diff --git a/src/share/ob_debug_sync_point.h b/src/share/ob_debug_sync_point.h
index 383e282ce3..f1b26d3dc1 100755
--- a/src/share/ob_debug_sync_point.h
+++ b/src/share/ob_debug_sync_point.h
@@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ class ObString;
     ACT(BEFORE_ALTER_TABLE_EXCHANGE_PARTITION,)\
     ACT(AFTER_REPORT_BACKUP_COMPL_LOG,)\
     ACT(BEFORE_WRITE_TABLE_LIST_META_INFO,)\
+    ACT(BEFORE_START_TRANSFER_GET_TABLET_META,)\
     ACT(MAX_DEBUG_SYNC_POINT,)
 
 DECLARE_ENUM(ObDebugSyncPoint, debug_sync_point, OB_DEBUG_SYNC_POINT_DEF);
diff --git a/src/storage/high_availability/ob_storage_ha_utils.cpp b/src/storage/high_availability/ob_storage_ha_utils.cpp
index e85967c390..e4487ec2d7 100644
--- a/src/storage/high_availability/ob_storage_ha_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/high_availability/ob_storage_ha_utils.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ namespace oceanbase
 namespace storage
 {
 
+ERRSIM_POINT_DEF(EN_TRANSFER_ALLOW_RETRY);
 int ObStorageHAUtils::get_ls_leader(const uint64_t tenant_id, const share::ObLSID &ls_id, common::ObAddr &leader)
 {
   int ret = OB_SUCCESS;
@@ -461,6 +462,15 @@ bool ObTransferUtils::is_need_retry_error(const int err)
     default:
       break;
   }
+
+#ifdef ERRSIM
+  int tmp_ret = OB_SUCCESS;
+  tmp_ret = EN_TRANSFER_ALLOW_RETRY ? : OB_SUCCESS;
+  if (OB_TMP_FAIL(tmp_ret)) {
+    bool_ret = false;
+  }
+#endif
+
   return bool_ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/storage/high_availability/ob_tablet_transfer_info.cpp b/src/storage/high_availability/ob_tablet_transfer_info.cpp
index aabb0ed477..b759c4888f 100644
--- a/src/storage/high_availability/ob_tablet_transfer_info.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/high_availability/ob_tablet_transfer_info.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int ObTabletTransferInfo::init(
   int ret = OB_SUCCESS;
   if (!ls_id.is_valid() || !transfer_start_scn.is_valid_and_not_min() || transfer_seq < 0) {
     ret = OB_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
-    LOG_WARN("init transfer info get invalid agument", K(ret), K(ls_id), K(transfer_start_scn), K(transfer_seq));
+    LOG_WARN("init transfer info get invalid argument", K(ret), K(ls_id), K(transfer_start_scn), K(transfer_seq));
   } else {
     ls_id_ = ls_id;
     transfer_start_scn_ = transfer_start_scn;
diff --git a/src/storage/high_availability/ob_transfer_handler.cpp b/src/storage/high_availability/ob_transfer_handler.cpp
index 8e164fef42..4eb0b4574b 100644
--- a/src/storage/high_availability/ob_transfer_handler.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/high_availability/ob_transfer_handler.cpp
@@ -548,6 +548,14 @@ int ObTransferHandler::do_with_start_status_(const share::ObTransferTaskInfo &ta
       DEBUG_SYNC(BEFORE_TRANSFER_START_COMMIT);
     }
 
+    if (OB_FAIL(ret)) {
+      if (timeout_ctx.is_timeouted()) {
+        //overwrite ret
+        LOG_WARN("transfer trans already timeout, error code will change to timeout", K(ret));
+        ret = OB_TIMEOUT;
+      }
+    }
+
     int64_t trans_commit_begin = ObTimeUtil::current_time();
     commit_succ = OB_SUCC(ret);
     if (OB_TMP_FAIL(commit_trans_(ret, trans))) {
@@ -1742,6 +1750,7 @@ int ObTransferHandler::get_transfer_tablets_meta_(
   tablet_meta_list.reset();
   obrpc::ObCopyTabletInfo tablet_info;
   const int64_t start_ts = ObTimeUtil::current_time();
+  DEBUG_SYNC(BEFORE_START_TRANSFER_GET_TABLET_META);
 
   if (!is_inited_) {
     ret = OB_NOT_INIT;
@@ -3229,4 +3238,4 @@ int ObTransferHandler::do_clean_diagnose_info_()
 }
 
 }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}