diff --git a/apps/emqx_plugin_libs/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace.erl b/apps/emqx_plugin_libs/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace.erl
index 252da8c0f..ad7112707 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_plugin_libs/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_plugin_libs/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace.erl
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 -ifdef(TEST).
 -export([ log_file/2
         , create_table/0
+        , find_closest_time/2
         ]).
 -endif.
 
@@ -288,15 +289,15 @@ get_enable_trace() ->
 find_closest_time(Traces, Now) ->
     Sec =
         lists:foldl(
-            fun(#?TRACE{start_at = Start, end_at = End}, Closest)
-                when Start >= Now andalso Now < End -> %% running
-                min(End - Now, Closest);
-                (#?TRACE{start_at = Start}, Closest) when Start < Now -> %% waiting
-                    min(Now - Start, Closest);
-                (_, Closest) -> Closest %% finished
+            fun(#?TRACE{start_at = Start, end_at = End, enable = true}, Closest) ->
+                min(closest(End, Now, Closest), closest(Start, Now, Closest));
+                (_, Closest) -> Closest
             end, 60 * 15, Traces),
     timer:seconds(Sec).
 
+closest(Time, Now, Closest) when Now >= Time -> Closest;
+closest(Time, Now, Closest) -> min(Time - Now, Closest).
+
 disable_finished([]) -> ok;
 disable_finished(Traces) ->
     transaction(fun() ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_plugin_libs/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace_api.erl b/apps/emqx_plugin_libs/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace_api.erl
index d2bca542b..0e298698e 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_plugin_libs/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace_api.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_plugin_libs/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace_api.erl
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ stream_log_file(#{name := Name}, Params) ->
         {ok, Node} ->
             Position = binary_to_integer(Position0),
             Bytes = binary_to_integer(Bytes0),
-            case rpc:call(Node, ?MODULE, read_trace_file, [Name, Position, Bytes])  of
+            case rpc:call(Node, ?MODULE, read_trace_file, [Name, Position, Bytes]) of
                 {ok, Bin} ->
                     Meta = #{<<"position">> => Position + byte_size(Bin), <<"bytes">> => Bytes},
                     {ok, #{meta => Meta, items => Bin}};
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ stream_log_file(#{name := Name}, Params) ->
                     Meta = #{<<"position">> => Size, <<"bytes">> => Bytes},
                     {ok, #{meta => Meta, items => <<"">>}};
                 {error, Reason} ->
-                    logger:log(error, "read_file_failed by ~p", [{Node, Name, Reason, Position, Bytes}]),
+                    logger:log(error, "read_file_failed ~p", [{Node, Name, Reason, Position, Bytes}]),
                     {error, Reason};
                 {badrpc, nodedown} ->
                     {error, "BadRpc node down"}
@@ -174,21 +174,24 @@ read_trace_file(Name, Position, Limit) ->
     end.
 
 read_file(Path, Offset, Bytes) ->
-    {ok, IoDevice} = file:open(Path, [read, raw, binary]),
-    try
-        _ = case Offset of
-                0 -> ok;
-                _ -> file:position(IoDevice, {bof, Offset})
-            end,
-        case file:read(IoDevice, Bytes) of
-            {ok, Bin} -> {ok, Bin};
-            {error, Reason} -> {error, Reason};
-            eof ->
-                {ok, #file_info{size = Size}} = file:read_file_info(IoDevice),
-                {eof, Size}
-        end
-    after
-        file:close(IoDevice)
+    case file:open(Path, [read, raw, binary]) of
+        {ok, IoDevice} ->
+            try
+                _ = case Offset of
+                        0 -> ok;
+                        _ -> file:position(IoDevice, {bof, Offset})
+                    end,
+                case file:read(IoDevice, Bytes) of
+                    {ok, Bin} -> {ok, Bin};
+                    {error, Reason} -> {error, Reason};
+                    eof ->
+                        {ok, #file_info{size = Size}} = file:read_file_info(IoDevice),
+                        {eof, Size}
+                end
+            after
+                file:close(IoDevice)
+            end;
+        {error, Reason} -> {error, Reason}
     end.
 
 to_node(Node) ->
@@ -204,7 +207,6 @@ collect_file_size(Nodes, FileName, AllFiles) ->
                 end, #{}, Nodes).
 
 status(false, _Start, _End, _Now) -> <<"stopped">>;
-%% asynchronously create trace, we should wait 1 seconds
-status(true, Start, _End, Now) when Now < Start + 2 -> <<"waiting">>;
+status(true, Start, _End, Now) when Now < Start -> <<"waiting">>;
 status(true, _Start, End, Now) when Now >= End -> <<"stopped">>;
 status(true, _Start, _End, _Now) -> <<"running">>.
diff --git a/apps/emqx_plugin_libs/test/emqx_trace_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_plugin_libs/test/emqx_trace_SUITE.erl
index 4f33e5b7f..e20fb6957 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_plugin_libs/test/emqx_trace_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_plugin_libs/test/emqx_trace_SUITE.erl
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ t_update_enable(_Config) ->
 
 t_load_state(_Config) ->
     Now = erlang:system_time(second),
-    Running = [{<<"name">>, <<"Running">>}, {<<"type">>, <<"topic">>},
-        {<<"topic">>, <<"/x/y/1">>}, {<<"start_at">>, to_rfc3339(Now - 1)},
-        {<<"end_at">>, to_rfc3339(Now + 2)}],
+    Running = #{name => <<"Running">>, type => <<"topic">>,
+        topic => <<"/x/y/1">>, start_at => to_rfc3339(Now - 1),
+        end_at => to_rfc3339(Now + 2)},
     Waiting = [{<<"name">>, <<"Waiting">>}, {<<"type">>, <<"topic">>},
         {<<"topic">>, <<"/x/y/2">>}, {<<"start_at">>, to_rfc3339(Now + 3)},
         {<<"end_at">>, to_rfc3339(Now + 8)}],
@@ -300,6 +300,30 @@ t_download_log(_Config) ->
     ok = emqtt:disconnect(Client),
     ok.
 
+t_find_closed_time(_Config) ->
+    DefaultMs = 60 * 15000,
+    Now = erlang:system_time(second),
+    Traces2 = [],
+    ?assertEqual(DefaultMs, emqx_trace:find_closest_time(Traces2, Now)),
+    Traces3 = [#emqx_trace{name = <<"disable">>, start_at = Now + 1,
+        end_at = Now + 2, enable = false}],
+    ?assertEqual(DefaultMs, emqx_trace:find_closest_time(Traces3, Now)),
+    Traces4 = [#emqx_trace{name = <<"running">>, start_at = Now, end_at = Now + 10, enable = true}],
+    ?assertEqual(10000, emqx_trace:find_closest_time(Traces4, Now)),
+    Traces5 = [#emqx_trace{name = <<"waiting">>, start_at = Now + 2,
+        end_at = Now + 10, enable = true}],
+    ?assertEqual(2000, emqx_trace:find_closest_time(Traces5, Now)),
+    Traces = [
+        #emqx_trace{name = <<"waiting">>, start_at = Now + 1, end_at = Now + 2, enable = true},
+        #emqx_trace{name = <<"running0">>, start_at = Now, end_at = Now + 5, enable = true},
+        #emqx_trace{name = <<"running1">>, start_at = Now - 1, end_at = Now + 1, enable = true},
+        #emqx_trace{name = <<"finished">>, start_at = Now - 2, end_at = Now - 1, enable = true},
+        #emqx_trace{name = <<"waiting">>, start_at = Now + 1, end_at = Now + 1, enable = true},
+        #emqx_trace{name = <<"stopped">>, start_at = Now, end_at = Now + 10, enable = false}
+    ],
+    ?assertEqual(1000, emqx_trace:find_closest_time(Traces, Now)),
+    ok.
+
 to_rfc3339(Second) ->
     list_to_binary(calendar:system_time_to_rfc3339(Second)).