diff --git a/internal/datacoord/compaction_trigger.go b/internal/datacoord/compaction_trigger.go
index 27cf286f57..a43c78e656 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/compaction_trigger.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/compaction_trigger.go
@@ -458,18 +458,14 @@ func (t *compactionTrigger) generatePlans(segments []*SegmentInfo, signal *compa
 	}
 
 	buckets := [][]*SegmentInfo{}
-	toUpdate := newSegmentPacker("update", prioritizedCandidates)
-	toMerge := newSegmentPacker("merge", smallCandidates)
-	toPack := newSegmentPacker("pack", nonPlannedSegments)
+	toUpdate := newSegmentPacker("update", prioritizedCandidates, compactTime)
+	toMerge := newSegmentPacker("merge", smallCandidates, compactTime)
 
 	maxSegs := int64(4096) // Deprecate the max segment limit since it is irrelevant in simple compactions.
 	minSegs := Params.DataCoordCfg.MinSegmentToMerge.GetAsInt64()
 	compactableProportion := Params.DataCoordCfg.SegmentCompactableProportion.GetAsFloat()
 	satisfiedSize := int64(float64(expectedSize) * compactableProportion)
-	expantionRate := Params.DataCoordCfg.SegmentExpansionRate.GetAsFloat()
 	maxLeftSize := expectedSize - satisfiedSize
-	expectedExpandedSize := int64(float64(expectedSize) * expantionRate)
-	maxExpandedLeftSize := expectedExpandedSize - satisfiedSize
 	reasons := make([]string, 0)
 	// 1. Merge small segments if they can make a full bucket
 	for {
@@ -492,11 +488,12 @@ func (t *compactionTrigger) generatePlans(segments []*SegmentInfo, signal *compa
 		reasons = append(reasons, fmt.Sprintf("packing %d prioritized segments", len(pack)))
 		buckets = append(buckets, pack)
 	}
-	// if there is any segment toUpdate left, its size must greater than expectedSize, add it to the buckets
+	// if there is any segment toUpdate left, its size must be greater than expectedSize, add it to the buckets
 	for _, s := range toUpdate.candidates {
 		buckets = append(buckets, []*SegmentInfo{s})
 		reasons = append(reasons, fmt.Sprintf("force packing prioritized segment %d", s.GetID()))
 	}
+
 	// 2.+ legacy: squeeze small segments
 	// Try merge all small segments, and then squeeze
 	for {
@@ -507,18 +504,7 @@ func (t *compactionTrigger) generatePlans(segments []*SegmentInfo, signal *compa
 		reasons = append(reasons, fmt.Sprintf("packing all %d small segments", len(pack)))
 		buckets = append(buckets, pack)
 	}
-	remaining := t.squeezeSmallSegmentsToBuckets(toMerge.candidates, buckets, expectedSize)
-	toMerge = newSegmentPacker("merge", remaining)
-
-	// 3. pack remaining small segments with non-planned segments
-	for {
-		pack, _ := toMerge.packWith(expectedExpandedSize, maxExpandedLeftSize, minSegs, maxSegs, toPack)
-		if len(pack) == 0 {
-			break
-		}
-		reasons = append(reasons, fmt.Sprintf("packing %d small segments and non-planned segments", len(pack)))
-		buckets = append(buckets, pack)
-	}
+	smallRemaining := t.squeezeSmallSegmentsToBuckets(toMerge.candidates, buckets, expectedSize)
 
 	tasks := make([]*typeutil.Pair[int64, []int64], len(buckets))
 	for i, b := range buckets {
@@ -540,6 +526,13 @@ func (t *compactionTrigger) generatePlans(segments []*SegmentInfo, signal *compa
 			zap.Int("nonPlannedSegments", len(nonPlannedSegments)),
 			zap.Strings("reasons", reasons))
 	}
+	if len(smallRemaining) > 0 {
+		log.RatedInfo(300, "remain small segments",
+			zap.Int64("collectionID", signal.collectionID),
+			zap.Int64("partitionID", signal.partitionID),
+			zap.String("channel", signal.channel),
+			zap.Int("smallRemainingCount", len(smallRemaining)))
+	}
 	return tasks
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/datacoord/compaction_trigger_test.go b/internal/datacoord/compaction_trigger_test.go
index 7f84a1d591..2c08279bed 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/compaction_trigger_test.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/compaction_trigger_test.go
@@ -1509,150 +1509,6 @@ func Test_compactionTrigger_SmallCandi(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func Test_compactionTrigger_SqueezeNonPlannedSegs(t *testing.T) {
-	type fields struct {
-		meta          *meta
-		allocator     allocator.Allocator
-		signals       chan *compactionSignal
-		inspector     CompactionInspector
-		globalTrigger *time.Ticker
-	}
-	type args struct {
-		collectionID int64
-		compactTime  *compactTime
-	}
-	vecFieldID := int64(201)
-
-	genSegIndex := func(segID, indexID UniqueID, numRows int64) *typeutil.ConcurrentMap[UniqueID, *model.SegmentIndex] {
-		segIdx := typeutil.NewConcurrentMap[UniqueID, *model.SegmentIndex]()
-		segIdx.Insert(indexID, &model.SegmentIndex{
-			SegmentID:    segID,
-			CollectionID: 2,
-			PartitionID:  1,
-			NumRows:      numRows,
-			IndexID:      indexID,
-			BuildID:      segID,
-			NodeID:       0,
-			IndexVersion: 1,
-			IndexState:   commonpb.IndexState_Finished,
-		})
-		return segIdx
-	}
-	im := &indexMeta{
-		segmentIndexes: typeutil.NewConcurrentMap[UniqueID, *typeutil.ConcurrentMap[UniqueID, *model.SegmentIndex]](),
-		indexes: map[UniqueID]map[UniqueID]*model.Index{
-			2: {
-				indexID: {
-					TenantID:     "",
-					CollectionID: 2,
-					FieldID:      vecFieldID,
-					IndexID:      indexID,
-					IndexName:    "_default_idx",
-					IsDeleted:    false,
-					CreateTime:   0,
-					TypeParams:   nil,
-					IndexParams: []*commonpb.KeyValuePair{
-						{
-							Key:   common.IndexTypeKey,
-							Value: "HNSW",
-						},
-					},
-					IsAutoIndex:     false,
-					UserIndexParams: nil,
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-	im.segmentIndexes.Insert(1, genSegIndex(1, indexID, 20))
-	im.segmentIndexes.Insert(2, genSegIndex(2, indexID, 20))
-	im.segmentIndexes.Insert(3, genSegIndex(3, indexID, 20))
-	im.segmentIndexes.Insert(4, genSegIndex(4, indexID, 20))
-	im.segmentIndexes.Insert(5, genSegIndex(5, indexID, 20))
-	im.segmentIndexes.Insert(6, genSegIndex(6, indexID, 20))
-	mock0Allocator := newMockAllocator(t)
-
-	collections := typeutil.NewConcurrentMap[UniqueID, *collectionInfo]()
-	collections.Insert(2, &collectionInfo{
-		ID: 2,
-		Schema: &schemapb.CollectionSchema{
-			Fields: []*schemapb.FieldSchema{
-				{
-					FieldID:  vecFieldID,
-					DataType: schemapb.DataType_FloatVector,
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	})
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name      string
-		fields    fields
-		args      args
-		wantErr   bool
-		wantPlans []*datapb.CompactionPlan
-	}{
-		{
-			"test small segment",
-			fields{
-				&meta{
-					channelCPs:  newChannelCps(),
-					segments:    mockSegmentsInfo(600, 600, 600, 600, 260, 260),
-					indexMeta:   im,
-					collections: collections,
-				},
-				mock0Allocator,
-				make(chan *compactionSignal, 1),
-				&spyCompactionInspector{t: t, spyChan: make(chan *datapb.CompactionPlan, 1)},
-				nil,
-			},
-			args{
-				2,
-				&compactTime{},
-			},
-			false,
-			nil,
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		(tt.fields.inspector).(*spyCompactionInspector).meta = tt.fields.meta
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			tt.fields.meta.channelCPs.checkpoints["ch1"] = &msgpb.MsgPosition{
-				Timestamp: tsoutil.ComposeTSByTime(time.Now(), 0),
-				MsgID:     []byte{1, 2, 3, 4},
-			}
-			tr := &compactionTrigger{
-				meta:                         tt.fields.meta,
-				handler:                      newMockHandlerWithMeta(tt.fields.meta),
-				allocator:                    tt.fields.allocator,
-				signals:                      make(chan *compactionSignal, 100),
-				inspector:                    tt.fields.inspector,
-				globalTrigger:                tt.fields.globalTrigger,
-				indexEngineVersionManager:    newMockVersionManager(),
-				estimateDiskSegmentPolicy:    calBySchemaPolicyWithDiskIndex,
-				estimateNonDiskSegmentPolicy: calBySchemaPolicy,
-				closeCh:                      lifetime.NewSafeChan(),
-				testingOnly:                  true,
-			}
-			tr.start()
-			defer tr.stop()
-			_, err := tr.TriggerCompaction(context.TODO(), NewCompactionSignal())
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantErr, err != nil)
-			spy := (tt.fields.inspector).(*spyCompactionInspector)
-			select {
-			case val := <-spy.spyChan:
-				// max size == 1000, expansion rate == 1.25.
-				// segment 5 and 6 are squeezed into a non-planned segment. Total size: 600 + 260 + 260 == 1120,
-				// which is greater than 1000 but smaller than 1000 * 1.25
-				assert.Equal(t, len(val.SegmentBinlogs), 3)
-				return
-			case <-time.After(3 * time.Second):
-				assert.Fail(t, "failed to get plan")
-				return
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 // Test segment compaction target size
 func Test_compactionTrigger_noplan_random_size(t *testing.T) {
 	type fields struct {
@@ -2731,7 +2587,12 @@ func Test_compactionTrigger_generatePlans(t *testing.T) {
 			Binlogs: []*datapb.FieldBinlog{
 				{
 					Binlogs: []*datapb.Binlog{
-						{EntriesNum: 5, LogID: 1},
+						{
+							EntriesNum:    5,
+							LogID:         1,
+							TimestampFrom: 1000,
+							TimestampTo:   2000,
+						},
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -2759,7 +2620,13 @@ func Test_compactionTrigger_generatePlans(t *testing.T) {
 			Binlogs: []*datapb.FieldBinlog{
 				{
 					Binlogs: []*datapb.Binlog{
-						{EntriesNum: 5, LogID: 2, MemorySize: 3 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024},
+						{
+							EntriesNum:    5,
+							LogID:         2,
+							MemorySize:    3 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
+							TimestampFrom: 2000,
+							TimestampTo:   3000,
+						},
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -2845,7 +2712,7 @@ func Test_compactionTrigger_generatePlans(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "force trigger on large segments",
 			fields: fields{
-				&meta{
+				meta: &meta{
 					catalog:    catalog,
 					channelCPs: newChannelCps(),
 					segments: &SegmentsInfo{
@@ -2889,10 +2756,10 @@ func Test_compactionTrigger_generatePlans(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 					collections: collections,
 				},
-				mock0Allocator,
-				nil,
-				&spyCompactionInspector{t: t, spyChan: make(chan *datapb.CompactionPlan, 1)},
-				nil,
+				allocator:     mock0Allocator,
+				signals:       nil,
+				inspector:     &spyCompactionInspector{t: t, spyChan: make(chan *datapb.CompactionPlan, 1)},
+				globalTrigger: nil,
 			},
 			args: args{
 				segments:     []*SegmentInfo{seg1, seg2},
@@ -2926,3 +2793,305 @@ func Test_compactionTrigger_generatePlans(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_compactionTrigger_generatePlansByTime(t *testing.T) {
+	catalog := mocks.NewDataCoordCatalog(t)
+	catalog.EXPECT().AlterSegments(mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil).Maybe()
+
+	vecFieldID := int64(201)
+	indexID := int64(1001)
+
+	schema := &schemapb.CollectionSchema{
+		Fields: []*schemapb.FieldSchema{
+			{
+				FieldID:  vecFieldID,
+				DataType: schemapb.DataType_FloatVector,
+				TypeParams: []*commonpb.KeyValuePair{
+					{
+						Key:   common.DimKey,
+						Value: "128",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	mock0Allocator := newMock0Allocator(t)
+
+	seg1 := &SegmentInfo{
+		SegmentInfo: &datapb.SegmentInfo{
+			ID:             1,
+			CollectionID:   2,
+			PartitionID:    1,
+			LastExpireTime: 100,
+			NumOfRows:      100,
+			MaxRowNum:      300,
+			InsertChannel:  "ch1",
+			State:          commonpb.SegmentState_Flushed,
+			Binlogs: []*datapb.FieldBinlog{
+				{
+					Binlogs: []*datapb.Binlog{
+						{
+							EntriesNum:    5,
+							LogID:         1,
+							TimestampFrom: 1000,
+							TimestampTo:   2000,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			Deltalogs: []*datapb.FieldBinlog{
+				{
+					Binlogs: []*datapb.Binlog{
+						{EntriesNum: 5, LogID: 1, MemorySize: 1 * 1024 * 1024},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			IsSorted: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	seg2 := &SegmentInfo{
+		SegmentInfo: &datapb.SegmentInfo{
+			ID:             2,
+			CollectionID:   2,
+			PartitionID:    1,
+			LastExpireTime: 100,
+			NumOfRows:      100,
+			MaxRowNum:      300,
+			InsertChannel:  "ch1",
+			State:          commonpb.SegmentState_Flushed,
+			Binlogs: []*datapb.FieldBinlog{
+				{
+					Binlogs: []*datapb.Binlog{
+						{
+							EntriesNum:    5,
+							LogID:         2,
+							TimestampFrom: 1000,
+							TimestampTo:   2000,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			Deltalogs: []*datapb.FieldBinlog{
+				{
+					Binlogs: []*datapb.Binlog{
+						{EntriesNum: 5, LogID: 2},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			IsSorted: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	seg3 := &SegmentInfo{
+		SegmentInfo: &datapb.SegmentInfo{
+			ID:             3,
+			CollectionID:   2,
+			PartitionID:    1,
+			LastExpireTime: 100,
+			NumOfRows:      100,
+			MaxRowNum:      300,
+			InsertChannel:  "ch1",
+			State:          commonpb.SegmentState_Flushed,
+			Binlogs: []*datapb.FieldBinlog{
+				{
+					Binlogs: []*datapb.Binlog{
+						{
+							EntriesNum:    5,
+							LogID:         3,
+							TimestampFrom: 3000,
+							TimestampTo:   4000,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			Deltalogs: []*datapb.FieldBinlog{
+				{
+					Binlogs: []*datapb.Binlog{
+						{EntriesNum: 5, LogID: 3},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			IsSorted: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	type fields struct {
+		meta          *meta
+		allocator     allocator.Allocator
+		signals       chan *compactionSignal
+		inspector     CompactionInspector
+		globalTrigger *time.Ticker
+	}
+	type args struct {
+		segments     []*SegmentInfo
+		signal       *compactionSignal
+		compactTime  *compactTime
+		expectedSize int64
+	}
+
+	collections := typeutil.NewConcurrentMap[UniqueID, *collectionInfo]()
+	collections.Insert(2, &collectionInfo{
+		ID:     2,
+		Schema: schema,
+		Properties: map[string]string{
+			common.CollectionTTLConfigKey: "0",
+		},
+	})
+
+	segIndexes := typeutil.NewConcurrentMap[UniqueID, *typeutil.ConcurrentMap[UniqueID, *model.SegmentIndex]]()
+	segIdx0 := typeutil.NewConcurrentMap[UniqueID, *model.SegmentIndex]()
+	segIdx0.Insert(indexID, &model.SegmentIndex{
+		SegmentID:           1,
+		CollectionID:        2,
+		PartitionID:         1,
+		NumRows:             100,
+		IndexID:             indexID,
+		BuildID:             1,
+		NodeID:              0,
+		IndexVersion:        1,
+		IndexState:          commonpb.IndexState_Finished,
+		FailReason:          "",
+		IsDeleted:           false,
+		CreatedUTCTime:      0,
+		IndexFileKeys:       nil,
+		IndexSerializedSize: 0,
+		WriteHandoff:        false,
+	})
+	segIndexes.Insert(1, segIdx0)
+	segIdx1 := typeutil.NewConcurrentMap[UniqueID, *model.SegmentIndex]()
+	segIdx1.Insert(indexID, &model.SegmentIndex{
+		SegmentID:           2,
+		CollectionID:        2,
+		PartitionID:         1,
+		NumRows:             100,
+		IndexID:             indexID,
+		BuildID:             2,
+		NodeID:              0,
+		IndexVersion:        1,
+		IndexState:          commonpb.IndexState_Finished,
+		FailReason:          "",
+		IsDeleted:           false,
+		CreatedUTCTime:      0,
+		IndexFileKeys:       nil,
+		IndexSerializedSize: 0,
+		WriteHandoff:        false,
+	})
+	segIndexes.Insert(2, segIdx1)
+	segIdx2 := typeutil.NewConcurrentMap[UniqueID, *model.SegmentIndex]()
+	segIdx2.Insert(indexID, &model.SegmentIndex{
+		SegmentID:           3,
+		CollectionID:        2,
+		PartitionID:         1,
+		NumRows:             100,
+		IndexID:             indexID,
+		BuildID:             3,
+		NodeID:              0,
+		IndexVersion:        1,
+		IndexState:          commonpb.IndexState_Finished,
+		FailReason:          "",
+		IsDeleted:           false,
+		CreatedUTCTime:      0,
+		IndexFileKeys:       nil,
+		IndexSerializedSize: 0,
+		WriteHandoff:        false,
+	})
+	segIndexes.Insert(3, segIdx2)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		fields fields
+		args   args
+		want   []*typeutil.Pair[int64, []int64]
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "test time-based compaction",
+			fields: fields{
+				meta: &meta{
+					catalog:    catalog,
+					channelCPs: newChannelCps(),
+					segments: &SegmentsInfo{
+						segments: map[int64]*SegmentInfo{
+							1: seg1,
+							2: seg2,
+							3: seg3,
+						},
+						secondaryIndexes: segmentInfoIndexes{
+							coll2Segments: map[UniqueID]map[UniqueID]*SegmentInfo{
+								2: {
+									seg1.GetID(): seg1,
+									seg2.GetID(): seg2,
+									seg3.GetID(): seg3,
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					indexMeta: &indexMeta{
+						segmentIndexes: segIndexes,
+						indexes: map[UniqueID]map[UniqueID]*model.Index{
+							2: {
+								indexID: {
+									TenantID:     "",
+									CollectionID: 2,
+									FieldID:      vecFieldID,
+									IndexID:      indexID,
+									IndexName:    "_default_idx",
+									IsDeleted:    false,
+									CreateTime:   0,
+									TypeParams:   nil,
+									IndexParams: []*commonpb.KeyValuePair{
+										{
+											Key:   common.IndexTypeKey,
+											Value: "HNSW",
+										},
+									},
+									IsAutoIndex:     false,
+									UserIndexParams: nil,
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					collections: collections,
+				},
+				allocator:     mock0Allocator,
+				signals:       nil,
+				inspector:     &spyCompactionInspector{t: t, spyChan: make(chan *datapb.CompactionPlan, 1)},
+				globalTrigger: nil,
+			},
+			args: args{
+				segments:     []*SegmentInfo{seg1, seg2, seg3},
+				signal:       &compactionSignal{collectionID: 2, partitionID: 1, channel: "ch1", isForce: false},
+				compactTime:  &compactTime{startTime: 1000, collectionTTL: time.Hour},
+				expectedSize: 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
+			},
+			want: []*typeutil.Pair[int64, []int64]{
+				{A: 300, B: []int64{1, 2, 3}},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tr := &compactionTrigger{
+				meta:                         tt.fields.meta,
+				handler:                      newMockHandlerWithMeta(tt.fields.meta),
+				allocator:                    tt.fields.allocator,
+				signals:                      tt.fields.signals,
+				inspector:                    tt.fields.inspector,
+				globalTrigger:                tt.fields.globalTrigger,
+				estimateDiskSegmentPolicy:    calBySchemaPolicyWithDiskIndex,
+				estimateNonDiskSegmentPolicy: calBySchemaPolicy,
+				closeCh:                      lifetime.NewSafeChan(),
+				testingOnly:                  true,
+			}
+
+			got := tr.generatePlans(tt.args.segments, tt.args.signal, tt.args.compactTime, tt.args.expectedSize)
+			for i, pair := range got {
+				t.Logf("got[%d]: totalRows=%d, segmentIDs=%v", i, pair.A, pair.B)
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("compactionTrigger.generatePlans() = %+v, want %+v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/datacoord/knapsack.go b/internal/datacoord/knapsack.go
index 23a9bb9ee1..bbbc8d3a9b 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/knapsack.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/knapsack.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import (
 type Sizable interface {
 	getSegmentSize() int64
 	GetID() int64
+	GetEarliestTs() uint64
+	GetResidualSegmentSize() int64
 }
 
 type Knapsack[T Sizable] struct {
@@ -33,12 +35,9 @@ type Knapsack[T Sizable] struct {
 	candidates []T
 }
 
-func newKnapsack[T Sizable](name string, candidates []T) *Knapsack[T] {
+func newKnapsack[T Sizable](name string, candidates []T, less func(T, T) bool) *Knapsack[T] {
 	sort.Slice(candidates, func(i, j int) bool {
-		if candidates[i].getSegmentSize() != candidates[j].getSegmentSize() {
-			return candidates[i].getSegmentSize() > candidates[j].getSegmentSize()
-		}
-		return candidates[i].GetID() < candidates[j].GetID()
+		return less(candidates[i], candidates[j])
 	})
 	return &Knapsack[T]{
 		name:       name,
@@ -53,9 +52,9 @@ func (c *Knapsack[T]) tryPack(size, maxLeftSize, minSegs, maxSegs int64) (bitset
 		if maxSegs == 0 {
 			break
 		}
-		if segment.getSegmentSize() <= left {
+		if segment.GetResidualSegmentSize() <= left {
 			selection.Set(uint(i))
-			left -= segment.getSegmentSize()
+			left -= segment.GetResidualSegmentSize()
 			maxSegs--
 		}
 	}
@@ -118,6 +117,27 @@ func (c *Knapsack[T]) packWith(size, maxLeftSize, minSegs, maxSegs int64, other
 	return append(segs, otherSegs...), left
 }
 
-func newSegmentPacker(name string, candidates []*SegmentInfo) *Knapsack[*SegmentInfo] {
-	return newKnapsack(name, candidates)
+func newSegmentPacker(name string, candidates []*SegmentInfo, compactTime *compactTime) *Knapsack[*SegmentInfo] {
+	if compactTime != nil && compactTime.collectionTTL > 0 {
+		return newKnapsack(name, candidates, func(a, b *SegmentInfo) bool {
+			if a.GetEarliestTs() != b.GetEarliestTs() {
+				return a.GetEarliestTs() < b.GetEarliestTs()
+			} else if a.GetResidualSegmentSize() != b.GetResidualSegmentSize() {
+				return a.GetResidualSegmentSize() > b.GetResidualSegmentSize()
+			} else if a.getSegmentSize() != b.getSegmentSize() {
+				return a.getSegmentSize() > b.getSegmentSize()
+			}
+			return a.GetID() < b.GetID()
+		})
+	}
+	return newKnapsack(name, candidates, func(a, b *SegmentInfo) bool {
+		if a.GetResidualSegmentSize() != b.GetResidualSegmentSize() {
+			return a.GetResidualSegmentSize() > b.GetResidualSegmentSize()
+		} else if a.getSegmentSize() != b.getSegmentSize() {
+			return a.getSegmentSize() > b.getSegmentSize()
+		} else if a.GetEarliestTs() != b.GetEarliestTs() {
+			return a.GetEarliestTs() < b.GetEarliestTs()
+		}
+		return a.GetID() < b.GetID()
+	})
 }
diff --git a/internal/datacoord/knapsack_test.go b/internal/datacoord/knapsack_test.go
index 0bcae99d25..2b083ff649 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/knapsack_test.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/knapsack_test.go
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 type element struct {
-	size int64
-	id   int64
+	size         int64
+	id           int64
+	residualSize int64
 }
 
 var _ Sizable = (*element)(nil)
@@ -33,6 +34,14 @@ func (e *element) getSegmentSize() int64 {
 	return e.size
 }
 
+func (e *element) GetResidualSegmentSize() int64 {
+	return e.size
+}
+
+func (e *element) GetEarliestTs() uint64 {
+	return 0
+}
+
 func (e *element) GetID() int64 {
 	return e.id
 }
@@ -110,10 +119,133 @@ func Test_pack(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			p := newKnapsack[*element](tt.name, tt.candidates)
+			p := newKnapsack[*element](tt.name, tt.candidates, func(a, b *element) bool {
+				if a.GetResidualSegmentSize() != b.GetResidualSegmentSize() {
+					return a.GetResidualSegmentSize() > b.GetResidualSegmentSize()
+				} else if a.getSegmentSize() != b.getSegmentSize() {
+					return a.getSegmentSize() > b.getSegmentSize()
+				} else if a.GetEarliestTs() != b.GetEarliestTs() {
+					return a.GetEarliestTs() < b.GetEarliestTs()
+				}
+				return a.GetID() < b.GetID()
+			})
 			got, left := p.pack(tt.args.size, tt.args.leftSize, tt.args.minSegs, tt.args.maxSegs)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantLeft, left)
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+type timeElement struct {
+	element
+	earliestTs   uint64
+	residualSize int64
+}
+
+func (e *timeElement) GetEarliestTs() uint64         { return e.earliestTs }
+func (e *timeElement) GetResidualSegmentSize() int64 { return e.residualSize }
+
+var _ Sizable = (*timeElement)(nil)
+
+func Test_newKnapsackTimeBased(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		size     int64
+		leftSize int64
+		minSegs  int64
+		maxSegs  int64
+	}
+	mockTimeElements := func(params ...struct {
+		size         int64
+		earliestTs   uint64
+		residualSize int64
+	},
+	) []*timeElement {
+		var out []*timeElement
+		for i, p := range params {
+			out = append(out, &timeElement{
+				element:      element{size: p.size, id: int64(i)},
+				earliestTs:   p.earliestTs,
+				residualSize: p.residualSize,
+			})
+		}
+		return out
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		candidates []*timeElement
+		args       args
+		init_order []int64
+		pack_order []int64
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "sort by earliestTs",
+			candidates: mockTimeElements(
+				struct {
+					size         int64
+					earliestTs   uint64
+					residualSize int64
+				}{size: 10, earliestTs: 10, residualSize: 5},
+				struct {
+					size         int64
+					earliestTs   uint64
+					residualSize int64
+				}{size: 20, earliestTs: 5, residualSize: 8},
+				struct {
+					size         int64
+					earliestTs   uint64
+					residualSize int64
+				}{size: 30, earliestTs: 5, residualSize: 8},
+			),
+			args:       args{size: 60, leftSize: 60, minSegs: 1, maxSegs: 3},
+			init_order: []int64{2, 1, 0},
+			pack_order: []int64{2, 1, 0},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "sort by residualSize",
+			candidates: mockTimeElements(
+				struct {
+					size         int64
+					earliestTs   uint64
+					residualSize int64
+				}{size: 100, earliestTs: 5, residualSize: 80},
+				struct {
+					size         int64
+					earliestTs   uint64
+					residualSize int64
+				}{size: 101, earliestTs: 5, residualSize: 60},
+				struct {
+					size         int64
+					earliestTs   uint64
+					residualSize int64
+				}{size: 102, earliestTs: 5, residualSize: 60},
+			),
+			args:       args{size: 150, leftSize: 100, minSegs: 1, maxSegs: 3},
+			init_order: []int64{0, 2, 1},
+			pack_order: []int64{0, 2},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			p := newKnapsack[*timeElement](tt.name, tt.candidates, func(a, b *timeElement) bool {
+				if a.GetEarliestTs() != b.GetEarliestTs() {
+					return a.GetEarliestTs() < b.GetEarliestTs()
+				} else if a.GetResidualSegmentSize() != b.GetResidualSegmentSize() {
+					return a.GetResidualSegmentSize() > b.GetResidualSegmentSize()
+				} else if a.getSegmentSize() != b.getSegmentSize() {
+					return a.getSegmentSize() > b.getSegmentSize()
+				}
+				return a.GetID() < b.GetID()
+			})
+			for i, candidate := range p.candidates {
+				assert.Equal(t, tt.init_order[i], candidate.id)
+			}
+			got, _ := p.pack(tt.args.size, tt.args.leftSize, tt.args.minSegs, tt.args.maxSegs)
+			assert.Equal(t, len(tt.pack_order), len(got))
+			for i, candidate := range got {
+				assert.Equal(t, tt.pack_order[i], candidate.id)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/datacoord/segment_info.go b/internal/datacoord/segment_info.go
index 3af851a3d4..14004f9da9 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/segment_info.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/segment_info.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package datacoord
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"runtime/debug"
 	"time"
 
@@ -56,12 +57,46 @@ type SegmentInfo struct {
 	// a cache to avoid calculate twice
 	size            atomic.Int64
 	deltaRowcount   atomic.Int64
+	earliestTs      atomic.Uint64
 	lastWrittenTime time.Time
 
 	// It is only to ensure mutual exclusion between L0 compacting and stats tasks
 	isStating bool
 }
 
+func (s *SegmentInfo) GetResidualSegmentSize() int64 {
+	if s.GetNumOfRows() == 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	totalDeletedRows := 0
+	for _, deltaLogs := range s.GetDeltalogs() {
+		for _, l := range deltaLogs.GetBinlogs() {
+			totalDeletedRows += int(l.GetEntriesNum())
+		}
+	}
+
+	deltaRatio := float64(totalDeletedRows) / float64(s.GetNumOfRows())
+	if deltaRatio >= 1.0 {
+		// segments with too many deleted rows should be considered as prioritized segments and be compacted definitely
+		return s.getSegmentSize()
+	}
+	residualRatio := 1.0 - deltaRatio
+	return int64(residualRatio * float64(s.getSegmentSize()))
+}
+
+func (s *SegmentInfo) GetEarliestTs() uint64 {
+	if s.earliestTs.Load() == 0 {
+		var earliestFromTs uint64 = math.MaxUint64
+		for _, binlogs := range s.GetBinlogs() {
+			for _, l := range binlogs.GetBinlogs() {
+				earliestFromTs = min(earliestFromTs, l.TimestampFrom)
+			}
+		}
+		s.earliestTs.Store(earliestFromTs)
+	}
+	return s.earliestTs.Load()
+}
+
 // NewSegmentInfo create `SegmentInfo` wrapper from `datapb.SegmentInfo`
 // assign current rows to last checkpoint and pre-allocate `allocations` slice
 // Note that the allocation information is not preserved,
diff --git a/internal/proxy/impl.go b/internal/proxy/impl.go
index f6eef71207..2184228803 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/impl.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/impl.go
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ func (node *Proxy) ReleaseCollection(ctx context.Context, request *milvuspb.Rele
 		zap.String("db", request.DbName),
 		zap.String("collection", request.CollectionName))
 
-	log.Debug(rpcReceived(method))
+	log.Info(rpcReceived(method))
 
 	if err := node.sched.ddQueue.Enqueue(rct); err != nil {
 		log.Warn(
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ func (node *Proxy) ReleaseCollection(ctx context.Context, request *milvuspb.Rele
 		return merr.Status(err), nil
 	}
 
-	log.Debug(
+	log.Info(
 		rpcEnqueued(method),
 		zap.Uint64("BeginTS", rct.BeginTs()),
 		zap.Uint64("EndTS", rct.EndTs()))
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ func (node *Proxy) ReleaseCollection(ctx context.Context, request *milvuspb.Rele
 		return merr.Status(err), nil
 	}
 
-	log.Debug(
+	log.Info(
 		rpcDone(method),
 		zap.Uint64("BeginTS", rct.BeginTs()),
 		zap.Uint64("EndTS", rct.EndTs()))
diff --git a/internal/storage/sort.go b/internal/storage/sort.go
index cb005e5008..9dbb8384af 100644
--- a/internal/storage/sort.go
+++ b/internal/storage/sort.go
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func MergeSort(batchSize uint64, schema *schemapb.CollectionSchema, rr []RecordR
 			}
 		}
 
-		// If poped idx reaches end of segment, invalidate cache and advance to next segment
+		// If poped idx reaches end of segment, invalidate cache and advance to next record
 		if idx.i == recs[idx.ri].Len()-1 {
 			err := advanceRecord(idx.ri)
 			if err == io.EOF {