diff --git a/crates/core/tedge/src/cli/connect/command.rs b/crates/core/tedge/src/cli/connect/command.rs
index 7f7416c87e3..963fb2aa047 100644
--- a/crates/core/tedge/src/cli/connect/command.rs
+++ b/crates/core/tedge/src/cli/connect/command.rs
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ fn check_device_status_c8y(tedge_config: &TEdgeConfig) -> Result<DeviceStatus, C
         .network_options
         .set_connection_timeout(CONNECTION_TIMEOUT.as_secs());
     let mut acknowledged = false;
+    let mut exists = false;
 
     client.subscribe(&c8y_topic_builtin_jwt_token_downstream, AtLeastOnce)?;
 
@@ -312,7 +313,8 @@ fn check_device_status_c8y(tedge_config: &TEdgeConfig) -> Result<DeviceStatus, C
                 let token = String::from_utf8(response.payload.to_vec()).unwrap();
                 // FIXME: what does this magic number mean?
                 if token.contains("71") {
-                    return Ok(DeviceStatus::AlreadyExists);
+                    exists = true;
+                    break;
                 }
             }
             Ok(Event::Outgoing(Outgoing::PingReq)) => {
@@ -332,6 +334,19 @@ fn check_device_status_c8y(tedge_config: &TEdgeConfig) -> Result<DeviceStatus, C
         }
     }
 
+    // Cleanly disconnect client
+    client.disconnect()?;
+    for event in connection.iter() {
+        match event {
+            Ok(Event::Outgoing(Outgoing::Disconnect)) | Err(_) => break,
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    if exists {
+        return Ok(DeviceStatus::AlreadyExists);
+    }
+
     if acknowledged {
         // The request has been sent but without a response
         Ok(DeviceStatus::Unknown)
@@ -363,6 +378,7 @@ fn check_device_status_azure(tedge_config: &TEdgeConfig) -> Result<DeviceStatus,
 
     let (mut client, mut connection) = rumqttc::Client::new(mqtt_options, 10);
     let mut acknowledged = false;
+    let mut exists = false;
 
     client.subscribe(AZURE_TOPIC_DEVICE_TWIN_DOWNSTREAM, AtLeastOnce)?;
 
@@ -385,7 +401,8 @@ fn check_device_status_azure(tedge_config: &TEdgeConfig) -> Result<DeviceStatus,
                 // We got a response
                 if response.topic.contains(REGISTRATION_OK) {
                     println!("Received expected response message.");
-                    return Ok(DeviceStatus::AlreadyExists);
+                    exists = true;
+                    break;
                 } else {
                     break;
                 }
@@ -407,6 +424,19 @@ fn check_device_status_azure(tedge_config: &TEdgeConfig) -> Result<DeviceStatus,
         }
     }
 
+    // Cleanly disconnect client
+    client.disconnect()?;
+    for event in connection.iter() {
+        match event {
+            Ok(Event::Outgoing(Outgoing::Disconnect)) | Err(_) => break,
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    if exists {
+        return Ok(DeviceStatus::AlreadyExists);
+    }
+
     if acknowledged {
         // The request has been sent but without a response
         Ok(DeviceStatus::Unknown)
@@ -430,6 +460,7 @@ fn check_device_status_aws(tedge_config: &TEdgeConfig) -> Result<DeviceStatus, C
 
     let (mut client, mut connection) = rumqttc::Client::new(mqtt_options, 10);
     let mut acknowledged = false;
+    let mut exists = false;
 
     client.subscribe(AWS_TOPIC_SUB_CHECK_CONNECTION, AtLeastOnce)?;
 
@@ -451,7 +482,8 @@ fn check_device_status_aws(tedge_config: &TEdgeConfig) -> Result<DeviceStatus, C
             Ok(Event::Incoming(Packet::Publish(response))) => {
                 // We got a response
                 println!("Received expected response on topic {}.", response.topic);
-                return Ok(DeviceStatus::AlreadyExists);
+                exists = true;
+                break;
             }
             Ok(Event::Outgoing(Outgoing::PingReq)) => {
                 // No messages have been received for a while
@@ -470,6 +502,19 @@ fn check_device_status_aws(tedge_config: &TEdgeConfig) -> Result<DeviceStatus, C
         }
     }
 
+    // Cleanly disconnect client
+    client.disconnect()?;
+    for event in connection.iter() {
+        match event {
+            Ok(Event::Outgoing(Outgoing::Disconnect)) | Err(_) => break,
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    if exists {
+        return Ok(DeviceStatus::AlreadyExists);
+    }
+
     if acknowledged {
         // The request has been sent but without a response
         Ok(DeviceStatus::Unknown)
diff --git a/crates/core/tedge/src/cli/connect/jwt_token.rs b/crates/core/tedge/src/cli/connect/jwt_token.rs
index d203eb4b2b2..c8c12349290 100644
--- a/crates/core/tedge/src/cli/connect/jwt_token.rs
+++ b/crates/core/tedge/src/cli/connect/jwt_token.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pub(crate) fn get_connected_c8y_url(tedge_config: &TEdgeConfig) -> Result<String
         .network_options
         .set_connection_timeout(CONNECTION_TIMEOUT.as_secs());
     let mut acknowledged = false;
+    let mut c8y_url: Option<String> = None;
 
     client.subscribe(&c8y_topic_builtin_jwt_token_downstream, AtLeastOnce)?;
 
@@ -49,7 +50,8 @@ pub(crate) fn get_connected_c8y_url(tedge_config: &TEdgeConfig) -> Result<String
                 // We got a response
                 let token = String::from_utf8(response.payload.to_vec()).unwrap();
                 let connected_url = decode_jwt_token(token.as_str())?;
-                return Ok(connected_url);
+                c8y_url = Some(connected_url);
+                break;
             }
             Ok(Event::Outgoing(Outgoing::PingReq)) => {
                 // No messages have been received for a while
@@ -68,6 +70,19 @@ pub(crate) fn get_connected_c8y_url(tedge_config: &TEdgeConfig) -> Result<String
         }
     }
 
+    // Cleanly disconnect client
+    client.disconnect()?;
+    for event in connection.iter() {
+        match event {
+            Ok(Event::Outgoing(Outgoing::Disconnect)) | Err(_) => break,
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    if let Some(c8y_url) = c8y_url {
+        return Ok(c8y_url);
+    }
+
     if acknowledged {
         // The request has been sent but without a response
         println!("\nThe request has been sent, however, no response.");
diff --git a/tests/RobotFramework/tests/tedge_connect/tedge_connect_test.robot b/tests/RobotFramework/tests/tedge_connect/tedge_connect_test.robot
index 9b7e80f594e..e27d0541536 100644
--- a/tests/RobotFramework/tests/tedge_connect/tedge_connect_test.robot
+++ b/tests/RobotFramework/tests/tedge_connect/tedge_connect_test.robot
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Resource    ../../resources/common.resource
 Library    ThinEdgeIO
 
 Test Tags    theme:cli    theme:mqtt    theme:c8y
-Suite Setup            Setup
+Suite Setup            Suite Setup
 Suite Teardown         Get Logs
 
 *** Test Cases ***
@@ -58,8 +58,19 @@ tedge reconnect restarts mapper
     ${pid_after}=  Execute Command    sudo systemctl show --property MainPID tedge-mapper-c8y
     Should Not Be Equal    ${pid_before}    ${pid_after}
 
+Check absence of OpenSSL Error messages #3024
+    ${SuiteStart}=    Get Suite Start Time
+    # Only checkout output if mosquitto is being used
+    ${output}=    Execute Command    systemctl is-active mosquitto && journalctl -u mosquitto -n 5000 --since "@${SuiteStartSeconds}" || true
+    Should Not Contain    ${output}    OpenSSL Error
+
 *** Keywords ***
 
+Suite Setup
+    Setup
+    ${SuiteStartSeconds}=    Get Unix Timestamp
+    Set Suite Variable    $SuiteStartSeconds
+
 Should Have File Permissions
     [Arguments]    ${file}    ${expected_permissions}
     ${FILE_MODE_OWNERSHIP}=    Execute Command    stat -c '%a %U:%G' ${file}    strip=${True}