Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide a handover may be performed based on one or more conditions at a UE and in conjunction with a handover procedure from a source base station to a target base station. The one or more conditions at the UE may be associated with successful establishment or maintenance of the second connection. In some cases, the one or more conditions at the UE may correspond to one or more measurements associated with the source base station, the target base station, one or more neighboring base stations, or any combinations thereof.