diff --git a/prism/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/service/BacklogMetricEmitterService.java b/prism/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/service/BacklogMetricEmitterService.java
index 2480c9689..50170b9fa 100644
--- a/prism/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/service/BacklogMetricEmitterService.java
+++ b/prism/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/service/BacklogMetricEmitterService.java
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ public void onRemove(Entity entity) throws FalconException {
         }
         Process process = (Process) entity;
         if (process.getSla() != null) {
+            LOG.debug("Removing process:{} from monitoring", process.getName());
             backlogMetricStore.deleteEntityBackLogInstances(entity.getName(), entity.getEntityType().name());
             entityBacklogs.remove(entity);
             process = EntityUtil.getEntity(entity.getEntityType(), entity.getName());
diff --git a/prism/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/service/EntitySLAAlertService.java b/prism/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/service/EntitySLAAlertService.java
index 837a1701b..2f19e6bbd 100644
--- a/prism/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/service/EntitySLAAlertService.java
+++ b/prism/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/service/EntitySLAAlertService.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void processSLACandidates(){
         if (pendingInstanceBeanList == null || pendingInstanceBeanList.isEmpty()){
             return;
         }
-        LOG.trace("In processSLACandidates :" + pendingInstanceBeanList.size());
+        LOG.debug("In processSLACandidates :" + pendingInstanceBeanList.size());
         try{
             for (PendingInstanceBean pendingInstanceBean : pendingInstanceBeanList) {
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void processSLACandidates(){
                 if (schedulableEntityInstances.isEmpty()){
                     store.deleteEntityAlertInstance(entityName, cluster.getName(), nominalTime,
                             entityType);
-                    return;
+                    continue;
                 }
                 List<SchedulableEntityInstance> schedulableEntityList = new ArrayList<>(schedulableEntityInstances);
                 SchedulableEntityInstance schedulableEntityInstance = schedulableEntityList.get(0);
diff --git a/prism/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/service/EntitySLAMonitoringService.java b/prism/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/service/EntitySLAMonitoringService.java
index 09671d929..d16a19e64 100644
--- a/prism/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/service/EntitySLAMonitoringService.java
+++ b/prism/src/main/java/org/apache/falcon/service/EntitySLAMonitoringService.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import org.apache.falcon.security.CurrentUser;
 import org.apache.falcon.util.DateUtil;
 import org.apache.falcon.util.DeploymentUtil;
+import org.apache.falcon.util.RuntimeProperties;
 import org.apache.falcon.util.StartupProperties;
 import org.apache.falcon.workflow.WorkflowEngineFactory;
 import org.apache.falcon.workflow.engine.AbstractWorkflowEngine;
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ public void onRemove(Entity entity) throws FalconException {
             if (feed.getSla() != null && feed.getLocations() != null) {
                 for (Cluster cluster : feed.getClusters().getClusters()) {
                     if (currentClusters.contains(cluster.getName()) && FeedHelper.getSLA(cluster, feed) != null) {
+                        LOG.debug("Removing feed:{} for monitoring", feed.getName());
                         MONITORING_JDBC_STATE_STORE.deleteMonitoringEntity(feed.getName(), EntityType.FEED.toString());
                         MONITORING_JDBC_STATE_STORE.deletePendingInstances(feed.getName(), cluster.getName(),
                                 EntityType.FEED.toString());
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ public void onRemove(Entity entity) throws FalconException {
             Process process = (Process) entity;
             if (process.getSla() != null){
                 for (org.apache.falcon.entity.v0.process.Cluster  cluster : process.getClusters().getClusters()) {
+                    LOG.debug("Removing process:{} for monitoring", process.getName());
                     if (currentClusters.contains(cluster.getName())) {
                         MONITORING_JDBC_STATE_STORE.deleteMonitoringEntity(process.getName(),
                                 EntityType.PROCESS.toString());
@@ -316,6 +319,7 @@ public void init() throws FalconException {
 
         freq = StartupProperties.get().getProperty("entity.sla.lookAheadWindow.millis", "900000");
         lookAheadWindowMillis = Integer.parseInt(freq);
+
         ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor executor = new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(1);
         addPendingEntityInstances(now());
         executor.scheduleWithFixedDelay(new Monitor(), 0, statusCheckFrequencySeconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
@@ -364,6 +368,8 @@ public void run() {
                     // add Instances from last checked time to 10 minutes from now(some buffer for status check)
                     Date newCheckPointTime = new Date(now().getTime() + lookAheadWindowMillis);
                     addPendingEntityInstances(newCheckPointTime);
+                } else {
+                    LOG.debug("No entities present for sla monitoring.");
                 }
             } catch (Throwable e) {
                 LOG.error("Feed SLA monitoring failed: ", e);
@@ -449,8 +455,13 @@ private boolean checkEntityInstanceAvailability(String entityName, String cluste
             if (entityType.equalsIgnoreCase(EntityType.PROCESS.toString())){
                 LOG.trace("Checking instance availability status for entity:{}, cluster:{}, "
                         + "instanceTime:{}", entity.getName(), clusterName, nominalTime, entityType);
-                AbstractWorkflowEngine wfEngine = WorkflowEngineFactory.getWorkflowEngine();
 
+                if ((System.currentTimeMillis() - nominalTime.getTime())/(1000*60*60*24) >= Integer.parseInt(
+                    RuntimeProperties.get().getProperty("worklflow.expiration.period", "7"))) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                AbstractWorkflowEngine wfEngine = WorkflowEngineFactory.getWorkflowEngine();
                 InstancesResult instancesResult = wfEngine.getStatus(entity, nominalTime,
                         new Date(nominalTime.getTime() + 200), PROCESS_LIFE_CYCLE, false);
                 if (instancesResult.getInstances().length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/conf/runtime.properties b/src/conf/runtime.properties
index 013ac1881..243d295b3 100644
--- a/src/conf/runtime.properties
+++ b/src/conf/runtime.properties
@@ -86,3 +86,6 @@ falcon.current.colo=local
 
 ### Timeout factor for processes ###
 instance.timeout.factor=5
+
+### Workflow expiration period for oozie ###
+worklflow.expiration.period=7