diff --git a/br/pkg/checkpoint/checkpoint_test.go b/br/pkg/checkpoint/checkpoint_test.go
index b02402005aa43..b70348aaa5fd9 100644
--- a/br/pkg/checkpoint/checkpoint_test.go
+++ b/br/pkg/checkpoint/checkpoint_test.go
@@ -628,6 +628,9 @@ func TestCheckpointCompactedRestoreRunner(t *testing.T) {
 		respCount++
 	}
 
+	exists := checkpoint.ExistsSstRestoreCheckpoint(ctx, s.Mock.Domain, checkpoint.CustomSSTRestoreCheckpointDatabaseName)
+	require.True(t, exists)
+
 	_, err = checkpoint.LoadCheckpointDataForSstRestore(ctx, se.GetSessionCtx().GetRestrictedSQLExecutor(), checkpoint.CustomSSTRestoreCheckpointDatabaseName, checker)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, 3, respCount)
@@ -635,7 +638,7 @@ func TestCheckpointCompactedRestoreRunner(t *testing.T) {
 	err = checkpoint.RemoveCheckpointDataForSstRestore(ctx, s.Mock.Domain, se, checkpoint.CustomSSTRestoreCheckpointDatabaseName)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	exists := checkpoint.ExistsSstRestoreCheckpoint(ctx, s.Mock.Domain, checkpoint.CustomSSTRestoreCheckpointDatabaseName)
+	exists = checkpoint.ExistsSstRestoreCheckpoint(ctx, s.Mock.Domain, checkpoint.CustomSSTRestoreCheckpointDatabaseName)
 	require.False(t, exists)
 	exists = s.Mock.Domain.InfoSchema().SchemaExists(pmodel.NewCIStr(checkpoint.CustomSSTRestoreCheckpointDatabaseName))
 	require.False(t, exists)
diff --git a/br/pkg/checkpoint/restore.go b/br/pkg/checkpoint/restore.go
index c05ec3df8c2f2..2e55cc3eb81c2 100644
--- a/br/pkg/checkpoint/restore.go
+++ b/br/pkg/checkpoint/restore.go
@@ -170,8 +170,10 @@ func ExistsSstRestoreCheckpoint(
 	dom *domain.Domain,
 	dbName string,
 ) bool {
+	// we only check the existence of the checkpoint data table
+	// because the checkpoint metadata is not used for restore
 	return dom.InfoSchema().
-		TableExists(pmodel.NewCIStr(dbName), pmodel.NewCIStr(checkpointMetaTableName))
+		TableExists(pmodel.NewCIStr(dbName), pmodel.NewCIStr(checkpointDataTableName))
 }
 
 func RemoveCheckpointDataForSstRestore(ctx context.Context, dom *domain.Domain, se glue.Session, dbName string) error {
diff --git a/br/pkg/restore/log_client/client.go b/br/pkg/restore/log_client/client.go
index ec3e3539324ad..bfd977afe1fa6 100644
--- a/br/pkg/restore/log_client/client.go
+++ b/br/pkg/restore/log_client/client.go
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ func NewSstRestoreManager(
 	storeCount uint,
 	createCheckpointSessionFn func() (glue.Session, error),
 ) (*SstRestoreManager, error) {
+	var checkpointRunner *checkpoint.CheckpointRunner[checkpoint.RestoreKeyType, checkpoint.RestoreValueType]
 	// This poolSize is similar to full restore, as both workflows are comparable.
 	// The poolSize should be greater than concurrencyPerStore multiplied by the number of stores.
 	poolSize := concurrencyPerStore * 32 * storeCount
@@ -166,14 +167,12 @@ func NewSstRestoreManager(
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 	}
 	if se != nil {
-		checkpointRunner, err := checkpoint.StartCheckpointRunnerForRestore(ctx, se, checkpoint.CustomSSTRestoreCheckpointDatabaseName)
+		checkpointRunner, err = checkpoint.StartCheckpointRunnerForRestore(ctx, se, checkpoint.CustomSSTRestoreCheckpointDatabaseName)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 		}
-		s.checkpointRunner = checkpointRunner
 	}
-	// TODO implement checkpoint
-	s.restorer = restore.NewSimpleSstRestorer(ctx, snapFileImporter, sstWorkerPool, nil)
+	s.restorer = restore.NewSimpleSstRestorer(ctx, snapFileImporter, sstWorkerPool, checkpointRunner)
 	return s, nil
 }
 
@@ -182,14 +181,13 @@ type LogClient struct {
 	logRestoreManager *LogRestoreManager
 	sstRestoreManager *SstRestoreManager
 
-	cipher              *backuppb.CipherInfo
-	pdClient            pd.Client
-	pdHTTPClient        pdhttp.Client
-	clusterID           uint64
-	dom                 *domain.Domain
-	tlsConf             *tls.Config
-	keepaliveConf       keepalive.ClientParameters
-	concurrencyPerStore uint
+	cipher        *backuppb.CipherInfo
+	pdClient      pd.Client
+	pdHTTPClient  pdhttp.Client
+	clusterID     uint64
+	dom           *domain.Domain
+	tlsConf       *tls.Config
+	keepaliveConf keepalive.ClientParameters
 
 	rawKVClient *rawkv.RawKVBatchClient
 	storage     storage.ExternalStorage
@@ -263,6 +261,7 @@ func (rc *LogClient) RestoreCompactedSstFiles(
 	// Collect all items from the iterator in advance to avoid blocking during restoration.
 	// This approach ensures that we have all necessary data ready for processing,
 	// preventing any potential delays caused by waiting for the iterator to yield more items.
+	start := time.Now()
 	for r := compactionsIter.TryNext(ctx); !r.Finished; r = compactionsIter.TryNext(ctx) {
 		if r.Err != nil {
 			return r.Err
@@ -295,6 +294,13 @@ func (rc *LogClient) RestoreCompactedSstFiles(
 		}
 	}()
 
+	log.Info("[Compacted SST Restore] Start to restore SST files",
+		zap.Int("sst-file-count", len(backupFileSets)), zap.Duration("iterate-take", time.Since(start)))
+	start = time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		log.Info("[Compacted SST Restore] Restore SST files finished", zap.Duration("restore-take", time.Since(start)))
+	}()
+
 	// To optimize performance and minimize cross-region downloads,
 	// we are currently opting for a single restore approach instead of batch restoration.
 	// This decision is similar to the handling of raw and txn restores,
@@ -422,7 +428,7 @@ func (rc *LogClient) InitClients(
 
 	opt := snapclient.NewSnapFileImporterOptions(
 		rc.cipher, metaClient, importCli, backend,
-		snapclient.RewriteModeKeyspace, stores, rc.concurrencyPerStore, createCallBacks, closeCallBacks,
+		snapclient.RewriteModeKeyspace, stores, concurrencyPerStore, createCallBacks, closeCallBacks,
 	)
 	snapFileImporter, err := snapclient.NewSnapFileImporter(
 		ctx, rc.dom.Store().GetCodec().GetAPIVersion(), snapclient.TiDBCompcated, opt)
@@ -442,9 +448,24 @@ func (rc *LogClient) InitClients(
 func (rc *LogClient) InitCheckpointMetadataForCompactedSstRestore(
 	ctx context.Context,
 ) (map[string]struct{}, error) {
-	// get sst checkpoint to skip repeated files
 	sstCheckpointSets := make(map[string]struct{})
-	// TODO initial checkpoint
+
+	if checkpoint.ExistsSstRestoreCheckpoint(ctx, rc.dom, checkpoint.CustomSSTRestoreCheckpointDatabaseName) {
+		// we need to load the checkpoint data for the following restore
+		execCtx := rc.unsafeSession.GetSessionCtx().GetRestrictedSQLExecutor()
+		_, err := checkpoint.LoadCheckpointDataForSstRestore(ctx, execCtx, checkpoint.CustomSSTRestoreCheckpointDatabaseName, func(tableID int64, v checkpoint.RestoreValueType) {
+			sstCheckpointSets[v.Name] = struct{}{}
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Trace(err)
+		}
+	} else {
+		// initialize the checkpoint metadata since it is the first time to restore.
+		err := checkpoint.SaveCheckpointMetadataForSstRestore(ctx, rc.unsafeSession, checkpoint.CustomSSTRestoreCheckpointDatabaseName, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Trace(err)
+		}
+	}
 	return sstCheckpointSets, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/br/pkg/restore/restorer.go b/br/pkg/restore/restorer.go
index 4e36086eee1c2..9d999af9c09fc 100644
--- a/br/pkg/restore/restorer.go
+++ b/br/pkg/restore/restorer.go
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ func (p *PipelineRestorerWrapper[T]) WithSplit(ctx context.Context, i iter.TryNe
 
 			// Check if the accumulated items meet the criteria for splitting.
 			if strategy.ShouldSplit() {
-				log.Info("Trying to start region split with accumulations")
 				startTime := time.Now()
 
 				// Execute the split operation on the accumulated items.
diff --git a/br/pkg/restore/snap_client/BUILD.bazel b/br/pkg/restore/snap_client/BUILD.bazel
index b9abcd2e99f7d..5df612e4750e6 100644
--- a/br/pkg/restore/snap_client/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/br/pkg/restore/snap_client/BUILD.bazel
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ go_test(
     ],
     embed = [":snap_client"],
     flaky = True,
-    shard_count = 18,
+    shard_count = 19,
     deps = [
         "//br/pkg/errors",
         "//br/pkg/glue",
diff --git a/br/pkg/restore/snap_client/import.go b/br/pkg/restore/snap_client/import.go
index d1a81f0836362..3db134fddf1e0 100644
--- a/br/pkg/restore/snap_client/import.go
+++ b/br/pkg/restore/snap_client/import.go
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ func NewSnapFileImporter(
 	kvMode KvMode,
 	options *SnapFileImporterOptions,
 ) (*SnapFileImporter, error) {
+	if options.concurrencyPerStore == 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("concurrencyPerStore must be greater than 0")
+	}
 	fileImporter := &SnapFileImporter{
 		apiVersion: apiVersion,
 		kvMode:     kvMode,
diff --git a/br/pkg/restore/snap_client/import_test.go b/br/pkg/restore/snap_client/import_test.go
index 9d9c79fe1a6f6..23b7fd8fc81a0 100644
--- a/br/pkg/restore/snap_client/import_test.go
+++ b/br/pkg/restore/snap_client/import_test.go
@@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ func (client *fakeImporterClient) MultiIngest(
 	return &import_sstpb.IngestResponse{}, nil
 }
 
+func TestUnproperConfigSnapImporter(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	opt := snapclient.NewSnapFileImporterOptionsForTest(nil, nil, nil, snapclient.RewriteModeKeyspace, 0)
+	_, err := snapclient.NewSnapFileImporter(ctx, kvrpcpb.APIVersion_V1, snapclient.TiDBFull, opt)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestSnapImporter(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	splitClient := split.NewFakeSplitClient()
diff --git a/br/tests/br_pitr/run.sh b/br/tests/br_pitr/run.sh
index 4b863a389903a..4ec1936228fe3 100644
--- a/br/tests/br_pitr/run.sh
+++ b/br/tests/br_pitr/run.sh
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ fi
 # PITR restore
 echo "run pitr"
 run_sql "DROP DATABASE __TiDB_BR_Temporary_Log_Restore_Checkpoint;"
+run_sql "DROP DATABASE __TiDB_BR_Temporary_Custom_SST_Restore_Checkpoint;"
 run_br --pd $PD_ADDR restore point -s "local://$TEST_DIR/$PREFIX/log" --full-backup-storage "local://$TEST_DIR/$PREFIX/full" > $res_file 2>&1
 
 check_result