diff --git a/llarp/iwp/session.cpp b/llarp/iwp/session.cpp
index e3284a223..54eb5d5dc 100644
--- a/llarp/iwp/session.cpp
+++ b/llarp/iwp/session.cpp
@@ -170,10 +170,10 @@ namespace llarp
       if(m_State == State::Closed)
         return;
       auto close_msg = CreatePacket(Command::eCLOS, 0, 16, 16);
-      EncryptAndSend(std::move(close_msg));
       if(m_State == State::Ready)
         m_Parent->UnmapAddr(m_RemoteAddr);
       m_State = State::Closed;
+      EncryptAndSend(std::move(close_msg));
       LogInfo("closing connection to ", m_RemoteAddr);
     }
 
diff --git a/llarp/link/link_manager.cpp b/llarp/link/link_manager.cpp
index 6d0062df5..1acd2fd90 100644
--- a/llarp/link/link_manager.cpp
+++ b/llarp/link/link_manager.cpp
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@ namespace llarp
       auto itr = m_PersistingSessions.begin();
       while(itr != m_PersistingSessions.end())
       {
-        auto link = GetLinkWithSessionTo(itr->first);
         if(now < itr->second)
         {
+          auto link = GetLinkWithSessionTo(itr->first);
           if(link)
           {
             LogDebug("keepalive to ", itr->first);
@@ -321,6 +321,10 @@ namespace llarp
           const RouterID r(itr->first);
           LogInfo("commit to ", r, " expired");
           itr = m_PersistingSessions.erase(itr);
+          for(const auto &link : outboundLinks)
+          {
+            link->CloseSessionTo(r);
+          }
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/llarp/link/server.cpp b/llarp/link/server.cpp
index 7ade923ae..30c2c6305 100644
--- a/llarp/link/server.cpp
+++ b/llarp/link/server.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ namespace llarp
 {
   static constexpr size_t MaxSessionsPerKey = 16;
 
-  ILinkLayer::ILinkLayer(std::shared_ptr<KeyManager> keyManager, GetRCFunc getrc,
-                         LinkMessageHandler handler, SignBufferFunc signbuf,
+  ILinkLayer::ILinkLayer(std::shared_ptr< KeyManager > keyManager,
+                         GetRCFunc getrc, LinkMessageHandler handler,
+                         SignBufferFunc signbuf,
                          SessionEstablishedHandler establishedSession,
                          SessionRenegotiateHandler reneg,
                          TimeoutHandler timeout, SessionClosedHandler closed,
@@ -286,7 +287,6 @@ namespace llarp
   ILinkLayer::Start(std::shared_ptr< Logic > l,
                     std::shared_ptr< thread::ThreadPool > worker)
   {
-    m_Recv   = std::make_shared< TrafficQueue_t >();
     m_Worker = worker;
     m_Logic  = l;
     ScheduleTick(100);
@@ -315,6 +315,17 @@ namespace llarp
         ++itr;
       }
     }
+    {
+      // decay recently closed list
+      auto itr = m_RecentlyClosed.begin();
+      while(itr != m_RecentlyClosed.end())
+      {
+        if(itr->second >= now)
+          itr = m_RecentlyClosed.erase(itr);
+        else
+          ++itr;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   void
@@ -340,12 +351,13 @@ namespace llarp
         ++itr;
       }
     }
-    m_Recv.reset();
   }
 
   void
   ILinkLayer::CloseSessionTo(const RouterID& remote)
   {
+    static constexpr llarp_time_t CloseGraceWindow = 500;
+    const auto now                                 = Now();
     ACQUIRE_LOCK(Lock_t l, m_AuthedLinksMutex);
     RouterID r = remote;
     llarp::LogInfo("Closing all to ", r);
@@ -354,6 +366,8 @@ namespace llarp
     while(itr != range.second)
     {
       itr->second->Close();
+      m_RecentlyClosed.emplace(itr->second->GetRemoteEndpoint(),
+                               now + CloseGraceWindow);
       itr = m_AuthedLinks.erase(itr);
     }
   }
@@ -462,7 +476,11 @@ namespace llarp
       auto itr = pkts->begin();
       while(itr != pkts->end())
       {
-        link->RecvFrom(itr->remote, std::move(itr->pkt));
+        if(link->m_RecentlyClosed.find(itr->remote)
+           == link->m_RecentlyClosed.end())
+        {
+          link->RecvFrom(itr->remote, std::move(itr->pkt));
+        }
         ++itr;
       }
       link->Pump();
diff --git a/llarp/link/server.hpp b/llarp/link/server.hpp
index 41acb9592..f8bd0ab87 100644
--- a/llarp/link/server.hpp
+++ b/llarp/link/server.hpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace llarp
 
   struct ILinkLayer
   {
-    ILinkLayer(std::shared_ptr<KeyManager> keyManager, GetRCFunc getrc,
+    ILinkLayer(std::shared_ptr< KeyManager > keyManager, GetRCFunc getrc,
                LinkMessageHandler handler, SignBufferFunc signFunc,
                SessionEstablishedHandler sessionEstablish,
                SessionRenegotiateHandler renegotiate, TimeoutHandler timeout,
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ namespace llarp
     SessionClosedHandler SessionClosed;
     SessionRenegotiateHandler SessionRenegotiate;
     PumpDoneHandler PumpDone;
-    std::shared_ptr<KeyManager> keyManager;
+    std::shared_ptr< KeyManager > keyManager;
 
     std::shared_ptr< Logic >
     logic()
@@ -256,10 +256,8 @@ namespace llarp
                          ACQUIRED_AFTER(m_AuthedLinksMutex));
     Pending m_Pending GUARDED_BY(m_PendingMutex);
 
-    using TrafficEvent_t = std::pair< Addr, ILinkSession::Packet_t >;
-    using TrafficQueue_t = std::vector< TrafficEvent_t >;
-
-    std::shared_ptr< TrafficQueue_t > m_Recv;
+    std::unordered_map< llarp::Addr, llarp_time_t, llarp::Addr::Hash >
+        m_RecentlyClosed;
   };
 
   using LinkLayer_ptr = std::shared_ptr< ILinkLayer >;