diff --git a/internal/utils/persistent-actors/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/internal/utils/persistentactors/AbstractPersistenceSupervisor.java b/internal/utils/persistent-actors/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/internal/utils/persistentactors/AbstractPersistenceSupervisor.java
index 36827df164..8eb14b2f14 100644
--- a/internal/utils/persistent-actors/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/internal/utils/persistentactors/AbstractPersistenceSupervisor.java
+++ b/internal/utils/persistent-actors/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/internal/utils/persistentactors/AbstractPersistenceSupervisor.java
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ protected void becomeCorrupted() {
                     getContext().cancelReceiveTimeout();
                     passivate(Control.PASSIVATE);
                 })
+                .match(StopShardedActor.class, trigger -> getContext().stop(getSelf()))
                 .matchAny(message -> replyUnavailableException(message, getSender()))
                 .build());
     }
@@ -350,6 +351,15 @@ protected <T> CompletionStage<Object> askTargetActor(final T message, final bool
                 });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the number of ongoing ops.
+     *
+     * @return The op counter.
+     */
+    protected int getOpCounter() {
+        return opCounter;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Increment the op counter when receiving a non-sudo signal.
      *
diff --git a/things/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/things/service/common/config/DefaultThingConfig.java b/things/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/things/service/common/config/DefaultThingConfig.java
index 4c605858b4..00c0774e8f 100644
--- a/things/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/things/service/common/config/DefaultThingConfig.java
+++ b/things/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/things/service/common/config/DefaultThingConfig.java
@@ -37,15 +37,14 @@ public final class DefaultThingConfig implements ThingConfig {
 
     private static final String CONFIG_PATH = "thing";
 
-    private final Duration liveChannelShutdownTimeout;
+    private final Duration shutdownTimeout;
     private final SupervisorConfig supervisorConfig;
     private final ActivityCheckConfig activityCheckConfig;
     private final SnapshotConfig snapshotConfig;
     private final CleanupConfig cleanupConfig;
 
     private DefaultThingConfig(final ScopedConfig scopedConfig) {
-        liveChannelShutdownTimeout =
-                scopedConfig.getDuration(ConfigValue.LIVE_CHANNEL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT.getConfigPath());
+        shutdownTimeout = scopedConfig.getDuration(ConfigValue.SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT.getConfigPath());
         supervisorConfig = DefaultSupervisorConfig.of(scopedConfig);
         activityCheckConfig = DefaultActivityCheckConfig.of(scopedConfig);
         snapshotConfig = DefaultSnapshotConfig.of(scopedConfig);
@@ -84,8 +83,8 @@ public CleanupConfig getCleanupConfig() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Duration getLiveChannelShutdownTimeout() {
-        return liveChannelShutdownTimeout;
+    public Duration getShutdownTimeout() {
+        return shutdownTimeout;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -101,13 +100,12 @@ public boolean equals(final Object o) {
                 Objects.equals(activityCheckConfig, that.activityCheckConfig) &&
                 Objects.equals(snapshotConfig, that.snapshotConfig) &&
                 Objects.equals(cleanupConfig, that.cleanupConfig) &&
-                Objects.equals(liveChannelShutdownTimeout, that.liveChannelShutdownTimeout);
+                Objects.equals(shutdownTimeout, that.shutdownTimeout);
     }
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
-        return Objects.hash(supervisorConfig, activityCheckConfig, snapshotConfig, cleanupConfig,
-                liveChannelShutdownTimeout);
+        return Objects.hash(supervisorConfig, activityCheckConfig, snapshotConfig, cleanupConfig, shutdownTimeout);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -117,7 +115,7 @@ public String toString() {
                 ", activityCheckConfig=" + activityCheckConfig +
                 ", snapshotConfig=" + snapshotConfig +
                 ", cleanupConfig=" + cleanupConfig +
-                ", liveChannelShutdownTimeout=" + liveChannelShutdownTimeout +
+                ", shutdownTimeout=" + shutdownTimeout +
                 "]";
     }
 }
diff --git a/things/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/things/service/common/config/ThingConfig.java b/things/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/things/service/common/config/ThingConfig.java
index f18b60198c..544dd82a3c 100644
--- a/things/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/things/service/common/config/ThingConfig.java
+++ b/things/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/things/service/common/config/ThingConfig.java
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ public interface ThingConfig extends WithSupervisorConfig, WithActivityCheckConf
         WithCleanupConfig {
 
     /**
-     * Get the timeout waiting for responses and acknowledgements over the live channel during coordinated shutdown.
+     * Get the timeout waiting for responses and acknowledgements during coordinated shutdown.
      *
      * @return The timeout.
      */
-    Duration getLiveChannelShutdownTimeout();
+    Duration getShutdownTimeout();
 
     /**
      * An enumeration of the known config path expressions and their associated default values for {@code ThingConfig}.
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ public interface ThingConfig extends WithSupervisorConfig, WithActivityCheckConf
     enum ConfigValue implements KnownConfigValue {
 
         /**
-         * Timeout waiting for responses and acknowledgements over the live channel during coordinated shutdown.
+         * Timeout waiting for responses and acknowledgements during coordinated shutdown.
          */
-        LIVE_CHANNEL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT("live-channel-shutdown-timeout", Duration.ofSeconds(3));
+        SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT("shutdown-timeout", Duration.ofSeconds(3));
 
         private final String path;
         private final Object defaultValue;
diff --git a/things/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/things/service/persistence/actors/ThingSupervisorActor.java b/things/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/things/service/persistence/actors/ThingSupervisorActor.java
index 0b387302dc..ded7ee39e2 100755
--- a/things/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/things/service/persistence/actors/ThingSupervisorActor.java
+++ b/things/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/things/service/persistence/actors/ThingSupervisorActor.java
@@ -92,13 +92,7 @@ public final class ThingSupervisorActor extends AbstractPersistenceSupervisor<Th
     private final PolicyEnforcerProvider policyEnforcerProvider;
     private final ActorRef searchShardRegionProxy;
 
-    /**
-     * Counter for ongoing live signals going through this actor.
-     * The signals are also counted by the normal op counter.
-     */
-    private int liveOpCounter = 0;
-
-    private final Duration liveChannelShutdownTimeout;
+    private final Duration shutdownTimeout;
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     private ThingSupervisorActor(final ActorRef pubSubMediator,
@@ -120,7 +114,7 @@ private ThingSupervisorActor(final ActorRef pubSubMediator,
         final var dittoScoped = DefaultScopedConfig.dittoScoped(getContext().getSystem().settings().config());
         enforcementConfig = DefaultEnforcementConfig.of(dittoScoped);
         final var thingsConfig = DittoThingsConfig.of(dittoScoped);
-        liveChannelShutdownTimeout = thingsConfig.getThingConfig().getLiveChannelShutdownTimeout();
+        shutdownTimeout = thingsConfig.getThingConfig().getShutdownTimeout();
 
         materializer = Materializer.createMaterializer(getContext());
         responseReceiverCache = ResponseReceiverCache.lookup(getContext().getSystem());
@@ -370,25 +364,8 @@ protected ExponentialBackOffConfig getExponentialBackOffConfig() {
     @Override
     protected void stopShardedActor(final StopShardedActor trigger) {
         super.stopShardedActor(trigger);
-        if (liveOpCounter > 0) {
-            getTimers().startSingleTimer(Control.SHUTDOWN_LIVE_CHANNEL, Control.SHUTDOWN_LIVE_CHANNEL,
-                    liveChannelShutdownTimeout);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void decrementOpCounter(final Signal<?> signal) {
-        super.decrementOpCounter(signal);
-        if (isChannelLiveOrSmart(signal)) {
-            --liveOpCounter;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void incrementOpCounter(final Signal<?> signal) {
-        super.incrementOpCounter(signal);
-        if (isChannelLiveOrSmart(signal)) {
-            ++liveOpCounter;
+        if (getOpCounter() > 0) {
+            getTimers().startSingleTimer(Control.SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT, Control.SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT, shutdownTimeout);
         }
     }
 
@@ -398,24 +375,19 @@ protected Receive activeBehaviour(
             final FI.UnitApply<Object> matchAnyBehavior) {
 
         return ReceiveBuilder.create()
-                .matchEquals(Control.SHUTDOWN_LIVE_CHANNEL, this::shutdownLiveChannel)
+                .matchEquals(Control.SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT, this::shutdownLiveChannel)
                 .build()
                 .orElse(super.activeBehaviour(matchProcessNextTwinMessageBehavior, matchAnyBehavior));
     }
 
     private void shutdownLiveChannel(final Control shutdown) {
-        log.warning("Live channel timeout <{}> reached; aborting <{}> live channel ops",
-                liveChannelShutdownTimeout, liveOpCounter);
+        log.warning("Shutdown timeout <{}> reached; aborting <{}> ops", shutdownTimeout, getOpCounter());
         getContext().stop(getSelf());
     }
 
-    private boolean isChannelLiveOrSmart(final Signal<?> signal) {
-        return Signal.isChannelLive(signal) || Signal.isChannelSmart(signal);
-    }
-
     private record CommandResponsePair<C, R>(C command, R response) {}
 
     private enum Control {
-        SHUTDOWN_LIVE_CHANNEL
+        SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT
     }
 }
diff --git a/things/service/src/main/resources/things.conf b/things/service/src/main/resources/things.conf
index c05b531692..bfb6692b0b 100755
--- a/things/service/src/main/resources/things.conf
+++ b/things/service/src/main/resources/things.conf
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ ditto {
 
     thing {
 
-      live-channel-shutdown-timeout = 3s
-      live-channel-shutdown-timeout = ${?THING_LIVE_CHANNEL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT}
+      shutdown-timeout = 3s
+      shutdown-timeout = ${?THING_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT}
 
       activity-check {
         # the interval of how long to keep an "inactive" Thing in memory:
diff --git a/things/service/src/test/resources/thing-test.conf b/things/service/src/test/resources/thing-test.conf
index 6b1bb7a35b..fd91ca6156 100644
--- a/things/service/src/test/resources/thing-test.conf
+++ b/things/service/src/test/resources/thing-test.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 thing {
-  live-channel-shutdown-timeout = 5s
+  shutdown-timeout = 5s
   activity-check {
     inactive-interval = 100d
     deleted-interval = 100d