMap[item]
@@ -477,20 +491,20 @@ func (h *Handle) setWorking(item model.TableItemID, resultCh chan model.TableIte
 		h.StatsLoad.WorkingColMap[item] = append(chList, resultCh)
 		return false
 	}
-	chList = []chan model.TableItemID{}
+	chList = []chan stmtctx.StatsLoadResult{}
 	chList = append(chList, resultCh)
 	h.StatsLoad.WorkingColMap[item] = chList
 	return true
 }
 
-func (h *Handle) finishWorking(item model.TableItemID) {
+func (h *Handle) finishWorking(result stmtctx.StatsLoadResult) {
 	h.StatsLoad.Lock()
 	defer h.StatsLoad.Unlock()
-	if chList, ok := h.StatsLoad.WorkingColMap[item]; ok {
+	if chList, ok := h.StatsLoad.WorkingColMap[result.Item]; ok {
 		list := chList[1:]
 		for _, ch := range list {
-			h.writeToResultChan(ch, item)
+			h.writeToResultChan(ch, result)
 		}
 	}
-	delete(h.StatsLoad.WorkingColMap, item)
+	delete(h.StatsLoad.WorkingColMap, result.Item)
 }
diff --git a/statistics/handle/handle_hist_test.go b/statistics/handle/handle_hist_test.go
index c3f16503e3..6ac047ac99 100644
--- a/statistics/handle/handle_hist_test.go
+++ b/statistics/handle/handle_hist_test.go
@@ -221,10 +221,10 @@ func TestConcurrentLoadHistWithPanicAndFail(t *testing.T) {
 
 		rs1, ok1 := <-stmtCtx1.StatsLoad.ResultCh
 		require.True(t, ok1)
-		require.Equal(t, neededColumns[0], rs1)
+		require.Equal(t, neededColumns[0], rs1.Item)
 		rs2, ok2 := <-stmtCtx2.StatsLoad.ResultCh
 		require.True(t, ok2)
-		require.Equal(t, neededColumns[0], rs2)
+		require.Equal(t, neededColumns[0], rs2.Item)
 
 		stat = h.GetTableStats(tableInfo)
 		hg = stat.Columns[tableInfo.Columns[2].ID].Histogram