Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may initiate a conditional handover in wireless communications systems implementing dual connectivity or multi-connectivity configurations. A master node may determine a configuration for the conditional handover. The master node may communicate with secondary nodes to receive configuration information for the secondary nodes. In some examples, the master node may indicate to a set of secondary nodes that the set of secondary nodes are candidate targets for a conditional handover from the UE. The master node may indicate, to the UE, the configuration for the conditional handover, including configurations for the candidate target secondary nodes. The conditional handover configuration may also include a set of conditions or thresholds for the UE to trigger the conditional handover. If one or more of the conditions or thresholds are satisfied, the UE may then trigger the conditional handover procedure.