diff --git a/library/libsds.nim b/library/libsds.nim
index ec0527f..467c056 100644
--- a/library/libsds.nim
+++ b/library/libsds.nim
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 when defined(linux):
   {.passl: "-Wl,-soname,libsds.so".}
 
-import std/[typetraits, tables, atomics, locks], chronos, chronicles
+import std/[typetraits, tables, atomics], chronos, chronicles
 import
   ./sds_thread/sds_thread,
   ./alloc,
@@ -57,29 +57,6 @@ template callEventCallback(ctx: ptr SdsContext, eventName: string, body: untyped
         RET_ERR, unsafeAddr msg[0], cast[csize_t](len(msg)), ctx[].eventUserData
       )
 
-var
-  ctxPool: seq[ptr SdsContext]
-  ctxPoolLock: Lock
-
-proc acquireCtx(callback: SdsCallBack, userData: pointer): ptr SdsContext =
-  ctxPoolLock.acquire()
-  defer: ctxPoolLock.release()
-  if ctxPool.len > 0:
-    result = ctxPool.pop()
-  else:
-    result = sds_thread.createSdsThread().valueOr:
-      let msg = "Error in createSdsThread: " & $error
-      callback(RET_ERR, unsafeAddr msg[0], cast[csize_t](len(msg)), userData)
-      return nil
-
-proc releaseCtx(ctx: ptr SdsContext) =
-  ctxPoolLock.acquire()
-  defer: ctxPoolLock.release()
-  ctx.userData = nil
-  ctx.eventCallback = nil
-  ctx.eventUserData = nil
-  ctxPool.add(ctx)
-
 proc handleRequest(
     ctx: ptr SdsContext,
     requestType: RequestType,
@@ -159,7 +136,6 @@ proc initializeLibrary() {.exported.} =
     ## Every Nim library needs to call `<yourprefix>NimMain` once exactly, to initialize the Nim runtime.
     ## Being `<yourprefix>` the value given in the optional compilation flag --nimMainPrefix:yourprefix
     libsdsNimMain()
-    ctxPoolLock.initLock() # ensure the lock is initialized once (fix Windows crash)
   when declared(setupForeignThreadGc):
     setupForeignThreadGc()
   when declared(nimGC_setStackBottom):
@@ -183,9 +159,10 @@ proc SdsNewReliabilityManager(
     echo "error: missing callback in NewReliabilityManager"
     return nil
 
-  ## Create or reuse the SDS thread that will keep waiting for req from the main thread.
-  var ctx = acquireCtx(callback, userData)
-  if ctx.isNil():
+  ## Create the SDS thread that will keep waiting for req from the main thread.
+  var ctx = sds_thread.createSdsThread().valueOr:
+    let msg = "Error in createSdsThread: " & $error
+    callback(RET_ERR, unsafeAddr msg[0], cast[csize_t](len(msg)), userData)
     return nil
 
   ctx.userData = userData
@@ -233,20 +210,14 @@ proc SdsCleanupReliabilityManager(
   initializeLibrary()
   checkLibsdsParams(ctx, callback, userData)
 
-  let resetRes = handleRequest(
-    ctx,
-    RequestType.LIFECYCLE,
-    SdsLifecycleRequest.createShared(SdsLifecycleMsgType.RESET_RELIABILITY_MANAGER),
-    callback,
-    userData,
-  )
-
-  if resetRes == RET_ERR:
+  sds_thread.destroySdsThread(ctx).isOkOr:
+    let msg = "libsds error: " & $error
+    callback(RET_ERR, unsafeAddr msg[0], cast[csize_t](len(msg)), userData)
     return RET_ERR
 
-  releaseCtx(ctx)
+  ## always need to invoke the callback although we don't retrieve value to the caller
+  callback(RET_OK, nil, 0, userData)
 
-  # handleRequest already invoked the callback; nothing else to signal here.
   return RET_OK
 
 proc SdsResetReliabilityManager(
@@ -379,4 +350,4 @@ proc SdsStartPeriodicTasks(
   )
 
 ### End of exported procs
-################################################################################
+################################################################################
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/library/sds_thread/sds_thread.nim b/library/sds_thread/sds_thread.nim
index f54b327..946ce49 100644
--- a/library/sds_thread/sds_thread.nim
+++ b/library/sds_thread/sds_thread.nim
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import chronicles, chronos, chronos/threadsync, taskpools/channels_spsc_single,
 import
   ../ffi_types,
   ./inter_thread_communication/sds_thread_request,
-  ../../src/[reliability_utils]
+  ../alloc,
+  ../../src/[reliability_utils],
+  ./shutdown
 
 type SdsContext* = object
   thread: Thread[(ptr SdsContext)]
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ type SdsContext* = object
   retrievalHintProvider*: pointer
   retrievalHintUserData*: pointer
   running: Atomic[bool] # To control when the thread is running
+  threadErrorMsg: cstring # to store any error message from the thread
 
 proc runSds(ctx: ptr SdsContext) {.async.} =
   ## This is the worker body. This runs the SDS instance
@@ -54,6 +57,18 @@ proc run(ctx: ptr SdsContext) {.thread.} =
   ## Launch sds worker
   waitFor runSds(ctx)
 
+  ctx.reqSignal.close().isOkOr:
+    ctx.threadErrorMsg = alloc("error closing reqSignal: " & $error)
+    return
+
+  ctx.reqReceivedSignal.close().isOkOr:
+    ctx.threadErrorMsg = alloc("error closing reqReceivedSignal: " & $error)
+    return
+
+  shutdown().isOkOr:
+    ctx.threadErrorMsg = alloc("error calling shutdown: " & $error)
+    return
+
 proc createSdsThread*(): Result[ptr SdsContext, string] =
   ## This proc is called from the main thread and it creates
   ## the SDS working thread.
@@ -85,9 +100,13 @@ proc destroySdsThread*(ctx: ptr SdsContext): Result[void, string] =
     return err("failed to signal reqSignal on time in destroySdsThread")
 
   joinThread(ctx.thread)
+
+  if ctx.threadErrorMsg.isNil() == false and ctx.threadErrorMsg.len > 0:
+    let errorMsg = $ctx.threadErrorMsg
+    dealloc(ctx.threadErrorMsg)
+    return err("SDS thread error: " & errorMsg)
+
   ctx.lock.deinitLock()
-  ?ctx.reqSignal.close()
-  ?ctx.reqReceivedSignal.close()
   freeShared(ctx)
 
   return ok()
@@ -131,4 +150,4 @@ proc sendRequestToSdsThread*(
 
   ## Notice that in case of "ok", the deallocShared(req) is performed by the SDS Thread in the
   ## process proc.
-  ok()
+  ok()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/library/sds_thread/shutdown.nim b/library/sds_thread/shutdown.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..468bf53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/sds_thread/shutdown.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+
+import chronos, chronos/selectors2
+
+## Notice that this module extends current nim-chronos functionality to provide
+## proper shutdown of the thread's dispatcher.
+##
+## This is necessary because nim-chronos does not provide a way to close
+## the selector associated with a thread's dispatcher, which may lead to
+## resource leaks.
+##
+## Therefore, this ideally should be contributed back to nim-chronos.
+
+when defined(windows):
+  proc safeCloseHandle(h: HANDLE): Result[void, string] =
+    let res = closeHandle(h)
+    if res == 0:  # WINBOOL FALSE
+      return err("Failed to close handle error code: " & osErrorMsg(osLastError()))
+    return ok()
+
+  proc closeDispatcher*(loop: PDispatcher): Result[void, string] =
+    ? safeCloseHandle(loop.ioPort)
+    for i in loop.handles.items:
+      closeHandle(i)
+    loop.handles.clear()
+    return ok()
+
+elif defined(macosx) or defined(freebsd) or defined(netbsd) or
+     defined(openbsd) or defined(dragonfly) or defined(macos) or
+     defined(linux) or defined(android) or defined(solaris):
+
+  proc closeDispatcher*(loop: PDispatcher): Result[void, string] =
+    ## Close selector associated with current thread's dispatcher.
+    try:
+      loop.getIoHandler().close()
+    except IOSelectorsException as e:
+      return err("Exception in closeDispatcher: " & e.msg)
+    return ok()
+
+proc shutdown*(): Result[void, string] {.raises: [].} =
+  ## Performs final cleanup of all dispatcher resources.
+  ## Notice that this should be called only when sure that no new async tasks will be scheduled.
+  ##
+  ## This routine shall be called only after `pollFor` has completed. Upon
+  ## invocation, all streams are assumed to have been closed.
+  ## 
+  ## Then, it assumes the thread's dispatcher has explicitly been stopped, destroyed and will never
+  ## be used again.
+
+  let disp = getThreadDispatcher()
+  ? closeDispatcher(disp)
+  return ok()
diff --git a/vendor/nim-chronos b/vendor/nim-chronos
index b55e281..60d6431 160000
--- a/vendor/nim-chronos
+++ b/vendor/nim-chronos
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b55e2816eb45f698ddaca8d8473e401502562db2
+Subproject commit 60d64317e66f245958a819a6ceb1b20db3d239a9