diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_and_build.yaml b/.github/workflows/check_and_build.yaml
index ff474d740c..b497075cea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_and_build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_and_build.yaml
@@ -6,20 +6,20 @@ on:
       - master
       - "release-[0-9].[0-9]*"
     paths-ignore:
-      - '**/*.md'
-      - '**/OWNERS'
-      - 'OWNERS'
-      - 'OWNERS_ALIASES'
+      - "**/*.md"
+      - "**/OWNERS"
+      - "OWNERS"
+      - "OWNERS_ALIASES"
 
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
       - "release-[0-9].[0-9]*"
     paths-ignore:
-      - '**/*.md'
-      - '**/OWNERS'
-      - 'OWNERS'
-      - 'OWNERS_ALIASES'
+      - "**/*.md"
+      - "**/OWNERS"
+      - "OWNERS"
+      - "OWNERS_ALIASES"
 
 # See: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#concurrency.
 concurrency:
@@ -53,33 +53,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go environment
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: '1.21'
+          go-version: "1.21"
 
       - name: Cache Tools
         id: cache-tools
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: tools/bin
           key: macos-latest-ticdc-tools-${{ hashFiles('tools/check/go.sum') }}
 
       - name: Build
         run: make build
-
-  arm_build:
-    runs-on: [ARM64]
-    name: Arm Build
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        arch: [ARM64]
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Setup Go environment
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
-        with:
-          go-version: '1.21'
-
-      - name: Build
-        run: make build
diff --git a/cdc/kv/shared_client.go b/cdc/kv/shared_client.go
index 59d6cea212..7b7d8e5544 100644
--- a/cdc/kv/shared_client.go
+++ b/cdc/kv/shared_client.go
@@ -713,9 +713,6 @@ func (s *SharedClient) logSlowRegions(ctx context.Context) error {
 			return ctx.Err()
 		case <-ticker.C:
 		}
-		log.Info("event feed starts to check locked regions",
-			zap.String("namespace", s.changefeed.Namespace),
-			zap.String("changefeed", s.changefeed.ID))
 
 		currTime := s.pdClock.CurrentTime()
 		s.totalSpans.RLock()
diff --git a/cdc/owner/ddl_sink.go b/cdc/owner/ddl_sink.go
index b5347aae9c..be9b867eb0 100644
--- a/cdc/owner/ddl_sink.go
+++ b/cdc/owner/ddl_sink.go
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ type ddlSinkImpl struct {
 
 	ddlCh chan *model.DDLEvent
 
-	sink ddlsink.Sink
+	sinkMu sync.Mutex
+	sink   ddlsink.Sink
 	// `sinkInitHandler` can be helpful in unit testing.
 	sinkInitHandler ddlSinkInitHandler
 
@@ -147,7 +148,10 @@ func (s *ddlSinkImpl) makeSyncPointStoreReady(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *ddlSinkImpl) makeSinkReady(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (s *ddlSinkImpl) withReadySink(ctx context.Context, action func(ddlsink.Sink) error) error {
+	s.sinkMu.Lock()
+	defer s.sinkMu.Unlock()
+
 	if s.sink == nil {
 		if err := s.sinkInitHandler(ctx, s); err != nil {
 			log.Warn("ddl sink initialize failed",
@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@ func (s *ddlSinkImpl) makeSinkReady(ctx context.Context) error {
 			return errors.New("ddlSink not ready")
 		}
 	}
-	return nil
+	return action(s.sink)
 }
 
 // retry the given action with 5s interval. Before every retry, s.sink will be re-initialized.
@@ -174,7 +178,17 @@ func (s *ddlSinkImpl) retrySinkAction(ctx context.Context, name string, action f
 			zap.Bool("retryable", isRetryable),
 			zap.Error(err))
 
-		s.sink = nil
+		s.sinkMu.Lock()
+		closed := s.sink != nil
+		if closed {
+			s.sink.Close()
+			s.sink = nil
+		}
+		s.sinkMu.Unlock()
+		if closed {
+			log.Info("close the ddl sink, rebuild it when trying again",
+				zap.String("namespace", s.changefeedID.Namespace), zap.String("changefeed", s.changefeedID.ID))
+		}
 		if isRetryable {
 			s.reportWarning(err)
 		} else {
@@ -223,9 +237,9 @@ func (s *ddlSinkImpl) writeCheckpointTs(ctx context.Context, lastCheckpointTs *m
 		tables = append(tables, s.mu.currentTables...)
 		s.mu.Unlock()
 
-		if err = s.makeSinkReady(ctx); err == nil {
-			err = s.sink.WriteCheckpointTs(ctx, checkpointTs, tables)
-		}
+		err = s.withReadySink(ctx, func(sink ddlsink.Sink) error {
+			return sink.WriteCheckpointTs(ctx, checkpointTs, tables)
+		})
 		if err == nil {
 			*lastCheckpointTs = checkpointTs
 		}
@@ -242,12 +256,13 @@ func (s *ddlSinkImpl) writeDDLEvent(ctx context.Context, ddl *model.DDLEvent) er
 		zap.Any("DDL", ddl))
 
 	doWrite := func() (err error) {
-		if err = s.makeSinkReady(ctx); err == nil {
-			err = s.sink.WriteDDLEvent(ctx, ddl)
+		err = s.withReadySink(ctx, func(sink ddlsink.Sink) error {
+			err := sink.WriteDDLEvent(ctx, ddl)
 			failpoint.Inject("InjectChangefeedDDLError", func() {
 				err = cerror.ErrExecDDLFailed.GenWithStackByArgs()
 			})
-		}
+			return err
+		})
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("Execute DDL failed",
 				zap.String("namespace", s.changefeedID.Namespace),
@@ -412,9 +427,12 @@ func (s *ddlSinkImpl) close(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 	s.wg.Wait()
 
 	// they will both be nil if changefeed return an error in initializing
+	s.sinkMu.Lock()
 	if s.sink != nil {
 		s.sink.Close()
+		s.sink = nil
 	}
+	s.sinkMu.Unlock()
 	if s.syncPointStore != nil {
 		err = s.syncPointStore.Close()
 	}
@@ -477,8 +495,7 @@ func (s *ddlSinkImpl) addSpecialComment(ddl *model.DDLEvent) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func (s *ddlSinkImpl) emitBootstrap(ctx context.Context, bootstrap *model.DDLEvent) error {
-	if err := s.makeSinkReady(ctx); err != nil {
-		return errors.Trace(err)
-	}
-	return s.sink.WriteDDLEvent(ctx, bootstrap)
+	return s.withReadySink(ctx, func(sink ddlsink.Sink) error {
+		return sink.WriteDDLEvent(ctx, bootstrap)
+	})
 }