diff --git a/br/pkg/streamhelper/advancer.go b/br/pkg/streamhelper/advancer.go
index 407134bc6027a..b29cbd6956ae2 100644
--- a/br/pkg/streamhelper/advancer.go
+++ b/br/pkg/streamhelper/advancer.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/kv"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/metrics"
 	"github.com/tikv/client-go/v2/oracle"
+	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
@@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ func (c *CheckpointAdvancer) onTaskEvent(ctx context.Context, e TaskEvent) error
 		c.task = e.Info
 		c.taskRange = spans.Collapse(len(e.Ranges), func(i int) kv.KeyRange { return e.Ranges[i] })
 		c.checkpoints = spans.Sorted(spans.NewFullWith(e.Ranges, 0))
+		c.lastCheckpoint = e.Info.StartTs
 		log.Info("added event", zap.Stringer("task", e.Info), zap.Stringer("ranges", logutil.StringifyKeys(c.taskRange)))
 	case EventDel:
 		utils.LogBackupTaskCountDec()
@@ -292,7 +294,10 @@ func (c *CheckpointAdvancer) onTaskEvent(ctx context.Context, e TaskEvent) error
 		c.taskRange = nil
 		c.checkpoints = nil
 		// This would be synced by `taskMu`, perhaps we'd better rename that to `tickMu`.
-		c.subscriber.Clear()
+		// Do the null check because some of test cases won't equip the advancer with subscriber.
+		if c.subscriber != nil {
+			c.subscriber.Clear()
+		}
 		if err := c.env.ClearV3GlobalCheckpointForTask(ctx, e.Name); err != nil {
 			log.Warn("failed to clear global checkpoint", logutil.ShortError(err))
 		}
@@ -303,6 +308,18 @@ func (c *CheckpointAdvancer) onTaskEvent(ctx context.Context, e TaskEvent) error
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *CheckpointAdvancer) setCheckpoint(cp uint64) bool {
+	if cp < c.lastCheckpoint {
+		log.Warn("failed to update global checkpoint: stale", zap.Uint64("old", c.lastCheckpoint), zap.Uint64("new", cp))
+		return false
+	}
+	if cp <= c.lastCheckpoint {
+		return false
+	}
+	c.lastCheckpoint = cp
+	return true
+}
+
 // advanceCheckpointBy advances the checkpoint by a checkpoint getter function.
 func (c *CheckpointAdvancer) advanceCheckpointBy(ctx context.Context, getCheckpoint func(context.Context) (uint64, error)) error {
 	start := time.Now()
@@ -310,24 +327,15 @@ func (c *CheckpointAdvancer) advanceCheckpointBy(ctx context.Context, getCheckpo
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	log.Info("get checkpoint", zap.Uint64("old", c.lastCheckpoint), zap.Uint64("new", cp))
-	if cp < c.lastCheckpoint {
-		log.Warn("failed to update global checkpoint: stale", zap.Uint64("old", c.lastCheckpoint), zap.Uint64("new", cp))
-	}
-	if cp <= c.lastCheckpoint {
-		return nil
-	}
 
-	log.Info("uploading checkpoint for task",
-		zap.Stringer("checkpoint", oracle.GetTimeFromTS(cp)),
-		zap.Uint64("checkpoint", cp),
-		zap.String("task", c.task.Name),
-		zap.Stringer("take", time.Since(start)))
-	if err := c.env.UploadV3GlobalCheckpointForTask(ctx, c.task.Name, cp); err != nil {
-		return errors.Annotate(err, "failed to upload global checkpoint")
+	if c.setCheckpoint(cp) {
+		log.Info("uploading checkpoint for task",
+			zap.Stringer("checkpoint", oracle.GetTimeFromTS(cp)),
+			zap.Uint64("checkpoint", cp),
+			zap.String("task", c.task.Name),
+			zap.Stringer("take", time.Since(start)))
+		metrics.LastCheckpoint.WithLabelValues(c.task.GetName()).Set(float64(c.lastCheckpoint))
 	}
-	c.lastCheckpoint = cp
-	metrics.LastCheckpoint.WithLabelValues(c.task.GetName()).Set(float64(c.lastCheckpoint))
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -375,16 +383,17 @@ func (c *CheckpointAdvancer) subscribeTick(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return c.subscriber.PendingErrors()
 }
 
-func (c *CheckpointAdvancer) tick(ctx context.Context) error {
-	c.taskMu.Lock()
-	defer c.taskMu.Unlock()
-	if c.task == nil {
-		log.Debug("No tasks yet, skipping advancing.")
-		return nil
+func (c *CheckpointAdvancer) importantTick(ctx context.Context) error {
+	c.checkpointsMu.Lock()
+	c.setCheckpoint(c.checkpoints.MinValue())
+	c.checkpointsMu.Unlock()
+	if err := c.env.UploadV3GlobalCheckpointForTask(ctx, c.task.Name, c.lastCheckpoint); err != nil {
+		return errors.Annotate(err, "failed to upload global checkpoint")
 	}
-	cx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.Config().TickTimeout())
-	defer cancel()
+	return nil
+}
 
+func (c *CheckpointAdvancer) optionalTick(cx context.Context) error {
 	threshold := c.Config().GetDefaultStartPollThreshold()
 	if err := c.subscribeTick(cx); err != nil {
 		log.Warn("[log backup advancer] Subscriber meet error, would polling the checkpoint.", logutil.ShortError(err))
@@ -397,6 +406,32 @@ func (c *CheckpointAdvancer) tick(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (c *CheckpointAdvancer) tick(ctx context.Context) error {
+	c.taskMu.Lock()
+	defer c.taskMu.Unlock()
+	if c.task == nil {
+		log.Debug("No tasks yet, skipping advancing.")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var errs error
+
+	cx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.Config().TickTimeout())
+	defer cancel()
+	err := c.optionalTick(cx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warn("[log backup advancer] option tick failed.", logutil.ShortError(err))
+		errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
+	}
+
+	err = c.importantTick(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warn("[log backup advancer] important tick failed.", logutil.ShortError(err))
+		errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
+	}
+
+	return errs
+}
diff --git a/br/pkg/streamhelper/advancer_cliext.go b/br/pkg/streamhelper/advancer_cliext.go
index 611ad3744dfa8..d83e5a6ce1eb7 100644
--- a/br/pkg/streamhelper/advancer_cliext.go
+++ b/br/pkg/streamhelper/advancer_cliext.go
@@ -5,15 +5,19 @@ package streamhelper
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
 	backuppb "github.com/pingcap/kvproto/pkg/brpb"
+	"github.com/pingcap/log"
 	berrors "github.com/pingcap/tidb/br/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/br/pkg/redact"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/kv"
 	clientv3 "go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 type EventType int
@@ -181,11 +185,43 @@ func (t AdvancerExt) Begin(ctx context.Context, ch chan<- TaskEvent) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (t AdvancerExt) getGlobalCheckpointForTask(ctx context.Context, taskName string) (uint64, error) {
+	key := GlobalCheckpointOf(taskName)
+	resp, err := t.KV.Get(ctx, key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	if len(resp.Kvs) == 0 {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+
+	firstKV := resp.Kvs[0]
+	value := firstKV.Value
+	if len(value) != 8 {
+		return 0, errors.Annotatef(berrors.ErrPiTRMalformedMetadata,
+			"the global checkpoint isn't 64bits (it is %d bytes, value = %s)",
+			len(value),
+			redact.Key(value))
+	}
+
+	return binary.BigEndian.Uint64(value), nil
+}
+
 func (t AdvancerExt) UploadV3GlobalCheckpointForTask(ctx context.Context, taskName string, checkpoint uint64) error {
 	key := GlobalCheckpointOf(taskName)
 	value := string(encodeUint64(checkpoint))
-	_, err := t.KV.Put(ctx, key, value)
+	oldValue, err := t.getGlobalCheckpointForTask(ctx, taskName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if checkpoint < oldValue {
+		log.Warn("[log backup advancer] skipping upload global checkpoint", zap.Uint64("old", oldValue), zap.Uint64("new", checkpoint))
+		return nil
+	}
 
+	_, err = t.KV.Put(ctx, key, value)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/br/pkg/streamhelper/config/advancer_conf.go b/br/pkg/streamhelper/config/advancer_conf.go
index 45cdab8a68e46..1440a81f932f9 100644
--- a/br/pkg/streamhelper/config/advancer_conf.go
+++ b/br/pkg/streamhelper/config/advancer_conf.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const (
 	flagTryAdvanceThreshold = "try-advance-threshold"
 
 	DefaultConsistencyCheckTick = 5
-	DefaultTryAdvanceThreshold  = 9 * time.Minute
+	DefaultTryAdvanceThreshold  = 4 * time.Minute
 	DefaultBackOffTime          = 5 * time.Second
 	DefaultTickInterval         = 12 * time.Second
 	DefaultFullScanTick         = 4
@@ -76,11 +76,18 @@ func (conf Config) GetDefaultStartPollThreshold() time.Duration {
 // GetSubscriberErrorStartPollThreshold returns the threshold of begin polling the checkpoint
 // when the subscriber meets error.
 func (conf Config) GetSubscriberErrorStartPollThreshold() time.Duration {
-	return conf.TryAdvanceThreshold / 5
+	// 0.45x of the origin threshold.
+	// The origin threshold is 0.8x the target RPO,
+	// and the default flush interval is about 0.5x the target RPO.
+	// So the relationship between the RPO and the threshold is:
+	// When subscription is all available, it is 1.7x of the flush interval (which allow us to save in abnormal condition).
+	// When some of subscriptions are not available, it is 0.75x of the flush interval.
+	// NOTE: can we make subscription better and give up the poll model?
+	return conf.TryAdvanceThreshold * 9 / 20
 }
 
 // TickTimeout returns the max duration for each tick.
 func (conf Config) TickTimeout() time.Duration {
-	// If a tick blocks 10x the interval of ticking, we may need to break it and retry.
-	return 10 * conf.TickDuration
+	// If a tick blocks longer than the interval of ticking, we may need to break it and retry.
+	return conf.TickDuration
 }
diff --git a/br/pkg/streamhelper/integration_test.go b/br/pkg/streamhelper/integration_test.go
index b3baf433c43f6..f00d15c4b1f30 100644
--- a/br/pkg/streamhelper/integration_test.go
+++ b/br/pkg/streamhelper/integration_test.go
@@ -352,10 +352,12 @@ func testStreamCheckpoint(t *testing.T, metaCli streamhelper.AdvancerExt) {
 		req.Len(resp.Kvs, 1)
 		return binary.BigEndian.Uint64(resp.Kvs[0].Value)
 	}
-	metaCli.UploadV3GlobalCheckpointForTask(ctx, task, 5)
+	req.NoError(metaCli.UploadV3GlobalCheckpointForTask(ctx, task, 5))
 	req.EqualValues(5, getCheckpoint())
-	metaCli.UploadV3GlobalCheckpointForTask(ctx, task, 18)
+	req.NoError(metaCli.UploadV3GlobalCheckpointForTask(ctx, task, 18))
 	req.EqualValues(18, getCheckpoint())
-	metaCli.ClearV3GlobalCheckpointForTask(ctx, task)
+	req.NoError(metaCli.UploadV3GlobalCheckpointForTask(ctx, task, 16))
+	req.EqualValues(18, getCheckpoint())
+	req.NoError(metaCli.ClearV3GlobalCheckpointForTask(ctx, task))
 	req.EqualValues(0, getCheckpoint())
 }