diff --git a/networkdb/cluster.go b/networkdb/cluster.go
index a081275c5e..184f94563a 100644
--- a/networkdb/cluster.go
+++ b/networkdb/cluster.go
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ const (
 	nodeReapPeriod        = 2 * time.Hour
 	rejoinClusterDuration = 10 * time.Second
 	rejoinInterval        = 60 * time.Second
+	// considering a cluster with > 20 nodes and a drain speed of 100 msg/s
+	// the following is roughly 1 minute
+	maxQueueLenBroadcastOnSync = 500
 )
 
 type logWriter struct{}
@@ -555,6 +558,7 @@ func (nDB *NetworkDB) bulkSync(nodes []string, all bool) ([]string, error) {
 
 	var err error
 	var networks []string
+	var success bool
 	for _, node := range nodes {
 		if node == nDB.config.NodeName {
 			continue
@@ -562,21 +566,25 @@ func (nDB *NetworkDB) bulkSync(nodes []string, all bool) ([]string, error) {
 		logrus.Debugf("%s: Initiating bulk sync with node %v", nDB.config.NodeName, node)
 		networks = nDB.findCommonNetworks(node)
 		err = nDB.bulkSyncNode(networks, node, true)
-		// if its periodic bulksync stop after the first successful sync
-		if !all && err == nil {
-			break
-		}
 		if err != nil {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("bulk sync to node %s failed: %v", node, err)
 			logrus.Warn(err.Error())
+		} else {
+			// bulk sync succeeded
+			success = true
+			// if its periodic bulksync stop after the first successful sync
+			if !all {
+				break
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if success {
+		// if at least one node sync succeeded
+		return networks, nil
 	}
 
-	return networks, nil
+	return nil, err
 }
 
 // Bulk sync all the table entries belonging to a set of networks to a
diff --git a/networkdb/delegate.go b/networkdb/delegate.go
index 42f0927b52..f0fc1620ff 100644
--- a/networkdb/delegate.go
+++ b/networkdb/delegate.go
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func (nDB *NetworkDB) handleNetworkEvent(nEvent *NetworkEvent) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func (nDB *NetworkDB) handleTableEvent(tEvent *TableEvent) bool {
+func (nDB *NetworkDB) handleTableEvent(tEvent *TableEvent, isBulkSync bool) bool {
 	// Update our local clock if the received messages has newer time.
 	nDB.tableClock.Witness(tEvent.LTime)
 
@@ -233,6 +233,13 @@ func (nDB *NetworkDB) handleTableEvent(tEvent *TableEvent) bool {
 		if e.ltime >= tEvent.LTime {
 			return false
 		}
+	} else if tEvent.Type == TableEventTypeDelete && !isBulkSync {
+		// We don't know the entry, the entry is being deleted and the message is an async message
+		// In this case the safest approach is to ignore it, it is possible that the queue grew so much to
+		// exceed the garbage collection time (the residual reap time that is in the message is not being
+		// updated, to avoid inserting too many messages in the queue).
+		// Instead the messages coming from TCP bulk sync are safe with the latest value for the garbage collection time
+		return false
 	}
 
 	e = &entry{
@@ -256,11 +263,17 @@ func (nDB *NetworkDB) handleTableEvent(tEvent *TableEvent) bool {
 	nDB.Unlock()
 
 	if err != nil && tEvent.Type == TableEventTypeDelete {
-		// If it is a delete event and we did not have a state for it, don't propagate to the application
+		// Again we don't know the entry but this is coming from a TCP sync so the message body is up to date.
+		// We had saved the state so to speed up convergence and be able to avoid accepting create events.
+		// Now we will rebroadcast the message if 2 conditions are met:
+		// 1) we had already synced this network (during the network join)
+		// 2) the residual reapTime is higher than 1/6 of the total reapTime.
 		// If the residual reapTime is lower or equal to 1/6 of the total reapTime don't bother broadcasting it around
-		// most likely the cluster is already aware of it, if not who will sync with this node will catch the state too.
-		// This also avoids that deletion of entries close to their garbage collection ends up circuling around forever
-		return e.reapTime > reapEntryInterval/6
+		// most likely the cluster is already aware of it
+		// This also reduce the possibility that deletion of entries close to their garbage collection ends up circuling around
+		// forever
+		//logrus.Infof("exiting on delete not knowing the obj with rebroadcast:%t", network.inSync)
+		return network.inSync && e.reapTime > reapEntryInterval/6
 	}
 
 	var op opType
@@ -274,7 +287,7 @@ func (nDB *NetworkDB) handleTableEvent(tEvent *TableEvent) bool {
 	}
 
 	nDB.broadcaster.Write(makeEvent(op, tEvent.TableName, tEvent.NetworkID, tEvent.Key, tEvent.Value))
-	return true
+	return network.inSync
 }
 
 func (nDB *NetworkDB) handleCompound(buf []byte, isBulkSync bool) {
@@ -303,7 +316,7 @@ func (nDB *NetworkDB) handleTableMessage(buf []byte, isBulkSync bool) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if rebroadcast := nDB.handleTableEvent(&tEvent); rebroadcast {
+	if rebroadcast := nDB.handleTableEvent(&tEvent, isBulkSync); rebroadcast {
 		var err error
 		buf, err = encodeRawMessage(MessageTypeTableEvent, buf)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -320,12 +333,16 @@ func (nDB *NetworkDB) handleTableMessage(buf []byte, isBulkSync bool) {
 			return
 		}
 
+		// if the queue is over the threshold, avoid distributing information coming from TCP sync
+		if isBulkSync && n.tableBroadcasts.NumQueued() > maxQueueLenBroadcastOnSync {
+			return
+		}
+
 		n.tableBroadcasts.QueueBroadcast(&tableEventMessage{
 			msg:   buf,
 			id:    tEvent.NetworkID,
 			tname: tEvent.TableName,
 			key:   tEvent.Key,
-			node:  tEvent.NodeName,
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/networkdb/networkdb.go b/networkdb/networkdb.go
index 92b5fa4ff9..8be6b201b1 100644
--- a/networkdb/networkdb.go
+++ b/networkdb/networkdb.go
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ type network struct {
 	// Lamport time for the latest state of the entry.
 	ltime serf.LamportTime
 
+	// Gets set to true after the first bulk sync happens
+	inSync bool
+
 	// Node leave is in progress.
 	leaving bool
 
@@ -582,6 +585,7 @@ func (nDB *NetworkDB) JoinNetwork(nid string) error {
 
 	nDB.addNetworkNode(nid, nDB.config.NodeName)
 	networkNodes := nDB.networkNodes[nid]
+	n = nodeNetworks[nid]
 	nDB.Unlock()
 
 	if err := nDB.sendNetworkEvent(nid, NetworkEventTypeJoin, ltime); err != nil {
@@ -593,6 +597,12 @@ func (nDB *NetworkDB) JoinNetwork(nid string) error {
 		logrus.Errorf("Error bulk syncing while joining network %s: %v", nid, err)
 	}
 
+	// Mark the network as being synced
+	// note this is a best effort, we are not checking the result of the bulk sync
+	nDB.Lock()
+	n.inSync = true
+	nDB.Unlock()
+
 	return nil
 }