diff --git a/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/enforcement/NoOpEnforcerActorPropsFactory.java b/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/enforcement/NoOpEnforcerActorPropsFactory.java
index 04d6f1065ba..2bd5e74a91a 100644
--- a/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/enforcement/NoOpEnforcerActorPropsFactory.java
+++ b/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/enforcement/NoOpEnforcerActorPropsFactory.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 import com.typesafe.config.Config;
 
+import org.eclipse.ditto.policies.enforcement.AbstractEnforcerActor;
+
 import org.apache.pekko.actor.AbstractActor;
 import org.apache.pekko.actor.ActorRef;
 import org.apache.pekko.actor.ActorSystem;
@@ -42,6 +44,9 @@ private static Props props() {
         @Override
         public Receive createReceive() {
             return receiveBuilder()
+                    .matchEquals(AbstractEnforcerActor.Control.PA_RECOVERED, msg -> {
+                        // PA_RECOVERED is a control signal from the supervisor — consume it, don't echo back.
+                    })
                     .matchAny(any -> sender().tell(any, ActorRef.noSender()))
                     .build();
         }
diff --git a/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/messaging/persistence/ConnectionPersistenceActor.java b/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/messaging/persistence/ConnectionPersistenceActor.java
index 01ccb06b43f..65a7e19f3f2 100644
--- a/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/messaging/persistence/ConnectionPersistenceActor.java
+++ b/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/messaging/persistence/ConnectionPersistenceActor.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.apache.pekko.actor.ActorRef;
 import org.apache.pekko.actor.ActorSystem;
 import org.apache.pekko.actor.Props;
+import org.apache.pekko.actor.ReceiveTimeout;
 import org.apache.pekko.actor.Status;
 import org.apache.pekko.actor.SupervisorStrategy;
 import org.apache.pekko.cluster.Cluster;
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.ditto.internal.utils.persistence.mongo.config.SnapshotConfig;
 import org.eclipse.ditto.internal.utils.persistence.mongo.streaming.MongoReadJournal;
 import org.eclipse.ditto.internal.utils.persistentactors.AbstractPersistenceActor;
+import org.eclipse.ditto.policies.enforcement.AbstractEnforcerActor;
 import org.eclipse.ditto.internal.utils.persistentactors.EmptyEvent;
 import org.eclipse.ditto.internal.utils.persistentactors.commands.CommandStrategy;
 import org.eclipse.ditto.internal.utils.persistentactors.commands.DefaultContext;
@@ -706,6 +708,13 @@ protected Receive matchAnyAfterInitialization() {
                 .matchEquals(Control.TRIGGER_UPDATE_PRIORITY, this::triggerUpdatePriority)
                 .match(UpdatePriority.class, this::updatePriority)
                 .match(ConnectionSupervisorActor.RestartByConnectionType.class, this::initiateRestartByConnectionType)
+                // ReceiveTimeout may arrive here during startup due to the supervisor's
+                // stash-unstash-forward mechanism — ignore gracefully:
+                .match(ReceiveTimeout.class, receiveTimeout ->
+                        log.debug("Ignoring ReceiveTimeout forwarded from supervisor during startup."))
+                // PA_RECOVERED may be echoed back by NoOpEnforcerActor — ignore gracefully:
+                .matchEquals(AbstractEnforcerActor.Control.PA_RECOVERED, paRecovered ->
+                        log.debug("Ignoring PA_RECOVERED echoed back by enforcer."))
                 .build()
                 .orElse(super.matchAnyAfterInitialization());
     }
diff --git a/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/messaging/persistence/ConnectionSupervisorActor.java b/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/messaging/persistence/ConnectionSupervisorActor.java
index 37dacd87440..b9261307012 100644
--- a/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/messaging/persistence/ConnectionSupervisorActor.java
+++ b/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/messaging/persistence/ConnectionSupervisorActor.java
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ protected Receive activeBehaviour(final Runnable matchProcessNextTwinMessageBeha
                     log.debug("Successfully registered for connectivity config changes.");
                     isRegisteredForConnectivityConfigChanges = true;
                 })
+                .match(ReceiveTimeout.class, receiveTimeout -> {
+                    // ReceiveTimeout may still be in the stash from the initial 2s timeout set in preStart().
+                    // Cancel and ignore it — it served its purpose during startup.
+                    log.debug("Received lingering ReceiveTimeout in active state, cancelling.");
+                    getContext().cancelReceiveTimeout();
+                })
                 .build()
                 .orElse(connectivityConfigModifiedBehavior(getSelf(), () -> persistenceActorChild))
                 .orElse(super.activeBehaviour(matchProcessNextTwinMessageBehavior, matchAnyBehavior));