diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/forward/TransportForwardAction.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/forward/TransportForwardAction.java
index 276ce1774e..4e956e9c7e 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/forward/TransportForwardAction.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/forward/TransportForwardAction.java
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@
 import static org.opensearch.ml.task.MLTaskManager.TASK_SEMAPHORE_TIMEOUT;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.utils.MLExceptionUtils.logException;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.utils.MLExceptionUtils.toJsonString;
+import static org.opensearch.ml.utils.RestActionUtils.getAllNodes;
 
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
@@ -131,10 +135,29 @@ protected void doExecute(Task task, ActionRequest request, ActionListener<MLForw
                         syncModelWorkerNodes(modelId, functionName);
                     }
 
-                    if (workNodes == null || workNodes.size() == 0) {
+                    Set<String> workNodesRemovedFromCluster = new HashSet<>();
+
+                    if (workNodes != null && !workNodes.isEmpty()) {
+                        Set<String> allNodesInCluster = new HashSet<>(List.of(getAllNodes(clusterService)));
+
+                        workNodesRemovedFromCluster = workNodes
+                            .stream()
+                            .filter(node -> !allNodesInCluster.contains(node))
+                            .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+
+                        if (!workNodesRemovedFromCluster.isEmpty()) {
+                            workNodes.removeAll(workNodesRemovedFromCluster);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    if (workNodes == null || workNodes.isEmpty()) {
+                        if (!workNodesRemovedFromCluster.isEmpty()) {
+                            mlTaskCache.updateWorkerNode(workNodesRemovedFromCluster);
+                            mlModelManager.removeModelWorkerNode(modelId, false, workNodesRemovedFromCluster.toArray(new String[0]));
+                        }
                         int currentWorkerNodeCount = mlTaskCache.getWorkerNodeSize();
                         MLTaskState taskState = mlTaskCache.hasError() ? MLTaskState.COMPLETED_WITH_ERROR : MLTaskState.COMPLETED;
-                        if (mlTaskCache.allNodeFailed()) {
+                        if (mlTaskCache.allNodeFailed() || mlTaskCache.getWorkerNodeSize() == 0) {
                             taskState = MLTaskState.FAILED;
                             currentWorkerNodeCount = 0;
                         } else {
@@ -150,11 +173,11 @@ protected void doExecute(Task task, ActionRequest request, ActionListener<MLForw
                         mlTaskManager.updateMLTask(taskId, builder.build(), TASK_SEMAPHORE_TIMEOUT, true);
 
                         MLModelState modelState;
-                        if (!mlTaskCache.allNodeFailed()) {
-                            modelState = mlTaskCache.hasError() ? MLModelState.PARTIALLY_DEPLOYED : MLModelState.DEPLOYED;
-                        } else {
+                        if (mlTaskCache.allNodeFailed() || mlTaskCache.getWorkerNodeSize() == 0) {
                             modelState = MLModelState.DEPLOY_FAILED;
                             log.error("deploy model failed on all nodes, model id: {}", modelId);
+                        } else {
+                            modelState = mlTaskCache.hasError() ? MLModelState.PARTIALLY_DEPLOYED : MLModelState.DEPLOYED;
                         }
                         Map<String, Object> updateFields = new HashMap<>();
                         updateFields.put(MLModel.MODEL_STATE_FIELD, modelState);
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/task/MLTaskCache.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/task/MLTaskCache.java
index a6b519a2aa..0b3d7d116f 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/task/MLTaskCache.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/task/MLTaskCache.java
@@ -62,4 +62,9 @@ public int errorNodesCount() {
     public boolean allNodeFailed() {
         return workerNodeSize != null && errors.size() == workerNodeSize;
     }
+
+    public void updateWorkerNode(Set<String> nodesRemovedFromCluster) {
+        this.workerNodes.removeAll(nodesRemovedFromCluster);
+        this.workerNodeSize = this.workerNodeSize - nodesRemovedFromCluster.size();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/forward/TransportForwardActionTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/forward/TransportForwardActionTests.java
index b5c1a4e1f7..62a4fa779f 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/forward/TransportForwardActionTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/forward/TransportForwardActionTests.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_ONLY_RUN_ON_ML_NODE;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.utils.TestHelper.ML_ROLE;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.utils.TestHelper.clusterSetting;
+import static org.opensearch.ml.utils.TestHelper.setupTestClusterState;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.Version;
 import org.opensearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.opensearch.client.Client;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.ClusterSettings;
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ public class TransportForwardActionTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
 
     private TransportForwardAction forwardAction;
 
+    private ClusterState testState;
+
     Settings settings = Settings
         .builder()
         .put(ML_COMMONS_MODEL_AUTO_REDEPLOY_ENABLE.getKey(), true)
@@ -137,6 +141,9 @@ public void setup() {
             )
         );
 
+        testState = setupTestClusterState("test_node_id2");
+        when(clusterService.state()).thenReturn(testState);
+
         node1 = new DiscoveryNode(nodeId1, buildNewFakeTransportAddress(), emptyMap(), ImmutableSet.of(ML_ROLE), Version.CURRENT);
         node2 = new DiscoveryNode(nodeId2, buildNewFakeTransportAddress(), emptyMap(), ImmutableSet.of(ML_ROLE), Version.CURRENT);
 
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/cluster/MLSyncUpCronTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/cluster/MLSyncUpCronTests.java
index 0b6709fc16..b72b3b27c5 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/cluster/MLSyncUpCronTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/cluster/MLSyncUpCronTests.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public void setup() throws IOException {
         encryptor = spy(new EncryptorImpl(null));
         syncUpCron = new MLSyncUpCron(client, clusterService, nodeHelper, mlIndicesHandler, encryptor);
 
-        testState = setupTestClusterState();
+        testState = setupTestClusterState("node");
         when(clusterService.state()).thenReturn(testState);
 
         doAnswer(invocation -> {
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLProfileActionTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLProfileActionTests.java
index 446dc74213..4c644300f2 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLProfileActionTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLProfileActionTests.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public void setup() throws IOException {
             .build();
 
         clusterName = new ClusterName("test cluster");
-        testState = setupTestClusterState();
+        testState = setupTestClusterState("node");
         when(clusterService.state()).thenReturn(testState);
 
         doAnswer(invocation -> {
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLStatsActionTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLStatsActionTests.java
index cdd9136255..a034af502a 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLStatsActionTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLStatsActionTests.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public void setup() throws IOException {
             roleSet,
             Version.CURRENT
         );
-        testState = setupTestClusterState();
+        testState = setupTestClusterState("node");
         when(clusterService.state()).thenReturn(testState);
 
         clusterName = new ClusterName(clusterNameStr);
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLUndeployModelActionTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLUndeployModelActionTests.java
index cf8e93765c..e98d1a5f31 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLUndeployModelActionTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLUndeployModelActionTests.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class RestMLUndeployModelActionTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
     @Before
     public void setup() {
         MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
-        testState = setupTestClusterState();
+        testState = setupTestClusterState("node");
         when(clusterService.state()).thenReturn(testState);
         when(clusterService.getClusterSettings()).thenReturn(clusterSettings);
         restMLUndeployModelAction = new RestMLUndeployModelAction(clusterService, settings);
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/TestHelper.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/TestHelper.java
index 11c0fef7ed..895345825f 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/TestHelper.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/TestHelper.java
@@ -459,11 +459,11 @@ public static ClusterState state(int numDataNodes, String indexName, String mapp
         return state(new ClusterName("test"), indexName, mapping, clusterManagerNode, clusterManagerNode, allNodes);
     }
 
-    public static ClusterState setupTestClusterState() {
+    public static ClusterState setupTestClusterState(String nodeId) {
         Set<DiscoveryNodeRole> roleSet = new HashSet<>();
         roleSet.add(DiscoveryNodeRole.DATA_ROLE);
         DiscoveryNode node = new DiscoveryNode(
-            "node",
+            nodeId,
             new TransportAddress(TransportAddress.META_ADDRESS, new AtomicInteger().incrementAndGet()),
             new HashMap<>(),
             roleSet,