diff --git a/internal/datacoord/policy.go b/internal/datacoord/policy.go
index 8d157ce947..22fde4c276 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/policy.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/policy.go
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
-type clusterDeltaChange struct {
-	newNodes []string
-	offlines []string
-	restarts []string
-}
-
 // data node register func, simple func wrapping policy
 type dataNodeRegisterPolicy func(cluster []*NodeInfo, session *NodeInfo, buffer []*datapb.ChannelStatus) ([]*NodeInfo, []*datapb.ChannelStatus)
 
diff --git a/internal/datacoord/segment_allocation_policy.go b/internal/datacoord/segment_allocation_policy.go
index 1186cc4f2e..40eaf49f0c 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/segment_allocation_policy.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/segment_allocation_policy.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/internal/proto/commonpb"
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/internal/proto/schemapb"
+	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/internal/util/tsoutil"
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/internal/util/typeutil"
 )
 
@@ -81,9 +82,6 @@ type sealPolicy func(maxCount, writtenCount, allocatedCount int64) bool
 // segmentSealPolicy seal policy applies to segment
 type segmentSealPolicy func(segment *SegmentInfo, ts Timestamp) bool
 
-// channelSealPolicy seal policy applies to channel
-type channelSealPolicy func(string, []*SegmentInfo, Timestamp) []*SegmentInfo
-
 // getSegmentCapacityPolicy get segmentSealPolicy with segment size factor policy
 func getSegmentCapacityPolicy(sizeFactor float64) segmentSealPolicy {
 	return func(segment *SegmentInfo, ts Timestamp) bool {
@@ -96,12 +94,18 @@ func getSegmentCapacityPolicy(sizeFactor float64) segmentSealPolicy {
 }
 
 // getLastExpiresLifetimePolicy get segmentSealPolicy with lifetime limit compares ts - segment.lastExpireTime
-func getLastExpiresLifetimePolicy(lifetime uint64) segmentSealPolicy {
+func sealByLifetimePolicy(lifetime time.Duration) segmentSealPolicy {
 	return func(segment *SegmentInfo, ts Timestamp) bool {
-		return (ts - segment.GetLastExpireTime()) > lifetime
+		pts, _ := tsoutil.ParseTS(ts)
+		epts, _ := tsoutil.ParseTS(segment.GetLastExpireTime())
+		d := pts.Sub(epts)
+		return d >= lifetime
 	}
 }
 
+// channelSealPolicy seal policy applies to channel
+type channelSealPolicy func(string, []*SegmentInfo, Timestamp) []*SegmentInfo
+
 // getChannelCapacityPolicy get channelSealPolicy with channel segment capacity policy
 func getChannelOpenSegCapacityPolicy(limit int) channelSealPolicy {
 	return func(channel string, segs []*SegmentInfo, ts Timestamp) []*SegmentInfo {
@@ -121,10 +125,6 @@ func sortSegmentsByLastExpires(segs []*SegmentInfo) {
 	})
 }
 
-func sealPolicyV1(maxCount, writtenCount, allocatedCount int64) bool {
-	return float64(writtenCount) >= Params.SegmentSealProportion*float64(maxCount)
-}
-
 type flushPolicy func(segment *SegmentInfo, t Timestamp) bool
 
 const flushInterval = 2 * time.Second
diff --git a/internal/datacoord/segment_allocation_policy_test.go b/internal/datacoord/segment_allocation_policy_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fed2e5a2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/datacoord/segment_allocation_policy_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package datacoord
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/internal/proto/datapb"
+	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/internal/util/tsoutil"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestSealSegmentPolicy(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("test seal segment by lifetime", func(t *testing.T) {
+		lifetime := 2 * time.Second
+		now := time.Now()
+		curTS := now.UnixNano() / int64(time.Millisecond)
+		nosealTs := (now.Add(lifetime / 2)).UnixNano() / int64(time.Millisecond)
+		sealTs := (now.Add(lifetime)).UnixNano() / int64(time.Millisecond)
+
+		p := sealByLifetimePolicy(lifetime)
+
+		segment := &SegmentInfo{
+			SegmentInfo: &datapb.SegmentInfo{
+				ID:             1,
+				LastExpireTime: tsoutil.ComposeTS(curTS, 0),
+			},
+		}
+
+		shouldSeal := p(segment, tsoutil.ComposeTS(nosealTs, 0))
+		assert.False(t, shouldSeal)
+
+		shouldSeal = p(segment, tsoutil.ComposeTS(sealTs, 0))
+		assert.True(t, shouldSeal)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/internal/datacoord/segment_manager.go b/internal/datacoord/segment_manager.go
index ff03c4c4d4..3e36c4e7ae 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/segment_manager.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/segment_manager.go
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/internal/proto/datapb"
 )
 
+const segmentMaxLifetime = 24 * time.Hour
+
 // Manager manage segment related operations.
 type Manager interface {
 	// AllocSegment allocate rows and record the allocation.
@@ -133,12 +135,11 @@ func defaultAlocatePolicy() AllocatePolicy {
 	return AllocatePolicyV1
 }
 
-func defaultSealPolicy() sealPolicy {
-	return sealPolicyV1
-}
-
-func defaultSegmentSealPolicy() segmentSealPolicy {
-	return getSegmentCapacityPolicy(Params.SegmentSealProportion)
+func defaultSegmentSealPolicy() []segmentSealPolicy {
+	return []segmentSealPolicy{
+		sealByLifetimePolicy(segmentMaxLifetime),
+		getSegmentCapacityPolicy(Params.SegmentSealProportion),
+	}
 }
 
 func defaultFlushPolicy() flushPolicy {
@@ -154,8 +155,8 @@ func newSegmentManager(meta *meta, allocator allocator, opts ...allocOption) *Se
 		segments:            make([]UniqueID, 0),
 		estimatePolicy:      defaultCalUpperLimitPolicy(),
 		allocPolicy:         defaultAlocatePolicy(),
-		segmentSealPolicies: []segmentSealPolicy{defaultSegmentSealPolicy()}, // default only segment size policy
-		channelSealPolicies: []channelSealPolicy{},                           // no default channel seal policy
+		segmentSealPolicies: defaultSegmentSealPolicy(), // default only segment size policy
+		channelSealPolicies: []channelSealPolicy{},      // no default channel seal policy
 		flushPolicy:         defaultFlushPolicy(),
 		allocPool: sync.Pool{
 			New: func() interface{} {