diff --git a/pkg/config/pipeline.go b/pkg/config/pipeline.go
index cb7cb980..b0cd7ffa 100644
--- a/pkg/config/pipeline.go
+++ b/pkg/config/pipeline.go
@@ -160,11 +160,13 @@ func (p *PipelineConfig) Update(request *rpc.StartEgressRequest) error {
 	}
 
 	// start with defaults
+	now := time.Now().UnixNano()
 	p.Info = &info.EgressInfo{
 		EgressId:  request.EgressId,
 		RoomId:    request.RoomId,
 		Status:    livekit.EgressStatus_EGRESS_STARTING,
-		UpdatedAt: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+		StartedAt: now,
+		UpdatedAt: now,
 	}
 	p.AudioConfig = AudioConfig{
 		AudioBitrate:   128,
diff --git a/pkg/pipeline/builder/stream.go b/pkg/pipeline/builder/stream.go
index 7cb95d3d..623d30e2 100644
--- a/pkg/pipeline/builder/stream.go
+++ b/pkg/pipeline/builder/stream.go
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ func (sb *StreamBin) AddStream(stream *config.Stream) error {
 		if err = sink.Set("location", stream.ParsedUrl); err != nil {
 			return errors.ErrGstPipelineError(err)
 		}
+		if err = sink.SetProperty("async-connect", false); err != nil {
+			return errors.ErrGstPipelineError(err)
+		}
 
 	case types.OutputTypeSRT:
 		sink, err = gst.NewElementWithName("srtsink", fmt.Sprintf("srtsink_%s", stream.Name))
diff --git a/pkg/pipeline/controller.go b/pkg/pipeline/controller.go
index 13d9d1ac..7bb26f29 100644
--- a/pkg/pipeline/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/pipeline/controller.go
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ func (c *Controller) Run(ctx context.Context) *info.EgressInfo {
 	ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, "Pipeline.Run")
 	defer span.End()
 
-	c.Info.StartedAt = time.Now().UnixNano()
 	defer c.Close()
 
 	// session limit timer
@@ -380,6 +379,8 @@ func (c *Controller) SendEOS(ctx context.Context, reason string) {
 		}
 
 		c.Info.Details = fmt.Sprintf("end reason: %s", reason)
+		logger.Debugw("stopping pipeline", "reason", reason)
+
 		switch c.Info.Status {
 		case livekit.EgressStatus_EGRESS_STARTING:
 			c.Info.SetAborted(info.MsgStoppedBeforeStarted)
@@ -403,7 +404,8 @@ func (c *Controller) SendEOS(ctx context.Context, reason string) {
 		}
 
 		if c.SourceType == types.SourceTypeWeb {
-			c.updateDuration(c.src.GetEndedAt())
+			// web source uses the current time
+			c.updateEndTime()
 		}
 	})
 }
@@ -413,8 +415,8 @@ func (c *Controller) sendEOS() {
 		c.OnError(errors.ErrPipelineFrozen)
 	})
 	go func() {
-		logger.Debugw("sending EOS")
 		c.p.SendEOS()
+		logger.Debugw("eos sent")
 	}()
 }
 
@@ -432,7 +434,8 @@ func (c *Controller) OnError(err error) {
 
 func (c *Controller) Close() {
 	if c.SourceType == types.SourceTypeSDK || !c.eos.IsBroken() {
-		c.updateDuration(c.src.GetEndedAt())
+		// sdk source will use the timestamp of the last packet pushed to the pipeline
+		c.updateEndTime()
 	}
 
 	// update status
@@ -543,11 +546,11 @@ func (c *Controller) updateStreamStartTime(streamID string) {
 				logger.Debugw("stream started", "url", stream.RedactedUrl)
 				stream.StreamInfo.StartedAt = time.Now().UnixNano()
 				c.Info.UpdatedAt = time.Now().UnixNano()
+				c.streamUpdated(context.Background())
 				return false
 			}
 			return true
 		})
-		c.streamUpdated(context.Background())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -573,7 +576,9 @@ func (c *Controller) streamUpdated(ctx context.Context) {
 	_, _ = c.ipcServiceClient.HandlerUpdate(ctx, (*livekit.EgressInfo)(c.Info))
 }
 
-func (c *Controller) updateDuration(endedAt int64) {
+func (c *Controller) updateEndTime() {
+	endedAt := c.src.GetEndedAt()
+
 	for egressType, o := range c.Outputs {
 		if len(o) == 0 {
 			continue
diff --git a/test/edge.go b/test/edge.go
index 38f171b4..8360d4c4 100644
--- a/test/edge.go
+++ b/test/edge.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	"github.com/livekit/egress/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/livekit/egress/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/livekit/protocol/livekit"
 	"github.com/livekit/protocol/rpc"
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ func (r *Runner) testEdgeCases(t *testing.T) {
 		r.testRtmpFailure(t)
 		r.testSrtFailure(t)
 		r.testTrackDisconnection(t)
+		r.testEmptyStreamBin(t)
 	})
 }
 
@@ -247,3 +249,50 @@ func (r *Runner) testTrackDisconnection(t *testing.T) {
 		r.runFileTest(t, req, test)
 	})
 }
+
+func (r *Runner) testEmptyStreamBin(t *testing.T) {
+	r.runRoomTest(t, "Multi", types.MimeTypeOpus, types.MimeTypeVP8, func(t *testing.T) {
+		req := &rpc.StartEgressRequest{
+			EgressId: utils.NewGuid(utils.EgressPrefix),
+			Request: &rpc.StartEgressRequest_RoomComposite{
+				RoomComposite: &livekit.RoomCompositeEgressRequest{
+					RoomName: r.room.Name(),
+					Layout:   "grid-light",
+					StreamOutputs: []*livekit.StreamOutput{{
+						Urls: []string{rtmpUrl1, badRtmpUrl1},
+					}},
+					SegmentOutputs: []*livekit.SegmentedFileOutput{{
+						FilenamePrefix: path.Join(r.FilePrefix, "empty_stream_{time}"),
+						PlaylistName:   "empty_stream_{time}",
+					}},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		info := r.sendRequest(t, req)
+		egressID := info.EgressId
+		time.Sleep(time.Second * 15)
+
+		// get params
+		p, err := config.GetValidatedPipelineConfig(r.ServiceConfig, req)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		r.checkStreamUpdate(t, egressID, map[string]livekit.StreamInfo_Status{
+			rtmpUrl1Redacted:    livekit.StreamInfo_ACTIVE,
+			badRtmpUrl1Redacted: livekit.StreamInfo_FAILED,
+		})
+		_, err = r.client.UpdateStream(context.Background(), egressID, &livekit.UpdateStreamRequest{
+			EgressId:         egressID,
+			RemoveOutputUrls: []string{rtmpUrl1},
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		r.checkStreamUpdate(t, egressID, map[string]livekit.StreamInfo_Status{
+			rtmpUrl1Redacted:    livekit.StreamInfo_FINISHED,
+			badRtmpUrl1Redacted: livekit.StreamInfo_FAILED,
+		})
+
+		time.Sleep(time.Second * 10)
+		res := r.stopEgress(t, egressID)
+		r.verifySegments(t, p, livekit.SegmentedFileSuffix_INDEX, res, false)
+	})
+}