diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/fanout/FanOutRecordsPublisher.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/fanout/FanOutRecordsPublisher.java
index 53c3d715b..8aea87351 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/fanout/FanOutRecordsPublisher.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/fanout/FanOutRecordsPublisher.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public class FanOutRecordsPublisher implements RecordsPublisher {
             ThrowableType.ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT);
     private static final ThrowableCategory READ_TIMEOUT_CATEGORY = new ThrowableCategory(ThrowableType.READ_TIMEOUT);
     private static final int MAX_EVENT_BURST_FROM_SERVICE = 10;
+    private static final long TIME_TO_WAIT_FOR_FINAL_ACK_MILLIS = 1000;
 
     private final KinesisAsyncClient kinesis;
     private final String shardId;
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ public class FanOutRecordsPublisher implements RecordsPublisher {
     private long availableQueueSpace = 0;
 
     private BlockingQueue<RecordsRetrievedContext> recordsDeliveryQueue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>(MAX_EVENT_BURST_FROM_SERVICE);
+    // Flag to indicate if the active subscription is being torn down.
+    private boolean pendingActiveSubscriptionShutdown = false;
 
     @Override
     public void start(ExtendedSequenceNumber extendedSequenceNumber,
@@ -132,6 +135,13 @@ public void notify(RecordsDeliveryAck recordsDeliveryAck) {
                 triggeringFlow = evictAckedEventAndScheduleNextEvent(recordsDeliveryAck);
             } catch (Throwable t) {
                 errorOccurred(triggeringFlow, t);
+            } finally {
+                // Notify all the actors who are waiting for the records ack event.
+                // Here, when the active subscription is being torn down, the completing thread will
+                // wait for the last delivered records to send back the ack, to prevent sending duplicate records.
+                if(pendingActiveSubscriptionShutdown) {
+                    lockObject.notifyAll();
+                }
             }
             if (triggeringFlow != null) {
                 updateAvailableQueueSpaceAndRequestUpstream(triggeringFlow);
@@ -160,8 +170,8 @@ RecordFlow evictAckedEventAndScheduleNextEvent(RecordsDeliveryAck recordsDeliver
             // Update the triggering flow for post scheduling upstream request.
             flowToBeReturned = recordsRetrievedContext.getRecordFlow();
             // Try scheduling the next event in the queue, if available.
-            if (recordsDeliveryQueue.peek() != null) {
-                subscriber.onNext(recordsDeliveryQueue.peek().getRecordsRetrieved());
+            if (!recordsDeliveryQueue.isEmpty()) {
+                scheduleNextEvent(recordsDeliveryQueue.peek().getRecordsRetrieved());
             }
         } else {
             // Check if the mismatched event belongs to active flow. If publisher receives an ack for a
@@ -194,7 +204,7 @@ void bufferCurrentEventAndScheduleIfRequired(RecordsRetrieved recordsRetrieved,
             recordsDeliveryQueue.add(recordsRetrievedContext);
             // If the current batch is the only element in the queue, then try scheduling the event delivery.
             if (recordsDeliveryQueue.size() == 1) {
-                subscriber.onNext(recordsRetrieved);
+                scheduleNextEvent(recordsRetrieved);
             }
         } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
             log.warn("{}: Unable to enqueue the payload due to capacity restrictions in delivery queue with remaining capacity {} ",
@@ -206,6 +216,14 @@ void bufferCurrentEventAndScheduleIfRequired(RecordsRetrieved recordsRetrieved,
         }
     }
 
+    // This method is not thread-safe. You need to acquire a lock in the caller in order to execute this.
+    // Schedule the next event only when the active subscription is not pending shutdown.
+    private void scheduleNextEvent(RecordsRetrieved recordsRetrieved) {
+        if (!pendingActiveSubscriptionShutdown) {
+            subscriber.onNext(recordsRetrieved);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Data
     private static final class RecordsRetrievedContext {
         private final RecordsRetrieved recordsRetrieved;
@@ -223,8 +241,8 @@ private boolean hasValidFlow() {
 
     private void subscribeToShard(String sequenceNumber) {
         synchronized (lockObject) {
-            // Clear the queue so that any stale entries from previous subscription are discarded.
-            clearRecordsDeliveryQueue();
+            // Clear the delivery queue so that any stale entries from previous subscription are discarded.
+            resetRecordsDeliveryStateOnSubscriptionOnInit();
             SubscribeToShardRequest.Builder builder = KinesisRequestsBuilder.subscribeToShardRequestBuilder()
                     .shardId(shardId).consumerARN(consumerArn);
             SubscribeToShardRequest request;
@@ -263,7 +281,7 @@ private void errorOccurred(RecordFlow triggeringFlow, Throwable t) {
             }
 
             // Clear the delivery buffer so that next subscription don't yield duplicate records.
-            clearRecordsDeliveryQueue();
+            resetRecordsDeliveryStateOnSubscriptionShutdown();
 
             Throwable propagationThrowable = t;
             ThrowableCategory category = throwableCategory(propagationThrowable);
@@ -313,8 +331,39 @@ private void errorOccurred(RecordFlow triggeringFlow, Throwable t) {
         }
     }
 
-    private void clearRecordsDeliveryQueue() {
-        recordsDeliveryQueue.clear();
+    // This method is not thread safe. This needs to be executed after acquiring lock on this.lockObject
+    private void resetRecordsDeliveryStateOnSubscriptionOnInit() {
+        // Clear any lingering records in the queue.
+        if (!recordsDeliveryQueue.isEmpty()) {
+            log.warn("{}: Found non-empty queue while starting subscription. This indicates unsuccessful clean up of"
+                    + "previous subscription - {} ", shardId, subscribeToShardId);
+            recordsDeliveryQueue.clear();
+        }
+        if(pendingActiveSubscriptionShutdown) {
+            log.warn("{}: Found current subscription to be in pendingShutdown state while initializing. This indicates unsuccessful clean up of"
+                    + "previous subscription - {} ", shardId, subscribeToShardId);
+            // Set pendingActiveSubscriptionShutdown to default value.
+            pendingActiveSubscriptionShutdown = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // This method is not thread safe. This needs to be executed after acquiring lock on this.lockObject
+    private void resetRecordsDeliveryStateOnSubscriptionShutdown() {
+        // Wait for final event notification during the end of the subscription.
+        if (!recordsDeliveryQueue.isEmpty()) {
+            // This will prevent further events from getting scheduled, during the wait period.
+            pendingActiveSubscriptionShutdown = true;
+            try {
+                // Wait for the configured time to get a notification for already delivered event, if any.
+                lockObject.wait(TIME_TO_WAIT_FOR_FINAL_ACK_MILLIS);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            }
+            // Clear the queue to remove any remaining entries from the queue.
+            recordsDeliveryQueue.clear();
+            // Set pendingActiveSubscriptionShutdown to default value.
+            pendingActiveSubscriptionShutdown = false;
+        }
     }
 
     protected void logAcquireTimeoutMessage(Throwable t) {
@@ -445,6 +494,9 @@ private void onComplete(RecordFlow triggeringFlow) {
         synchronized (lockObject) {
             log.debug("{}: [SubscriptionLifetime]: (FanOutRecordsPublisher#onComplete) @ {} id: {}", shardId,
                     triggeringFlow.connectionStartedAt, triggeringFlow.subscribeToShardId);
+
+            resetRecordsDeliveryStateOnSubscriptionShutdown();
+
             triggeringFlow.cancel();
             if (!hasValidSubscriber()) {
                 log.debug("{}: [SubscriptionLifetime]: (FanOutRecordsPublisher#onComplete) @ {} id: {}", shardId,