diff --git a/mooncake-integration/transfer_engine/transfer_engine_py.cpp b/mooncake-integration/transfer_engine/transfer_engine_py.cpp
index ca02559e7..ef6d0cbfb 100644
--- a/mooncake-integration/transfer_engine/transfer_engine_py.cpp
+++ b/mooncake-integration/transfer_engine/transfer_engine_py.cpp
@@ -207,6 +207,15 @@ int TransferEnginePy::freeManagedBuffer(uintptr_t buffer_addr, size_t length) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+int TransferEnginePy::freeRemoteSegment(const char *target_hostname) {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(mutex_);
+    if (handle_map_.count(target_hostname)) {
+        engine_->closeSegment(handle_map_[target_hostname]);
+        handle_map_.erase(target_hostname);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int TransferEnginePy::transferSyncWrite(const char *target_hostname,
                                         uintptr_t buffer,
                                         uintptr_t peer_buffer_address,
@@ -684,6 +693,7 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(engine, m) {
             .def("batch_unregister_memory",
                  &TransferEnginePy::batchUnregisterMemory)
             .def("get_local_topology", &TransferEnginePy::getLocalTopology)
+            .def("free_remote_segment", &TransferEnginePy::freeRemoteSegment)
             .def("get_first_buffer_address",
                  &TransferEnginePy::getFirstBufferAddress);
 
diff --git a/mooncake-integration/transfer_engine/transfer_engine_py.h b/mooncake-integration/transfer_engine/transfer_engine_py.h
index 0c2f83eee..6ba429126 100644
--- a/mooncake-integration/transfer_engine/transfer_engine_py.h
+++ b/mooncake-integration/transfer_engine/transfer_engine_py.h
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ class TransferEnginePy {
 
     int batchUnregisterMemory(std::vector<uintptr_t> buffer_addresses);
 
+    int markDead(const char *target_hostname);
+
     std::string getLocalTopology();
 
    private:
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/ascend_transport/ascend_direct_transport/ascend_direct_transport.h b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/ascend_transport/ascend_direct_transport/ascend_direct_transport.h
index 93c9b9c0d..a736bce48 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/ascend_transport/ascend_direct_transport/ascend_direct_transport.h
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/ascend_transport/ascend_direct_transport/ascend_direct_transport.h
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ class AscendDirectTransport : public Transport {
 
     void processSliceList(const std::vector<Slice *> &slice_list);
 
+    int closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) override;
+
    private:
     int InitAdxlEngine();
 
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/ascend_transport/hccl_transport/hccl_transport.h b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/ascend_transport/hccl_transport/hccl_transport.h
index 94a09787f..c566bf4c4 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/ascend_transport/hccl_transport/hccl_transport.h
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/ascend_transport/hccl_transport/hccl_transport.h
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ class HcclTransport : public Transport {
     int unregisterLocalMemoryBatch(
         const std::vector<void *> &addr_list) override;
 
+    int closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) override;
+
    private:
     int allocateLocalSegmentID();
 
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/cxl_transport/cxl_transport.h b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/cxl_transport/cxl_transport.h
index db06d64c1..839c6983f 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/cxl_transport/cxl_transport.h
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/cxl_transport/cxl_transport.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ class CxlTransport : public Transport {
 
     bool validateMemoryBounds(void *dest, void *src, size_t size);
 
+    int closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) override;
+
    private:
     void *cxl_base_addr;
     size_t cxl_dev_size;
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/nvlink_transport/nvlink_transport.h b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/nvlink_transport/nvlink_transport.h
index eddac0ac2..bff81b492 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/nvlink_transport/nvlink_transport.h
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/nvlink_transport/nvlink_transport.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ class NvlinkTransport : public Transport {
 
     const char* getName() const override { return "nvlink"; }
 
+    int closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) override;
+
    private:
     std::atomic_bool running_;
 
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/nvmeof_transport/nvmeof_transport.h b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/nvmeof_transport/nvmeof_transport.h
index 120e25db6..a946efa16 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/nvmeof_transport/nvmeof_transport.h
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/nvmeof_transport/nvmeof_transport.h
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ class NVMeoFTransport : public Transport {
                         uint64_t target_start, TransferRequest::OpCode op,
                         TransferTask &task, const char *file_path);
 
+    int closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) override;
+
    private:
     void startTransfer(Slice *slice);
 
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/rdma_transport/rdma_transport.h b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/rdma_transport/rdma_transport.h
index 4a411e3b2..6afd35d48 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/rdma_transport/rdma_transport.h
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/rdma_transport/rdma_transport.h
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ class RdmaTransport : public Transport {
     int unregisterLocalMemoryBatch(
         const std::vector<void *> &addr_list) override;
 
+    int closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) override;
+
     // TRANSFER
 
     Status submitTransfer(BatchID batch_id,
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/tcp_transport/tcp_transport.h b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/tcp_transport/tcp_transport.h
index adf96c241..fec20a866 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/tcp_transport/tcp_transport.h
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/tcp_transport/tcp_transport.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class TcpTransport : public Transport {
     Status getTransferStatus(BatchID batch_id, size_t task_id,
                              TransferStatus &status) override;
 
+    int closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) override;
+
    private:
     int install(std::string &local_server_name,
                 std::shared_ptr<TransferMetadata> meta,
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/transport.h b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/transport.h
index 29c2aadb4..cf96cd83c 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/transport.h
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/transport/transport.h
@@ -245,6 +245,11 @@ class Transport {
     virtual Status getTransferStatus(BatchID batch_id, size_t task_id,
                                      TransferStatus &status) = 0;
 
+    /// @brief Close a segment handle.
+    /// @param handle The segment handle to close.
+    /// @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
+    virtual int closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) = 0;
+
     std::shared_ptr<TransferMetadata> &meta() { return metadata_; }
 
     struct BufferEntry {
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transfer_engine.cpp b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transfer_engine.cpp
index 384b7d35f..39cf0f672 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transfer_engine.cpp
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transfer_engine.cpp
@@ -430,6 +430,14 @@ int TransferEngine::unregisterLocalMemoryBatch(
     return 0;
 }
 
+int TransferEngine::closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) {
+    for (auto &transport : multi_transports_->listTransports()) {
+        int ret = transport->closeSegment(handle);
+        if (ret < 0) return ret;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 #ifdef WITH_METRICS
 // Helper function to convert string to lowercase for case-insensitive
 // comparison
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/ascend_transport/ascend_direct_transport/ascend_direct_transport.cpp b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/ascend_transport/ascend_direct_transport/ascend_direct_transport.cpp
index 5dfe0f388..55e41d04e 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/ascend_transport/ascend_direct_transport/ascend_direct_transport.cpp
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/ascend_transport/ascend_direct_transport/ascend_direct_transport.cpp
@@ -432,6 +432,10 @@ void AscendDirectTransport::workerThread() {
     LOG(INFO) << "AscendDirectTransport worker thread stopped";
 }
 
+int AscendDirectTransport::closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) {
+    return 0;
+}
+
 void AscendDirectTransport::processSliceList(
     const std::vector<Slice *> &slice_list) {
     if (slice_list.empty()) {
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/ascend_transport/hccl_transport/hccl_transport.cpp b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/ascend_transport/hccl_transport/hccl_transport.cpp
index b1e1b09a6..236d8de1d 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/ascend_transport/hccl_transport/hccl_transport.cpp
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/ascend_transport/hccl_transport/hccl_transport.cpp
@@ -495,6 +495,10 @@ Status HcclTransport::getTransferStatus(BatchID batch_id, size_t task_id,
     return Status::OK();
 }
 
+int HcclTransport::closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) {
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int HcclTransport::registerLocalMemory(void *addr, size_t length,
                                        const std::string &location,
                                        bool remote_accessible,
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/cxl_transport/cxl_transport.cpp b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/cxl_transport/cxl_transport.cpp
index f08c5720c..3e5fa2ada 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/cxl_transport/cxl_transport.cpp
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/cxl_transport/cxl_transport.cpp
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ int CxlTransport::unregisterLocalMemory(void *addr, bool update_metadata) {
     return metadata_->removeLocalMemoryBuffer(addr, update_metadata);
 }
 
+int CxlTransport::closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) {
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int CxlTransport::registerLocalMemoryBatch(
     const std::vector<Transport::BufferEntry> &buffer_list,
     const std::string &location) {
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/nvlink_transport/nvlink_transport.cpp b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/nvlink_transport/nvlink_transport.cpp
index 282fdf72f..b914e74a9 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/nvlink_transport/nvlink_transport.cpp
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/nvlink_transport/nvlink_transport.cpp
@@ -542,6 +542,20 @@ int NvlinkTransport::unregisterLocalMemoryBatch(
     return metadata_->updateLocalSegmentDesc();
 }
 
+int NvlinkTransport::closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) {
+    // close all opened ipc handles for this SegmentHandle.
+    for (auto &entry : remap_entries_) {
+        if (entry.first.first == handle) {
+            cudaError_t err = cudaIpcCloseMemHandle(entry.second.shm_addr);
+            if (err != cudaSuccess) {
+                LOG(ERROR) << "NvlinkTransport: cudaIpcCloseMemHandle failed: "
+                           << cudaGetErrorString(err);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 void *NvlinkTransport::allocatePinnedLocalMemory(size_t size) {
     if (!supportFabricMem()) {
         void *ptr = nullptr;
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/nvmeof_transport/nvmeof_transport.cpp b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/nvmeof_transport/nvmeof_transport.cpp
index 8f51aeb5c..52053db28 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/nvmeof_transport/nvmeof_transport.cpp
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/nvmeof_transport/nvmeof_transport.cpp
@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ int NVMeoFTransport::unregisterLocalMemory(void *addr, bool update_metadata) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+int NVMeoFTransport::closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) {
+    return 0;
+}
+
 void NVMeoFTransport::addSliceToTask(void *source_addr, uint64_t slice_len,
                                      uint64_t target_start,
                                      TransferRequest::OpCode op,
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/rdma_transport/rdma_transport.cpp b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/rdma_transport/rdma_transport.cpp
index faf80f14b..492cca24c 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/rdma_transport/rdma_transport.cpp
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/rdma_transport/rdma_transport.cpp
@@ -407,6 +407,10 @@ Status RdmaTransport::getTransferStatus(BatchID batch_id, size_t task_id,
     return Status::OK();
 }
 
+int RdmaTransport::closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) {
+    return 0;
+}
+
 RdmaTransport::SegmentID RdmaTransport::getSegmentID(
     const std::string &segment_name) {
     return metadata_->getSegmentID(segment_name);
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/tcp_transport/tcp_transport.cpp b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/tcp_transport/tcp_transport.cpp
index 71c2176ed..eff2c319e 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/tcp_transport/tcp_transport.cpp
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/tcp_transport/tcp_transport.cpp
@@ -318,6 +318,10 @@ int TcpTransport::allocateLocalSegmentID(int tcp_data_port) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+int TcpTransport::closeSegment(Transport::SegmentHandle handle) {
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int TcpTransport::registerLocalMemory(void *addr, size_t length,
                                       const std::string &location,
                                       bool remote_accessible,