diff --git a/pkg/controllers/operationjob/operationjob_controller.go b/pkg/controllers/operationjob/operationjob_controller.go
index 4a3bbf60..fe8b6944 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/operationjob/operationjob_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/operationjob/operationjob_controller.go
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ func (r *ReconcileOperationJob) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req reconcile.Req
 		return reconcile.Result{}, err
 	}
 
+	if err := r.ensureFailedTargetsReleased(ctx, instance, candidates); err != nil {
+		return reconcile.Result{}, err
+	}
+
 	err = r.doReconcile(ctx, instance, candidates)
 	return requeueResult(requeueAfter), err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/operationjob/operationjob_manager.go b/pkg/controllers/operationjob/operationjob_manager.go
index 721e5b62..54683a0d 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/operationjob/operationjob_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/operationjob/operationjob_manager.go
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ func (r *ReconcileOperationJob) operateTargets(
 	if len(candidates) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return operator.OperateTargets(ctx, candidates, operationJob)
+	errMap := operator.OperateTargets(ctx, candidates, operationJob)
+	return ctrlutils.AggregateErrors(ojutils.ConvertErrMapToList(errMap))
 }
 
 func (r *ReconcileOperationJob) getTargetsOpsStatus(
@@ -244,11 +245,10 @@ func (r *ReconcileOperationJob) getTargetsOpsStatus(
 // ensureActiveDeadlineAndTTL calculate time to ActiveDeadlineSeconds and TTLSecondsAfterFinished and release targets
 func (r *ReconcileOperationJob) ensureActiveDeadlineAndTTL(ctx context.Context, operationJob *appsv1alpha1.OperationJob, candidates []*OpsCandidate, logger logr.Logger) (bool, *time.Duration, error) {
 	if operationJob.Spec.ActiveDeadlineSeconds != nil {
-		var allowReleaseCandidates []*OpsCandidate
 		for i := range candidates {
 			candidate := candidates[i]
-			// just skip if target operation already finished, or not started
-			if IsCandidateOpsFinished(candidate) || candidate.OpsStatus.StartTime == nil {
+			// just skip if target not started
+			if candidate.OpsStatus.StartTime == nil {
 				continue
 			}
 			leftTime := time.Duration(*operationJob.Spec.ActiveDeadlineSeconds)*time.Second - time.Since(candidate.OpsStatus.StartTime.Time)
@@ -257,17 +257,10 @@ func (r *ReconcileOperationJob) ensureActiveDeadlineAndTTL(ctx context.Context,
 			} else {
 				logger.Info("should end but still processing")
 				r.Recorder.Eventf(operationJob, corev1.EventTypeNormal, "Timeout", "Try to fail OperationJob for timeout...")
-				// mark operationjob and targets failed and release targets
+				// mark target failed if timeout
 				MarkCandidateFailed(candidate)
-				allowReleaseCandidates = append(allowReleaseCandidates, candidate)
 			}
 		}
-		if len(allowReleaseCandidates) > 0 {
-			releaseErr := r.releaseTargets(ctx, operationJob, allowReleaseCandidates, false)
-			operationJob.Status = r.calculateStatus(operationJob, candidates)
-			updateErr := r.updateStatus(ctx, operationJob)
-			return false, nil, controllerutils.AggregateErrors([]error{releaseErr, updateErr})
-		}
 	}
 
 	if operationJob.Spec.TTLSecondsAfterFinished != nil {
@@ -286,19 +279,38 @@ func (r *ReconcileOperationJob) ensureActiveDeadlineAndTTL(ctx context.Context,
 	return false, nil, nil
 }
 
+// ensureFailedTargetsReleased select failed but unreleased targets and call releaseTargets
+func (r *ReconcileOperationJob) ensureFailedTargetsReleased(ctx context.Context, operationJob *appsv1alpha1.OperationJob, candidates []*OpsCandidate) error {
+	var allowReleaseCandidates []*OpsCandidate
+	for i := range candidates {
+		if IsCandidateOpsFailed(candidates[i]) && !IsCandidateOpsReleased(candidates[i]) {
+			allowReleaseCandidates = append(allowReleaseCandidates, candidates[i])
+		}
+	}
+	if len(allowReleaseCandidates) > 0 {
+		releaseErr := r.releaseTargets(ctx, operationJob, allowReleaseCandidates, false)
+		operationJob.Status = r.calculateStatus(operationJob, candidates)
+		updateErr := r.updateStatus(ctx, operationJob)
+		return controllerutils.AggregateErrors([]error{releaseErr, updateErr})
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // releaseTargets try to release the targets from operation when the operationJob is deleted
 func (r *ReconcileOperationJob) releaseTargets(ctx context.Context, operationJob *appsv1alpha1.OperationJob, candidates []*OpsCandidate, needUpdateStatus bool) error {
 	actionHandler, enablePodOpsLifecycle, err := r.getActionHandler(operationJob)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	releaseErr := actionHandler.ReleaseTargets(ctx, candidates, operationJob)
+
+	// start to release targets
+	releaseErrMap := actionHandler.ReleaseTargets(ctx, candidates, operationJob)
 	_, _ = controllerutils.SlowStartBatch(len(candidates), controllerutils.SlowStartInitialBatchSize, false, func(i int, _ error) error {
 		candidate := candidates[i]
 		// cancel lifecycle if necessary
 		if enablePodOpsLifecycle {
 			err = r.cleanCandidateOpsLifecycle(ctx, true, candidate, operationJob)
-			releaseErr = controllerutils.AggregateErrors([]error{releaseErr, err})
+			releaseErrMap[candidate.PodName] = controllerutils.AggregateErrors([]error{releaseErrMap[candidate.PodName], err})
 		}
 		// mark candidate as failed if not finished
 		if !IsCandidateOpsFinished(candidate) {
@@ -306,6 +318,16 @@ func (r *ReconcileOperationJob) releaseTargets(ctx context.Context, operationJob
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
+
+	// mark target as released if error not occurred
+	for _, candidate := range candidates {
+		if releaseErrMap[candidate.PodName] == nil {
+			MarkCandidateReleased(candidate)
+		}
+	}
+	releaseErr := ctrlutils.AggregateErrors(ojutils.ConvertErrMapToList(releaseErrMap))
+
+	// update candidates status to job status
 	if !needUpdateStatus {
 		return releaseErr
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/operationjob/opscore/candidate.go b/pkg/controllers/operationjob/opscore/candidate.go
index af7ecc85..95451ac3 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/operationjob/opscore/candidate.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/operationjob/opscore/candidate.go
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ type OpsCandidate struct {
 	OpsStatus  *appsv1alpha1.OpsStatus
 }
 
+const (
+	ExtraInfoReleased = "Released"
+)
+
 func DecideCandidateByPartition(instance *appsv1alpha1.OperationJob, candidates []*OpsCandidate) []*OpsCandidate {
 	if instance.Spec.Partition == nil {
 		return candidates
@@ -81,6 +85,23 @@ func IsCandidateOpsFinished(candidate *OpsCandidate) bool {
 		candidate.OpsStatus.Progress == appsv1alpha1.OperationProgressSucceeded
 }
 
+func IsCandidateOpsReleased(candidate *OpsCandidate) bool {
+	if candidate.OpsStatus == nil || candidate.OpsStatus.ExtraInfo == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if val, exist := candidate.OpsStatus.ExtraInfo[ExtraInfoReleased]; exist && val == "true" {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func IsCandidateOpsFailed(candidate *OpsCandidate) bool {
+	if candidate.OpsStatus == nil || candidate.OpsStatus.Progress == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	return candidate.OpsStatus.Progress == appsv1alpha1.OperationProgressFailed
+}
+
 func IsCandidateServiceAvailable(candidate *OpsCandidate) bool {
 	if candidate.Pod == nil || candidate.Pod.Labels == nil {
 		return false
@@ -94,3 +115,13 @@ func MarkCandidateFailed(candidate *OpsCandidate) {
 		candidate.OpsStatus.Progress = appsv1alpha1.OperationProgressFailed
 	}
 }
+
+func MarkCandidateReleased(candidate *OpsCandidate) {
+	if candidate.OpsStatus == nil {
+		candidate.OpsStatus = &appsv1alpha1.OpsStatus{}
+	}
+	if candidate.OpsStatus.ExtraInfo == nil {
+		candidate.OpsStatus.ExtraInfo = map[string]string{}
+	}
+	candidate.OpsStatus.ExtraInfo[ExtraInfoReleased] = "true"
+}
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/operationjob/opscore/handler.go b/pkg/controllers/operationjob/opscore/handler.go
index 61219617..2dd49b9e 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/operationjob/opscore/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/operationjob/opscore/handler.go
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ type ActionHandler interface {
 	// Setup sets up action with manager in AddToMgr, i.e., watch, cache...
 	Setup(controller.Controller, *mixin.ReconcilerMixin) error
 
-	// OperateTargets do real operation to targets
-	OperateTargets(context.Context, []*OpsCandidate, *appsv1alpha1.OperationJob) error
+	// OperateTargets do real operation to targets, and returns an error map to each target name
+	OperateTargets(context.Context, []*OpsCandidate, *appsv1alpha1.OperationJob) map[string]error
 
 	// GetOpsProgress returns target's current opsStatus, e.g., progress, reason, message
 	GetOpsProgress(context.Context, *OpsCandidate, *appsv1alpha1.OperationJob) (progress ActionProgress, err error)
 
-	// ReleaseTargets releases the target from operation when the operationJob is deleted
-	ReleaseTargets(context.Context, []*OpsCandidate, *appsv1alpha1.OperationJob) error
+	// ReleaseTargets releases the target from operation when failed, and returns an error map to each target name
+	ReleaseTargets(context.Context, []*OpsCandidate, *appsv1alpha1.OperationJob) map[string]error
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/operationjob/replace/replace.go b/pkg/controllers/operationjob/replace/replace.go
index 73a5db59..7495ee36 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/operationjob/replace/replace.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/operationjob/replace/replace.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package replace
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -62,9 +63,13 @@ func (p *PodReplaceHandler) Setup(controller controller.Controller, reconcileMix
 	return controller.Watch(&source.Kind{Type: &corev1.Pod{}}, &OriginPodHandler{Client: reconcileMixin.Client})
 }
 
-func (p *PodReplaceHandler) OperateTargets(ctx context.Context, candidates []*OpsCandidate, operationJob *appsv1alpha1.OperationJob) error {
-	_, err := controllerutils.SlowStartBatch(len(candidates), controllerutils.SlowStartInitialBatchSize, false, func(i int, _ error) error {
+func (p *PodReplaceHandler) OperateTargets(ctx context.Context, candidates []*OpsCandidate, operationJob *appsv1alpha1.OperationJob) map[string]error {
+	errMap := &sync.Map{}
+	_, _ = controllerutils.SlowStartBatch(len(candidates), controllerutils.SlowStartInitialBatchSize, false, func(i int, _ error) (err error) {
 		candidate := candidates[i]
+		defer func() {
+			errMap.Store(candidate.PodName, err)
+		}()
 		if candidate.Pod == nil || candidate.Pod.Labels == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -99,7 +104,7 @@ func (p *PodReplaceHandler) OperateTargets(ctx context.Context, candidates []*Op
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
-	return err
+	return ojutils.ConvertSyncErrMap(errMap)
 }
 
 func (p *PodReplaceHandler) GetOpsProgress(ctx context.Context, candidate *OpsCandidate, operationJob *appsv1alpha1.OperationJob) (progress ActionProgress, err error) {
@@ -173,9 +178,13 @@ func (p *PodReplaceHandler) GetOpsProgress(ctx context.Context, candidate *OpsCa
 	return
 }
 
-func (p *PodReplaceHandler) ReleaseTargets(ctx context.Context, candidates []*OpsCandidate, operationJob *appsv1alpha1.OperationJob) error {
-	_, err := controllerutils.SlowStartBatch(len(candidates), controllerutils.SlowStartInitialBatchSize, false, func(i int, _ error) error {
+func (p *PodReplaceHandler) ReleaseTargets(ctx context.Context, candidates []*OpsCandidate, operationJob *appsv1alpha1.OperationJob) map[string]error {
+	errMap := &sync.Map{}
+	_, _ = controllerutils.SlowStartBatch(len(candidates), controllerutils.SlowStartInitialBatchSize, false, func(i int, _ error) (err error) {
 		candidate := candidates[i]
+		defer func() {
+			errMap.Store(candidate.PodName, err)
+		}()
 		if candidate.Pod == nil || candidate.Pod.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -196,7 +205,8 @@ func (p *PodReplaceHandler) ReleaseTargets(ctx context.Context, candidates []*Op
 			ojutils.SetOpsStatusError(candidate, ojutils.ReasonUpdateObjectFailed, retErr.Error())
 			return retErr
 		}
+		candidate.OpsStatus.ExtraInfo[ExtraInfoReleased] = "true"
 		return nil
 	})
-	return err
+	return ojutils.ConvertSyncErrMap(errMap)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/operationjob/utils/common.go b/pkg/controllers/operationjob/utils/common.go
index 38acdb67..ffc9437d 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/operationjob/utils/common.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/operationjob/utils/common.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package utils
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"sync"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
@@ -89,3 +90,24 @@ func UpdatePodWithRetry(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, obj client.Object,
 		return c.Update(ctx, pod)
 	})
 }
+
+func ConvertErrMapToList(errMap map[string]error) []error {
+	var errList []error
+	for _, v := range errMap {
+		errList = append(errList, v)
+	}
+	return errList
+}
+
+func ConvertSyncErrMap(errMap *sync.Map) map[string]error {
+	ret := make(map[string]error)
+	errMap.Range(func(key, value any) bool {
+		if value == nil {
+			ret[key.(string)] = nil
+		} else {
+			ret[key.(string)] = value.(error)
+		}
+		return true
+	})
+	return ret
+}