diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/operations/worker_shard_copy.c b/src/backend/distributed/operations/worker_shard_copy.c
index a891b2ee2..173d89c55 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/operations/worker_shard_copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/operations/worker_shard_copy.c
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
+#include "executor/spi.h"
+#include "miscadmin.h"
 
 #include "distributed/commands/multi_copy.h"
 #include "distributed/connection_management.h"
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ static void LocalCopyToShard(ShardCopyDestReceiver *copyDest, CopyOutState
 static void ConnectToRemoteAndStartCopy(ShardCopyDestReceiver *copyDest);
 static StringInfo ConstructShardTruncateStatement(
 	List *destinationShardFullyQualifiedName);
+static void TruncateShardForCopy(Oid shardOid);	
 
 
 static bool
@@ -366,20 +369,10 @@ ShardCopyDestReceiverShutdown(DestReceiver *dest)
 
 		ResetReplicationOriginRemoteSession(copyDest->connection);
 
-		/* End the transaction by sending a COMMIT command */
-		if (!SendRemoteCommand(copyDest->connection, "COMMIT"))
-		{
-			HandleRemoteTransactionConnectionError(copyDest->connection, true);
-		}
-
-		PGresult *commitResult = GetRemoteCommandResult(copyDest->connection, true);
-		if (!IsResponseOK(result))
-		{
-			ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_TRANSACTION_RESOLUTION_UNKNOWN),
-							errmsg("Failed to commit transaction")));
-		}
-
-		PQclear(commitResult);
+		PQclear(result);
+		ForgetResults(copyDest->connection);
+		RemoteTransactionCommit(copyDest->connection);
+		ResetRemoteTransaction(copyDest->connection);
 
 		CloseConnection(copyDest->connection);
 	}
@@ -548,60 +541,104 @@ WriteLocalTuple(TupleTableSlot *slot, ShardCopyDestReceiver *copyDest)
 
 
 /*
- * LocalCopyToShard performs local copy for the given destination shard.
+ * Truncate the table before starting the COPY with FREEZE.
  */
+static void
+TruncateShardForCopy(Oid shardOid)
+{
+    Relation shard = table_open(shardOid, AccessExclusiveLock);
+
+    /* Execute the TRUNCATE */
+    char *shardRelationName = RelationGetRelationName(shard);
+    char *schemaName = get_namespace_name(RelationGetNamespace(shard));
+    StringInfo truncateQuery = makeStringInfo();
+    appendStringInfo(truncateQuery, "TRUNCATE %s.%s", quote_identifier(schemaName), quote_identifier(shardRelationName));
+
+    /* Initialize SPI */
+    if (SPI_connect() != SPI_OK_CONNECT)
+    {
+        ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_INTERNAL_ERROR),
+                        errmsg("could not connect to SPI manager")));
+    }
+
+    /* Execute the TRUNCATE command */
+    int spiResult = SPI_execute(truncateQuery->data, false, 0);
+    if (spiResult != SPI_OK_UTILITY)
+    {
+        ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_INTERNAL_ERROR),
+                        errmsg("TRUNCATE command failed")));
+    }
+
+    /* Finalize SPI */
+    SPI_finish();
+
+    /* Release lock */
+    table_close(shard, NoLock);
+}
+
+
+
 static void
 LocalCopyToShard(ShardCopyDestReceiver *copyDest, CopyOutState localCopyOutState)
 {
-	bool isBinaryCopy = localCopyOutState->binary;
-	if (isBinaryCopy)
-	{
-		AppendCopyBinaryFooters(localCopyOutState);
-	}
+    bool isBinaryCopy = localCopyOutState->binary;
+    
+    if (isBinaryCopy)
+    {
+        AppendCopyBinaryFooters(localCopyOutState);
+    }
 
-	/*
-	 * Set the buffer as a global variable to allow ReadFromLocalBufferCallback
-	 * to read from it. We cannot pass additional arguments to
-	 * ReadFromLocalBufferCallback.
-	 */
-	LocalCopyBuffer = localCopyOutState->fe_msgbuf;
+    LocalCopyBuffer = localCopyOutState->fe_msgbuf;
 
-	char *destinationShardSchemaName = linitial(
-		copyDest->destinationShardFullyQualifiedName);
-	char *destinationShardRelationName = lsecond(
-		copyDest->destinationShardFullyQualifiedName);
+    char *destinationShardSchemaName = linitial(copyDest->destinationShardFullyQualifiedName);
+    char *destinationShardRelationName = lsecond(copyDest->destinationShardFullyQualifiedName);
 
-	Oid destinationSchemaOid = get_namespace_oid(destinationShardSchemaName,
-												 false /* missing_ok */);
-	Oid destinationShardOid = get_relname_relid(destinationShardRelationName,
-												destinationSchemaOid);
+    Oid destinationSchemaOid = get_namespace_oid(destinationShardSchemaName, false);
+    Oid destinationShardOid = get_relname_relid(destinationShardRelationName, destinationSchemaOid);
 
-	DefElem *binaryFormatOption = NULL;
-	if (isBinaryCopy)
-	{
-		binaryFormatOption = makeDefElem("format", (Node *) makeString("binary"), -1);
-	}
+    /* Truncate the destination shard before performing COPY FREEZE */
+	set_config_option("citus.enable_manual_changes_to_shards",
+                      "on", /* Always set to "on" */
+                      (superuser() ? PGC_SUSET : PGC_USERSET), /* Allow superusers to change the setting at SUSET level */
+                      PGC_S_SESSION, /* Session level scope */
+                      GUC_ACTION_LOCAL, /* Local action within the session */
+                      true, /* Change in the current transaction */
+                      0, /* No GUC source specified */
+                      false /* Do not report errors if already set */
+                     );
 
-	Relation shard = table_open(destinationShardOid, RowExclusiveLock);
-	ParseState *pState = make_parsestate(NULL /* parentParseState */);
-	(void) addRangeTableEntryForRelation(pState, shard, AccessShareLock,
-										 NULL /* alias */, false /* inh */,
-										 false /* inFromCl */);
+    TruncateShardForCopy(destinationShardOid);
 
-	List *options = (isBinaryCopy) ? list_make1(binaryFormatOption) : NULL;
-	CopyFromState cstate = BeginCopyFrom(pState, shard,
-										 NULL /* whereClause */,
-										 NULL /* fileName */,
-										 false /* is_program */,
-										 ReadFromLocalBufferCallback,
-										 NULL /* attlist (NULL is all columns) */,
-										 options);
-	CopyFrom(cstate);
-	EndCopyFrom(cstate);
-	resetStringInfo(localCopyOutState->fe_msgbuf);
+    DefElem *binaryFormatOption = NULL;
+    if (isBinaryCopy)
+    {
+        binaryFormatOption = makeDefElem("format", (Node *) makeString("binary"), -1);
+    }
 
-	table_close(shard, NoLock);
-	free_parsestate(pState);
+    DefElem *freezeOption = makeDefElem("freeze", (Node *) makeString("true"), -1);
+
+    Relation shard = table_open(destinationShardOid, RowExclusiveLock);
+    ParseState *pState = make_parsestate(NULL);
+    (void) addRangeTableEntryForRelation(pState, shard, AccessShareLock, NULL, false, false);
+
+    List *options = NIL;
+    if (isBinaryCopy)
+    {
+        options = list_make2(binaryFormatOption, freezeOption);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        options = list_make1(freezeOption);
+    }
+
+    CopyFromState cstate = BeginCopyFrom(pState, shard, NULL, NULL, false, ReadFromLocalBufferCallback, NULL, options);
+    CopyFrom(cstate);
+    EndCopyFrom(cstate);
+
+    resetStringInfo(localCopyOutState->fe_msgbuf);
+
+    table_close(shard, NoLock);
+    free_parsestate(pState);
 }