return pendingOperations.remove(operation);
    }

    /**
     * Clear all pending operations
     */
    public void clearPendingOperations() {
        pendingOperations.clear();
    }

    /**
     * Calculate channel score for load balancing (higher is better)
     *
     * @return channel score
     */

        List<CommonServerMessageBlock> operationsCopy = List.copyOf(pendingOps);

        // Clear the failed channel's pending operations first
        failedChannel.clearPendingOperations();

        // Redistribute to healthy channels
        for (CommonServerMessageBlock op : operationsCopy) {
            try {