diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/message/MessageQueue.kt b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/message/MessageQueue.kt
index 2fe9488d03a4b..c1e324ec63277 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/message/MessageQueue.kt
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/message/MessageQueue.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package io.airbyte.cdk.load.message
 
 import io.airbyte.cdk.load.util.CloseableCoroutine
+import kotlinx.coroutines.DelicateCoroutinesApi
 import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.receiveAsFlow
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ interface QueueReader<T> {
 
 interface QueueWriter<T> : CloseableCoroutine {
     suspend fun publish(message: T)
+    fun isClosedForPublish(): Boolean
 }
 
 interface MessageQueue<T> : QueueReader<T>, QueueWriter<T>
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ abstract class ChannelMessageQueue<T> : MessageQueue<T> {
     override suspend fun close() {
         channel.close()
     }
+    @OptIn(DelicateCoroutinesApi::class)
+    override fun isClosedForPublish(): Boolean = channel.isClosedForSend
 }
 
 interface MessageQueueSupplier<K, T> {
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/state/TimeWindowTrigger.kt b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/state/TimeWindowTrigger.kt
index ca2693a8a355d..4e3f86f78b6fa 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/state/TimeWindowTrigger.kt
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/state/TimeWindowTrigger.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ data class TimeWindowTrigger(
     private val clock: Clock,
     private val windowWidthMs: Long,
 ) {
-    private var openedAtMs: Long? = null
+    var openedAtMs: Long? = null
+        private set
 
     /*
      * Sets window open timestamp for computing completeness. Idempotent. Mutative.
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/internal/FlushTickTask.kt b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/internal/FlushTickTask.kt
index 6c4a6caf83fe6..e460968341f20 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/internal/FlushTickTask.kt
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/internal/FlushTickTask.kt
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ import io.airbyte.cdk.load.message.StreamFlushEvent
 import io.airbyte.cdk.load.state.Reserved
 import io.airbyte.cdk.load.task.KillableScope
 import io.airbyte.cdk.load.task.SyncLevel
+import io.github.oshai.kotlinlogging.KotlinLogging
 import io.micronaut.context.annotation.Secondary
 import io.micronaut.context.annotation.Value
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton
 import java.time.Clock
+import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.ClosedSendChannelException
 
 @Singleton
 @Secondary
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ class FlushTickTask(
     private val recordQueueSupplier:
         MessageQueueSupplier<DestinationStream.Descriptor, Reserved<DestinationStreamEvent>>,
 ) : SyncLevel, KillableScope {
+    private val log = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
     override suspend fun execute() {
         while (true) {
             waitAndPublishFlushTick()
@@ -41,7 +45,14 @@ class FlushTickTask(
 
         catalog.streams.forEach {
             val queue = recordQueueSupplier.get(it.descriptor)
-            queue.publish(Reserved(value = StreamFlushEvent(clock.millis())))
+            if (queue.isClosedForPublish()) {
+                return@forEach
+            }
+            try {
+                queue.publish(Reserved(value = StreamFlushEvent(clock.millis())))
+            } catch (e: ClosedSendChannelException) {
+                log.info { "Attempted to flush closed queue for ${it.descriptor}. Ignoring..." }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/internal/SpillToDiskTask.kt b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/internal/SpillToDiskTask.kt
index dd2f6f0804c06..295258b055258 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/internal/SpillToDiskTask.kt
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/internal/SpillToDiskTask.kt
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ class DefaultSpillToDiskTask(
                                 }
                                 is StreamFlushEvent -> {
                                     val forceFlush = timeWindow.isComplete()
+                                    if (forceFlush) {
+                                        log.info {
+                                            "Time window complete for $streamDescriptor@${timeWindow.openedAtMs} closing $tmpFile of (${sizeBytes}b)"
+                                        }
+                                    }
                                     ReadResult(range, sizeBytes, forceFlush = forceFlush)
                                 }
                             }
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/test/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/DestinationTaskLauncherTest.kt b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/test/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/DestinationTaskLauncherTest.kt
index 9ae9af6778520..a223966a3bfb0 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/test/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/DestinationTaskLauncherTest.kt
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/test/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/DestinationTaskLauncherTest.kt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class DestinationTaskLauncherTest<T> where T : LeveledTask, T : ScopedTask {
     @Requires(env = ["DestinationTaskLauncherTest"])
     class MockQueueWriter : QueueWriter<Reserved<CheckpointMessageWrapped>> {
         override suspend fun publish(message: Reserved<CheckpointMessageWrapped>) {}
-
+        override fun isClosedForPublish(): Boolean = false
         override suspend fun close() {}
     }
 
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/test/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/internal/FlushTickTaskTest.kt b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/test/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/internal/FlushTickTaskTest.kt
index 31b24d2baf54c..2ffeff5af451e 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/test/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/internal/FlushTickTaskTest.kt
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/test/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/task/internal/FlushTickTaskTest.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import io.airbyte.cdk.load.message.MessageQueue
 import io.airbyte.cdk.load.message.MessageQueueSupplier
 import io.airbyte.cdk.load.message.StreamFlushEvent
 import io.airbyte.cdk.load.state.Reserved
+import io.mockk.coEvery
 import io.mockk.coVerify
 import io.mockk.every
 import io.mockk.impl.annotations.MockK
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import io.mockk.mockk
 import io.mockk.slot
 import java.time.Clock
 import java.util.stream.Stream
+import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.ClosedSendChannelException
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
@@ -89,6 +91,58 @@ class FlushTickTaskTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `does not attempt to send flush events for closed queues`() = runTest {
+        every { catalog.streams } returns
+            listOf(Fixtures.stream1, Fixtures.stream2, Fixtures.stream3)
+        val queue1 = mockk<MessageQueue<Reserved<DestinationStreamEvent>>>(relaxed = true)
+        val queue2 =
+            mockk<MessageQueue<Reserved<DestinationStreamEvent>>>(relaxed = true) {
+                every { isClosedForPublish() } returns true
+            }
+        val queue3 = mockk<MessageQueue<Reserved<DestinationStreamEvent>>>(relaxed = true)
+
+        every { recordQueueSupplier.get(Fixtures.stream1.descriptor) } returns queue1
+        every { recordQueueSupplier.get(Fixtures.stream2.descriptor) } returns queue2
+        every { recordQueueSupplier.get(Fixtures.stream3.descriptor) } returns queue3
+
+        task.waitAndPublishFlushTick()
+
+        val msgSlot1 = slot<Reserved<DestinationStreamEvent>>()
+        coVerify(exactly = 1) { queue1.publish(capture(msgSlot1)) }
+        assert(msgSlot1.captured.value is StreamFlushEvent)
+
+        // no event should be sent for 2
+        coVerify(exactly = 0) { queue2.publish(any()) }
+
+        val msgSlot3 = slot<Reserved<DestinationStreamEvent>>()
+        coVerify(exactly = 1) { queue3.publish(capture(msgSlot3)) }
+        assert(msgSlot3.captured.value is StreamFlushEvent)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `handles channel closed exceptions due to race`() = runTest {
+        every { catalog.streams } returns listOf(Fixtures.stream1, Fixtures.stream2)
+        val queue1 =
+            mockk<MessageQueue<Reserved<DestinationStreamEvent>>>(relaxed = true) {
+                coEvery { publish(any()) } throws ClosedSendChannelException("Closed.")
+            }
+        val queue2 = mockk<MessageQueue<Reserved<DestinationStreamEvent>>>(relaxed = true)
+
+        every { recordQueueSupplier.get(Fixtures.stream1.descriptor) } returns queue1
+        every { recordQueueSupplier.get(Fixtures.stream2.descriptor) } returns queue2
+
+        task.waitAndPublishFlushTick()
+
+        val msgSlot1 = slot<Reserved<DestinationStreamEvent>>()
+        coVerify(exactly = 1) { queue1.publish(capture(msgSlot1)) }
+        assert(msgSlot1.captured.value is StreamFlushEvent)
+
+        val msgSlot2 = slot<Reserved<DestinationStreamEvent>>()
+        coVerify(exactly = 1) { queue2.publish(capture(msgSlot2)) }
+        assert(msgSlot2.captured.value is StreamFlushEvent)
+    }
+
     companion object {
         @JvmStatic
         fun streamMatrix(): Stream<Arguments> {