diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b1512375918..56c7d021ba8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -10990,6 +10990,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls 0.23.18",
  "slog",
  "socket2 0.5.7",
+ "static_assertions",
  "thiserror 2.0.3",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-metrics",
diff --git a/rs/p2p/quic_transport/BUILD.bazel b/rs/p2p/quic_transport/BUILD.bazel
index 080eecea976..172d0aae4e7 100644
--- a/rs/p2p/quic_transport/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/rs/p2p/quic_transport/BUILD.bazel
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES = [
     "@crate_index//:rustls",
     "@crate_index//:slog",
     "@crate_index//:socket2",
+    "@crate_index//:static_assertions",
     "@crate_index//:thiserror",
     "@crate_index//:tokio",
     "@crate_index//:tokio-metrics",
diff --git a/rs/p2p/quic_transport/Cargo.toml b/rs/p2p/quic_transport/Cargo.toml
index b3e9d3ff158..a73957a5bf2 100644
--- a/rs/p2p/quic_transport/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rs/p2p/quic_transport/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ prost = { workspace = true }
 quinn = { workspace = true }
 rustls = { workspace = true }
 slog = { workspace = true }
+static_assertions = { workspace = true }
 socket2 = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/rs/p2p/quic_transport/src/connection_manager.rs b/rs/p2p/quic_transport/src/connection_manager.rs
index 39e4022e012..bf0031ca976 100644
--- a/rs/p2p/quic_transport/src/connection_manager.rs
+++ b/rs/p2p/quic_transport/src/connection_manager.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ use quinn::{
 };
 use rustls::pki_types::CertificateDer;
 use socket2::{Domain, Protocol, SockAddr, Socket, Type};
+use static_assertions::const_assert;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tokio::{runtime::Handle, select, task::JoinSet};
 use tokio_util::{sync::CancellationToken, time::DelayQueue};
@@ -79,7 +80,14 @@ const KEEP_ALIVE_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(1);
 /// that were not explicitly closed. I.e replica crash
 const IDLE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
 const CONNECT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
-const CONNECT_RETRY_BACKOFF: Duration = Duration::from_secs(3);
+const CONNECT_RETRY_BACKOFF: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
+
+// There should be least two probes before timing out a connection.
+const_assert!(KEEP_ALIVE_INTERVAL.as_nanos() < IDLE_TIMEOUT.as_nanos());
+// The application level timeout should no less than the QUIC idle timeout.
+const_assert!(IDLE_TIMEOUT.as_nanos() <= CONNECT_TIMEOUT.as_nanos());
+// The waiting time before re-trying to connect should be no less than the IDLE_TIMEOUT.
+const_assert!(IDLE_TIMEOUT.as_nanos() <= CONNECT_RETRY_BACKOFF.as_nanos());
 
 /// Connection manager is responsible for making sure that
 /// there always exists a healthy connection to each peer