diff --git a/src/deadline_worker_agent/sessions/session.py b/src/deadline_worker_agent/sessions/session.py
index 56742653..f39476f9 100644
--- a/src/deadline_worker_agent/sessions/session.py
+++ b/src/deadline_worker_agent/sessions/session.py
@@ -752,12 +752,50 @@ def sync_asset_inputs(
         if self._asset_sync is None:
             return
 
-        def progress_handler(job_upload_status: ProgressReportMetadata) -> bool:
+        # A transfer rate below 1 Kb/s is considered concerning or potentially stalled.
+        TRANSFER_RATE_THRESHOLD = 1000  # bytes/s
+        # Each progress report callback takes 5 mins, so 3 reports amount to 15 mins in total
+        LOW_TRANSFER_COUNT_THRESHOLD = 3
+        low_transfer_count = 0
+
+        def progress_handler(job_attachment_download_status: ProgressReportMetadata) -> bool:
+            """
+            Callback for Job Attachments' sync_inputs() to track the the file transfer progress.
+            It performs checks on the tarnsfer rate and decides whether to continue the process.
+
+            Args:
+                job_attachment_download_status: contains information about the currenet progress.
+
+            Returns:
+                True if the operation should continue as normal or False to cancel.
+            """
+            # Check the trasfer rate from the progress report. Counts the successive low transfer
+            # rates, and if the count exceeds the spcified threshold, cancels the download and
+            # fails the current (sync_input_job_attachments) action.
+            nonlocal low_transfer_count
+            transfer_rate = job_attachment_download_status.transferRate
+            if transfer_rate < TRANSFER_RATE_THRESHOLD:
+                low_transfer_count += 1
+            else:
+                low_transfer_count = 0
+            if low_transfer_count >= LOW_TRANSFER_COUNT_THRESHOLD:
+                cancel.set()
+                self.update_action(
+                    action_status=ActionStatus(
+                        state=ActionState.FAILED,
+                        fail_message=(
+                            "Input syncing failed due to successive low transfer rates (< 1 Kb/s). "
+                            "The transfer rate was below the threshold for the last three checks."
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                )
+                return False
+
             self.update_action(
                 action_status=ActionStatus(
                     state=ActionState.RUNNING,
-                    status_message=job_upload_status.progressMessage,
-                    progress=job_upload_status.progress,
+                    status_message=job_attachment_download_status.progressMessage,
+                    progress=job_attachment_download_status.progress,
                 ),
             )
             return not cancel.is_set()
diff --git a/test/unit/sessions/test_session.py b/test/unit/sessions/test_session.py
index e270ce6f..cd868092 100644
--- a/test/unit/sessions/test_session.py
+++ b/test/unit/sessions/test_session.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     AssetLoadingMethod,
     PosixFileSystemPermissionSettings,
 )
+from deadline.job_attachments.progress_tracker import ProgressReportMetadata, ProgressStatus
 import deadline_worker_agent.sessions.session as session_mod
 
 
@@ -627,6 +628,52 @@ def test_job_attachments_path_mapping_rules_compatibility(
         session.sync_asset_inputs(cancel=cancel, **sync_asset_inputs_args)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
         # No errors on generating path mapping rules - success!
 
+    def test_sync_asset_inputs_cacellation_by_low_transfer_rate(
+        self,
+        session: Session,
+        mock_asset_sync: MagicMock,
+    ):
+        """
+        Tests that the session is failed if the sync_inputs function reports successive
+        low transfer rates.
+        """
+        LOW_TRANSFER_COUNT_THRESHOLD = 3
+
+        # Mock out the AssetSync's sync_inputs function to simulate multiple
+        # consecutive low transfer rates.
+        def mock_sync_inputs(on_downloading_files, *args, **kwargs):
+            low_transfer_rate_report = ProgressReportMetadata(
+                status=ProgressStatus.DOWNLOAD_IN_PROGRESS,
+                progress=0.0,
+                transferRate=10,
+                progressMessage="",
+            )
+            for _ in range(LOW_TRANSFER_COUNT_THRESHOLD):
+                on_downloading_files(low_transfer_rate_report)
+            return ({}, {})
+
+        mock_asset_sync.sync_inputs = mock_sync_inputs
+        mock_cancel = MagicMock(spec=Event)
+
+        with patch.object(session, "update_action") as mock_update_action:
+            session.sync_asset_inputs(
+                cancel=mock_cancel,
+                job_attachment_details=JobAttachmentDetails(
+                    manifests=[],
+                    asset_loading_method=AssetLoadingMethod.PRELOAD,
+                ),
+            )
+        mock_cancel.set.assert_called_once()
+        mock_update_action.assert_called_with(
+            action_status=ActionStatus(
+                state=ActionState.FAILED,
+                fail_message=(
+                    "Input syncing failed due to successive low transfer rates (< 1 Kb/s). "
+                    "The transfer rate was below the threshold for the last three checks."
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+
 
 class TestSessionInnerRun:
     """Test cases for Session._run()"""