diff --git a/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/messaging/ConnectionIdsRetrievalActor.java b/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/messaging/ConnectionIdsRetrievalActor.java
index 0e931fec73..9d8053ba48 100644
--- a/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/messaging/ConnectionIdsRetrievalActor.java
+++ b/connectivity/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/connectivity/service/messaging/ConnectionIdsRetrievalActor.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 package org.eclipse.ditto.connectivity.service.messaging;
 
 import static org.eclipse.ditto.connectivity.api.ConnectivityMessagingConstants.CONNECTION_ID_RETRIEVAL_ACTOR_NAME;
+import static org.eclipse.ditto.internal.utils.persistence.mongo.streaming.MongoReadJournal.LIFECYCLE;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.ditto.internal.utils.pekko.logging.DittoDiagnosticLoggingAdapter;
 import org.eclipse.ditto.internal.utils.pekko.logging.DittoLoggerFactory;
 import org.eclipse.ditto.internal.utils.persistence.mongo.streaming.MongoReadJournal;
-import org.eclipse.ditto.internal.utils.persistentactors.EmptyEvent;
 
 /**
  * Actor handling messages related to connections e.g. retrieving all connections ids.
@@ -116,15 +116,15 @@ private static boolean isDeleted(final Document document) {
                 .orElse(true);
     }
 
-    private static boolean isNotEmptyEvent(final Document document) {
+    private static boolean isNotDeleted(final Document document) {
         return Optional.ofNullable(document.getString(MongoReadJournal.J_EVENT_MANIFEST))
-                .map(manifest -> !EmptyEvent.TYPE.equals(manifest))
+                .map(manifest -> !ConnectionDeleted.TYPE.equals(manifest))
                 .orElse(false);
     }
 
-    private static boolean isNotDeleted(final Document document) {
-        return Optional.ofNullable(document.getString(MongoReadJournal.J_EVENT_MANIFEST))
-                .map(manifest -> !ConnectionDeleted.TYPE.equals(manifest))
+    private static boolean snapshotIsNotDeleted(final Document document) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(document.getString(LIFECYCLE))
+                .map(lifecycle -> !"DELETED".equals(lifecycle))
                 .orElse(false);
     }
 
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ private void getAllConnectionIDs(final WithDittoHeaders cmd) {
                         logger.debug("getIdsFromSnapshotsSource element: <{}>", result);
                         return result;
                     }))
+                    .filter(ConnectionIdsRetrievalActor::snapshotIsNotDeleted)
                     .map(this::extractPersistenceIdFromDocument)
                     .filter(Optional::isPresent)
                     .map(Optional::get)