diff -Naurp openvpn-2.6.8.orig/src/openvpn/forward.c openvpn-2.6.8/src/openvpn/forward.c
--- openvpn-2.6.8.orig/src/openvpn/forward.c	2024-09-05 12:43:17.633337355 +0200
+++ openvpn-2.6.8/src/openvpn/forward.c	2024-09-05 13:09:07.395797797 +0200
@@ -514,17 +514,24 @@ check_server_poll_timeout(struct context
 }
 
 /*
- * Schedule a signal n_seconds from now.
+ * Schedule a SIGTERM signal c->options.scheduled_exit_interval seconds from now.
  */
-void
-schedule_exit(struct context *c, const int n_seconds, const int signal)
+bool
+schedule_exit(struct context *c)
 {
+    const int n_seconds = c->options.scheduled_exit_interval;
+    /* don't reshcedule if already scheduled. */
+    if (event_timeout_defined(&c->c2.scheduled_exit))
+    {
+	return false;
+    }
     tls_set_single_session(c->c2.tls_multi);
     update_time();
     reset_coarse_timers(c);
     event_timeout_init(&c->c2.scheduled_exit, n_seconds, now);
-    c->c2.scheduled_exit_signal = signal;
+    c->c2.scheduled_exit_signal = SIGTERM;
     msg(D_SCHED_EXIT, "Delayed exit in %d seconds", n_seconds);
+    return true;
 }
 
 /*
diff -Naurp openvpn-2.6.8.orig/src/openvpn/forward.h openvpn-2.6.8/src/openvpn/forward.h
--- openvpn-2.6.8.orig/src/openvpn/forward.h	2024-09-05 12:43:17.636670737 +0200
+++ openvpn-2.6.8/src/openvpn/forward.h	2024-09-05 13:11:05.550847481 +0200
@@ -302,7 +302,8 @@ void reschedule_multi_process(struct con
 
 void process_ip_header(struct context *c, unsigned int flags, struct buffer *buf);
 
-void schedule_exit(struct context *c, const int n_seconds, const int signal);
+
+bool schedule_exit(struct context *c);
 
 static inline struct link_socket_info *
 get_link_socket_info(struct context *c)
diff -Naurp openvpn-2.6.8.orig/src/openvpn/push.c openvpn-2.6.8/src/openvpn/push.c
--- openvpn-2.6.8.orig/src/openvpn/push.c	2024-09-05 12:43:17.636670737 +0200
+++ openvpn-2.6.8/src/openvpn/push.c	2024-09-05 13:32:53.496512873 +0200
@@ -204,7 +204,11 @@ receive_exit_message(struct context *c)
      * */
     if (c->options.mode == MODE_SERVER)
     {
-        schedule_exit(c, c->options.scheduled_exit_interval, SIGTERM);
+        if (!schedule_exit(c))
+	{
+	   /* Return early when we don't need to notify management */
+	   return;
+	}
     }
     else
     {
@@ -391,7 +395,7 @@ __attribute__ ((format(__printf__, 4, 5)
 void
 send_auth_failed(struct context *c, const char *client_reason)
 {
-    if (event_timeout_defined(&c->c2.scheduled_exit))
+    if (!schedule_exit(c))
     {
         msg(D_TLS_DEBUG, "exit already scheduled for context");
         return;
@@ -401,7 +405,6 @@ send_auth_failed(struct context *c, cons
     static const char auth_failed[] = "AUTH_FAILED";
     size_t len;
 
-    schedule_exit(c, c->options.scheduled_exit_interval, SIGTERM);
 
     len = (client_reason ? strlen(client_reason)+1 : 0) + sizeof(auth_failed);
     if (len > PUSH_BUNDLE_SIZE)
@@ -492,7 +495,7 @@ send_auth_pending_messages(struct tls_mu
 void
 send_restart(struct context *c, const char *kill_msg)
 {
-    schedule_exit(c, c->options.scheduled_exit_interval, SIGTERM);
+    schedule_exit(c);
     send_control_channel_string(c, kill_msg ? kill_msg : "RESTART", D_PUSH);
 }