diff --git a/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl_connector.py b/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl_connector.py
index c06cda356f57..6d86ab7f7a4c 100644
--- a/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl_connector.py
+++ b/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl_connector.py
@@ -1025,6 +1025,11 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
             # Sorted dict, oldest requests are put first so we can exit early.
             if now < expires:
                 break
+            count = self.consumer_notification_counts_by_req.pop(req_id, 0)
+            logger.warning(
+                "Releasing expired KV blocks for request %s which were "
+                "retrieved by %d decode worker(s) within %d seconds.", req_id,
+                count, envs.VLLM_NIXL_ABORT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
             del self._reqs_to_send[req_id]
             done_sending.add(req_id)
 
@@ -1040,6 +1045,13 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
         for notifs in self.nixl_wrapper.get_new_notifs().values():
             for notif in notifs:
                 req_id, tp_ratio = notif.decode("utf-8").rsplit(":", 1)
+                if req_id not in self._reqs_to_send:
+                    logger.error(
+                        "Potentially invalid KV blocks for "
+                        "unrecognized request %s were retrieved by "
+                        "a decode worker. They may have expired.", req_id)
+                    continue
+
                 self.consumer_notification_counts_by_req[req_id] += 1
                 # Wait all consumers (D) to be done reading before freeing.
                 if self.consumer_notification_counts_by_req[req_id] == int(