diff --git a/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/lmcache_mp_connector.py b/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/lmcache_mp_connector.py
index 2afdac38c..5f14c733a 100644
--- a/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/lmcache_mp_connector.py
+++ b/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/lmcache_mp_connector.py
@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ def extract_world_size_and_kv_rank(
 
 
 def create_scheduler_adapter(
-    server_url: str, zmq_context: zmq.Context, vllm_config: VllmConfig
+    server_url: str,
+    zmq_context: zmq.Context,
+    vllm_config: VllmConfig,
+    mq_timeout: float,
+    heartbeat_interval: float,
 ) -> LMCacheMPSchedulerAdapter:
     world_size, kv_rank = extract_world_size_and_kv_rank(
         vllm_config.parallel_config.world_size,
@@ -123,12 +127,18 @@ def create_scheduler_adapter(
         world_size,
         kv_rank,
         vllm_config.cache_config.block_size,
+        mq_timeout=mq_timeout,
+        heartbeat_interval=heartbeat_interval,
         **kwargs,
     )
 
 
 def create_worker_adapter(
-    server_url: str, zmq_context: zmq.Context, vllm_config: VllmConfig
+    server_url: str,
+    zmq_context: zmq.Context,
+    vllm_config: VllmConfig,
+    mq_timeout: float,
+    heartbeat_interval: float,
 ) -> LMCacheMPWorkerAdapter:
     world_size, kv_rank = extract_world_size_and_kv_rank(
         vllm_config.parallel_config.world_size,
@@ -142,6 +152,8 @@ def create_worker_adapter(
         world_size,
         kv_rank,
         vllm_config.cache_config.block_size,
+        mq_timeout=mq_timeout,
+        heartbeat_interval=heartbeat_interval,
     )
 
 
@@ -413,6 +425,9 @@ class LMCacheMPConnector(KVConnectorBase_V1):
     Extra configs (kv_transfer_config.extra_config):
     - lmcache.mp.host: the host of the LMCache server.
     - lmcache.mp.port: the port of the LMCache server.
+    - lmcache.mp.mq_timeout: timeout (seconds) for message queue requests.
+    - lmcache.mp.heartbeat_interval: interval (seconds) between server
+      heartbeat pings.
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -430,17 +445,35 @@ class LMCacheMPConnector(KVConnectorBase_V1):
         server_port = vllm_config.kv_transfer_config.get_from_extra_config(
             "lmcache.mp.port", 5555
         )
+        mq_timeout = float(
+            vllm_config.kv_transfer_config.get_from_extra_config(
+                "lmcache.mp.mq_timeout", 300.0
+            )
+        )
+        heartbeat_interval = float(
+            vllm_config.kv_transfer_config.get_from_extra_config(
+                "lmcache.mp.heartbeat_interval", 10.0
+            )
+        )
 
         server_url = f"{server_host}:{server_port}"
         zmq_context = zmq.Context.instance()
         if self.role == KVConnectorRole.SCHEDULER:
             self.scheduler_adapter = create_scheduler_adapter(
-                server_url, zmq_context, vllm_config
+                server_url,
+                zmq_context,
+                vllm_config,
+                mq_timeout,
+                heartbeat_interval,
             )
             self.request_trackers: dict[str, LMCacheMPRequestTracker] = {}
         elif self.role == KVConnectorRole.WORKER:
             self.worker_adapter = create_worker_adapter(
-                server_url, zmq_context, vllm_config
+                server_url,
+                zmq_context,
+                vllm_config,
+                mq_timeout,
+                heartbeat_interval,
             )
         else:
             raise ValueError(f"Unknown KVConnectorRole: {self.role}")
@@ -616,8 +649,7 @@ class LMCacheMPConnector(KVConnectorBase_V1):
             - Sync loading: failed blocks should be reported in the forward
               pass in which they are detected.
         """
-        # TODO: add error tracking
-        return set()
+        return self.worker_adapter.get_block_ids_with_load_errors()
 
     def shutdown(self):
         """