diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 36d7c471e..5aa84d765 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.2.0
 	cosmossdk.io/store v1.0.2
 	cosmossdk.io/x/feegrant v0.1.0
+	cosmossdk.io/x/tx v0.13.0
 	cosmossdk.io/x/upgrade v0.1.0
 	github.com/avast/retry-go/v4 v4.5.1
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.23.5-0.20231215221805-96c9fd8078fd
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/cosmos/ics23/go v0.10.0
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.13.5
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.1
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-github/v43 v43.0.0
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.16.0
 	github.com/jsternberg/zap-logfmt v1.3.0
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/core v0.11.0 // indirect
 	cosmossdk.io/depinject v1.0.0-alpha.4 // indirect
 	cosmossdk.io/log v1.3.0 // indirect
-	cosmossdk.io/x/tx v0.13.0 // indirect
 	filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/99designs/go-keychain v0.0.0-20191008050251-8e49817e8af4 // indirect
 	github.com/99designs/keyring v1.2.1 // indirect
@@ -110,6 +109,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.5-0.20220116011046-fa5810519dcb // indirect
 	github.com/google/btree v1.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/orderedcode v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.7 // indirect
diff --git a/relayer/processor/path_end_runtime.go b/relayer/processor/path_end_runtime.go
index d0f3e1d23..94aa1ac6c 100644
--- a/relayer/processor/path_end_runtime.go
+++ b/relayer/processor/path_end_runtime.go
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ func (pathEnd *pathEndRuntime) mergeMessageCache(
 	channelHandshakeMessages := make(ChannelMessagesCache)
 	clientICQMessages := make(ClientICQMessagesCache)
 
+	messageCache.PacketState.Prune(100) // Only keep most recent 100 packet states per channel
+
 	for ch, pmc := range messageCache.PacketFlow {
 		if pathEnd.ShouldRelayChannel(ChainChannelKey{
 			ChainID:             pathEnd.info.ChainID,
@@ -194,6 +196,12 @@ func (pathEnd *pathEndRuntime) mergeMessageCache(
 			}
 
 			packetMessages[ch] = newPmc
+
+			for eventType, pCache := range newPmc {
+				for seq := range pCache {
+					pathEnd.messageCache.PacketState.UpdateState(ch, seq, eventType)
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -610,9 +618,13 @@ func (pathEnd *pathEndRuntime) removePacketRetention(
 	case chantypes.EventTypeRecvPacket:
 		toDelete[eventType] = []uint64{sequence}
 		toDeleteCounterparty[chantypes.EventTypeSendPacket] = []uint64{sequence}
-	case chantypes.EventTypeAcknowledgePacket, chantypes.EventTypeTimeoutPacket:
+	case chantypes.EventTypeAcknowledgePacket:
 		toDelete[eventType] = []uint64{sequence}
 		toDeleteCounterparty[chantypes.EventTypeRecvPacket] = []uint64{sequence}
+		toDeleteCounterparty[chantypes.EventTypeWriteAck] = []uint64{sequence}
+		toDelete[chantypes.EventTypeSendPacket] = []uint64{sequence}
+	case chantypes.EventTypeTimeoutPacket:
+		toDelete[eventType] = []uint64{sequence}
 		toDelete[chantypes.EventTypeSendPacket] = []uint64{sequence}
 	}
 	// delete in progress send for this specific message
diff --git a/relayer/processor/path_processor.go b/relayer/processor/path_processor.go
index 9a5f0ad7c..c73126acb 100644
--- a/relayer/processor/path_processor.go
+++ b/relayer/processor/path_processor.go
@@ -352,6 +352,36 @@ func (pp *PathProcessor) processAvailableSignals(ctx context.Context, cancel fun
 	case <-pp.retryProcess:
 		// No new data to merge in, just retry handling.
 	case <-pp.flushTimer.C:
+		for len(pp.pathEnd1.incomingCacheData) > 0 {
+			d := <-pp.pathEnd1.incomingCacheData
+			// we have new data from ChainProcessor for pathEnd1
+			pp.pathEnd1.mergeCacheData(
+				ctx,
+				cancel,
+				d,
+				pp.pathEnd2.info.ChainID,
+				pp.pathEnd2.inSync,
+				pp.messageLifecycle,
+				pp.pathEnd2,
+				pp.memoLimit,
+				pp.maxReceiverSize,
+			)
+		}
+		for len(pp.pathEnd2.incomingCacheData) > 0 {
+			d := <-pp.pathEnd2.incomingCacheData
+			// we have new data from ChainProcessor for pathEnd2
+			pp.pathEnd2.mergeCacheData(
+				ctx,
+				cancel,
+				d,
+				pp.pathEnd1.info.ChainID,
+				pp.pathEnd1.inSync,
+				pp.messageLifecycle,
+				pp.pathEnd1,
+				pp.memoLimit,
+				pp.maxReceiverSize,
+			)
+		}
 		// Periodic flush to clear out any old packets
 		pp.handleFlush(ctx)
 	}
diff --git a/relayer/processor/path_processor_internal.go b/relayer/processor/path_processor_internal.go
index a85b19870..01f7c6d8a 100644
--- a/relayer/processor/path_processor_internal.go
+++ b/relayer/processor/path_processor_internal.go
@@ -1261,6 +1261,10 @@ func (pp *PathProcessor) queuePendingRecvAndAcks(
 	var skipped *skippedPackets
 
 	for i, seq := range unrecv {
+		if state, ok := dst.messageCache.PacketState.State(k, seq); ok && stateValue(state) >= stateValue(chantypes.EventTypeRecvPacket) {
+			continue // already recv'd by path processor
+		}
+
 		srcMu.Lock()
 		if srcCache.IsCached(chantypes.EventTypeSendPacket, k, seq) {
 			continue // already cached
@@ -1340,8 +1344,13 @@ SeqLoop:
 	}
 
 	for i, seq := range unacked {
-		dstMu.Lock()
 		ck := k.Counterparty()
+
+		if state, ok := dst.messageCache.PacketState.State(ck, seq); ok && stateValue(state) >= stateValue(chantypes.EventTypeAcknowledgePacket) {
+			continue // already acked by path processor
+		}
+
+		dstMu.Lock()
 		if dstCache.IsCached(chantypes.EventTypeRecvPacket, ck, seq) &&
 			dstCache.IsCached(chantypes.EventTypeWriteAck, ck, seq) {
 			continue // already cached
diff --git a/relayer/processor/types.go b/relayer/processor/types.go
index 7cb2022af..a55bea4e5 100644
--- a/relayer/processor/types.go
+++ b/relayer/processor/types.go
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ func (t *ChannelCloseLifecycle) messageLifecycler() {}
 // which will retain relevant messages for each PathProcessor.
 type IBCMessagesCache struct {
 	PacketFlow          ChannelPacketMessagesCache
+	PacketState         ChannelPacketStateCache
 	ConnectionHandshake ConnectionMessagesCache
 	ChannelHandshake    ChannelMessagesCache
 	ClientICQ           ClientICQMessagesCache
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ func (c IBCMessagesCache) Clone() IBCMessagesCache {
 func NewIBCMessagesCache() IBCMessagesCache {
 	return IBCMessagesCache{
 		PacketFlow:          make(ChannelPacketMessagesCache),
+		PacketState:         make(ChannelPacketStateCache),
 		ConnectionHandshake: make(ConnectionMessagesCache),
 		ChannelHandshake:    make(ChannelMessagesCache),
 		ClientICQ:           make(ClientICQMessagesCache),
@@ -124,12 +126,18 @@ func NewIBCMessagesCache() IBCMessagesCache {
 // ChannelPacketMessagesCache is used for caching a PacketMessagesCache for a given IBC channel.
 type ChannelPacketMessagesCache map[ChannelKey]PacketMessagesCache
 
+// ChannelPacketStateCache is used for caching a PacketSequenceStateCache for a given IBC channel.
+type ChannelPacketStateCache map[ChannelKey]PacketSequenceStateCache
+
 // PacketMessagesCache is used for caching a PacketSequenceCache for a given IBC message type.
 type PacketMessagesCache map[string]PacketSequenceCache
 
 // PacketSequenceCache is used for caching an IBC message for a given packet sequence.
 type PacketSequenceCache map[uint64]provider.PacketInfo
 
+// PacketSequenceStateCache is used for caching the state of a packet sequence.
+type PacketSequenceStateCache map[uint64]string
+
 // ChannelMessagesCache is used for caching a ChannelMessageCache for a given IBC message type.
 type ChannelMessagesCache map[string]ChannelMessageCache
 
@@ -344,6 +352,76 @@ func (c PacketMessagesCache) DeleteMessages(toDelete ...map[string][]uint64) {
 	}
 }
 
+func stateValue(state string) int {
+	switch state {
+	case chantypes.EventTypeSendPacket:
+		return 1
+	case chantypes.EventTypeRecvPacket:
+		return 2
+	case chantypes.EventTypeWriteAck:
+		return 3
+	case chantypes.EventTypeAcknowledgePacket, chantypes.EventTypeTimeoutPacket:
+		return 4
+	}
+	panic(fmt.Errorf("unexpected state: %s", state))
+}
+
+func (c ChannelPacketStateCache) UpdateState(k ChannelKey, sequence uint64, state string) {
+	minState := 0
+	if sequenceCache, ok := c[k]; ok {
+		if currentState, ok := sequenceCache[sequence]; ok {
+			minState = stateValue(currentState)
+		}
+	} else {
+		c[k] = make(PacketSequenceStateCache)
+	}
+
+	if stateValue(state) <= minState {
+		// can't downgrade state
+		return
+	}
+
+	c[k][sequence] = state
+}
+
+func (c ChannelPacketStateCache) State(k ChannelKey, sequence uint64) (string, bool) {
+	sequenceCache, ok := c[k]
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false
+	}
+
+	state, ok := sequenceCache[sequence]
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false
+	}
+
+	return state, true
+}
+
+// Prune deletes all map entries except for the most recent (keep) for all channels.
+func (c ChannelPacketStateCache) Prune(keep int) {
+	for _, pssc := range c {
+		pssc.Prune(keep)
+	}
+}
+
+// Prune deletes all map entries except for the most recent (keep).
+func (c PacketSequenceStateCache) Prune(keep int) {
+	if len(c) <= keep {
+		return
+	}
+	seqs := make([]uint64, 0, len(c))
+	for seq := range c {
+		seqs = append(seqs, seq)
+	}
+	sort.Slice(seqs, func(i, j int) bool { return seqs[i] < seqs[j] })
+
+	// only keep recent packet states
+	for _, seq := range seqs[:len(seqs)-keep] {
+		delete(c, seq)
+	}
+}
+
 // IsCached returns true if a sequence for a channel key and event type is already cached.
 func (c ChannelPacketMessagesCache) IsCached(eventType string, k ChannelKey, sequence uint64) bool {
 	if _, ok := c[k]; !ok {
diff --git a/relayer/processor/types_test.go b/relayer/processor/types_test.go
index 69d63dfa3..36278ed0d 100644
--- a/relayer/processor/types_test.go
+++ b/relayer/processor/types_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package processor_test
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	chantypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8/modules/core/04-channel/types"
 	ibcexported "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8/modules/core/exported"
 	"github.com/cosmos/relayer/v2/relayer/processor"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -41,3 +42,34 @@ func TestIBCHeaderCachePrune(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Len(t, cache, 5)
 	require.NotNil(t, cache[uint64(15)], cache[uint64(16)], cache[uint64(17)], cache[uint64(18)], cache[uint64(19)])
 }
+
+func TestPacketSequenceStateCachePrune(t *testing.T) {
+	cache := make(processor.PacketSequenceStateCache)
+
+	for i := uint64(0); i < 50; i++ {
+		cache[i] = chantypes.EventTypeSendPacket
+	}
+
+	cache.Prune(100)
+
+	require.Len(t, cache, 50)
+
+	cache.Prune(25)
+
+	require.Len(t, cache, 25)
+
+	min := uint64(1000)
+	max := uint64(0)
+
+	for seq := range cache {
+		if seq < min {
+			min = seq
+		}
+		if seq > max {
+			max = seq
+		}
+	}
+
+	require.Equal(t, uint64(25), min)
+	require.Equal(t, uint64(49), max)
+}