diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/PublicationTransportHandler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/PublicationTransportHandler.java
index 1f1f795139651..aa2faab5ffd01 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/PublicationTransportHandler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/PublicationTransportHandler.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.cluster.coordination;
 
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -230,14 +231,15 @@ private PublishWithJoinResponse handleIncomingPublishRequest(BytesTransportReque
     private PublishWithJoinResponse handleIncomingRemotePublishRequest(RemotePublishRequest request) throws IOException {
         final Optional<ClusterMetadataManifest> manifestOptional = remoteClusterStateService.getClusterMetadataManifestByTermVersion(request.getClusterName(), request.getClusterUUID(), request.term, request.version);
         if (manifestOptional.isPresent() == false) {
-            // todo change exception
-            throw new IncompatibleClusterStateVersionException("No remote state for term version");
+            throw new IllegalStateException(
+                String.format(Locale.ROOT, "Manifest is not present for term - %s version - %s", request.term, request.version)
+            );
         }
         ClusterMetadataManifest manifest = manifestOptional.get();
         boolean applyFullState = false;
         final ClusterState lastSeen = lastSeenClusterState.get();
         if (lastSeen == null) {
-            logger.debug("Diff cannot be applied as there is not last cluster state");
+            logger.debug("Diff cannot be applied as there is no last cluster state");
             applyFullState = true;
         } else if (manifest.getDiffManifest() == null) {
             logger.debug("There is no diff in the manifest");
@@ -250,12 +252,14 @@ private PublishWithJoinResponse handleIncomingRemotePublishRequest(RemotePublish
         if (applyFullState == true) {
             ClusterState clusterState = remoteClusterStateService.getClusterStateForManifest(request.getClusterName(), manifest, transportService.getLocalNode().getId());
             logger.debug("Downloaded full cluster state [{}]", clusterState);
+            fullClusterStateReceivedCount.incrementAndGet();
             final PublishWithJoinResponse response = acceptState(clusterState);
             lastSeenClusterState.set(clusterState);
             return response;
         } else {
             ClusterState clusterState = remoteClusterStateService.getClusterStateUsingDiff(request.getClusterName(), manifest, lastSeenClusterState.get(), transportService.getLocalNode().getId());
             logger.debug("Downloaded full cluster state from diff [{}]", clusterState);
+            compatibleClusterStateDiffReceivedCount.incrementAndGet();
             final PublishWithJoinResponse response = acceptState(clusterState);
             lastSeenClusterState.compareAndSet(lastSeen, clusterState);
             return response;
@@ -392,7 +396,7 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
             } else {
                 responseActionListener = listener;
             }
-            if (sendRemoteState && destination.isRemoteStoreNode()) {
+            if (sendRemoteState && destination.isRemoteStateNode()) {
                 sendRemoteClusterState(destination, publishRequest.getAcceptedState(), responseActionListener);
             } else if (sendFullVersion || previousState.nodes().nodeExists(destination) == false) {
                 logger.trace("sending full cluster state version [{}] to [{}]", newState.version(), destination);
@@ -471,7 +475,7 @@ public String executor() {
                 };
                 transportService.sendRequest(destination, PUBLISH_REMOTE_STATE_ACTION_NAME, remotePublishRequest, stateRequestOptions, responseHandler);
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                logger.warn(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("error sending cluster state to {}", destination), e);
+                logger.warn(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("error sending remote cluster state to {}", destination), e);
                 listener.onFailure(e);
             }
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNode.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNode.java
index 644e5f3de9352..fb27fccda0737 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNode.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNode.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.Metadata.CONTEXT_MODE_API;
 import static org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.Metadata.CONTEXT_MODE_PARAM;
 import static org.opensearch.node.NodeRoleSettings.NODE_ROLES_SETTING;
+import static org.opensearch.node.remotestore.RemoteStoreNodeAttribute.REMOTE_STORE_CLUSTER_STATE_REPOSITORY_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_KEY;
 import static org.opensearch.node.remotestore.RemoteStoreNodeAttribute.REMOTE_STORE_NODE_ATTRIBUTE_KEY_PREFIX;
 
 /**
@@ -482,6 +483,17 @@ public boolean isRemoteStoreNode() {
         return this.getAttributes().keySet().stream().anyMatch(key -> key.startsWith(REMOTE_STORE_NODE_ATTRIBUTE_KEY_PREFIX));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns whether the node is a remote cluster state enabled node.
+     * @return true if the node contains remote cluster state node attribute, false otherwise
+     */
+    public boolean isRemoteStateNode() {
+        return this.getAttributes()
+            .keySet()
+            .stream()
+            .anyMatch(key -> (key.equals(REMOTE_STORE_CLUSTER_STATE_REPOSITORY_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_KEY)));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns a set of all the roles that the node has. The roles are returned in sorted order by the role name.
      * <p>