diff --git a/bigquery/storage/managedwriter/connection.go b/bigquery/storage/managedwriter/connection.go
index 7e14fff2791..0d6f98b6f61 100644
--- a/bigquery/storage/managedwriter/connection.go
+++ b/bigquery/storage/managedwriter/connection.go
@@ -498,24 +498,39 @@ func (co *connection) getStream(arc *storagepb.BigQueryWrite_AppendRowsClient, f
 // enables testing
 type streamClientFunc func(context.Context, ...gax.CallOption) (storagepb.BigQueryWrite_AppendRowsClient, error)
 
+var errConnectionCanceled = grpcstatus.Error(codes.Canceled, "client connection context was canceled")
+
 // connRecvProcessor is used to propagate append responses back up with the originating write requests.  It
 // It runs as a goroutine.  A connection object allows for reconnection, and each reconnection establishes a new
-// processing gorouting and backing channel.
+// context, processing goroutine and backing channel.
 func connRecvProcessor(ctx context.Context, co *connection, arc storagepb.BigQueryWrite_AppendRowsClient, ch <-chan *pendingWrite) {
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
-			// Context is done, so we're not going to get further updates.  Mark all work left in the channel
-			// with the context error.  We don't attempt to re-enqueue in this case.
+			// Channel context is done, which means we're not getting further updates on in flight appends and should
+			// process everything left in the existing channel/connection.
+			doneErr := ctx.Err()
+			if doneErr == context.Canceled {
+				// This is a special case.  Connection recovery ends up cancelling a context as part of a reconnection, and with
+				// request retrying enabled we can possibly re-enqueue writes.  To allow graceful retry for this behavior, we
+				// we translate this to an rpc status error to avoid doing things like introducing context errors as part of the retry predicate.
+				//
+				// The tradeoff here is that write retries may roundtrip multiple times for something like a pool shutdown, even though the final
+				// outcome would result in an error.
+				doneErr = errConnectionCanceled
+			}
 			for {
 				pw, ok := <-ch
 				if !ok {
 					return
 				}
-				// It's unlikely this connection will recover here, but for correctness keep the flow controller
-				// state correct by releasing.
+				// This connection will not recover, but still attempt to keep flow controller state consistent.
 				co.release(pw)
-				pw.markDone(nil, ctx.Err())
+
+				// TODO:  Determine if/how we should report this case, as we have no viable context for propagating.
+
+				// Because we can't tell locally if this write is done, we pass it back to the retrier for possible re-enqueue.
+				pw.writer.processRetry(pw, co, nil, doneErr)
 			}
 		case nextWrite, ok := <-ch:
 			if !ok {
diff --git a/bigquery/storage/managedwriter/retry.go b/bigquery/storage/managedwriter/retry.go
index c2983e84a79..60c5c347d1e 100644
--- a/bigquery/storage/managedwriter/retry.go
+++ b/bigquery/storage/managedwriter/retry.go
@@ -130,13 +130,23 @@ func (sr *statelessRetryer) Retry(err error, attemptCount int) (time.Duration, b
 // our bidi stream to close/reopen based on the responses error.  Errors here signal that no
 // further appends will succeed.
 func shouldReconnect(err error) bool {
-	var knownErrors = []error{
-		io.EOF,
-		status.Error(codes.Unavailable, "the connection is draining"), // errStreamDrain in gRPC transport
+
+	// io.EOF is the typical not connected signal.
+	if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+		return true
+	}
+	// Backend responses that trigger reconnection on send.
+	reconnectCodes := []codes.Code{
+		codes.Aborted,
+		codes.Canceled,
+		codes.Unavailable,
+		codes.DeadlineExceeded,
 	}
-	for _, ke := range knownErrors {
-		if errors.Is(err, ke) {
-			return true
+	if s, ok := status.FromError(err); ok {
+		for _, c := range reconnectCodes {
+			if s.Code() == c {
+				return true
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return false
diff --git a/bigquery/storage/managedwriter/retry_test.go b/bigquery/storage/managedwriter/retry_test.go
index eb98381bc0a..17066c6ff52 100644
--- a/bigquery/storage/managedwriter/retry_test.go
+++ b/bigquery/storage/managedwriter/retry_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package managedwriter
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"testing"
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ func TestManagedStream_AppendErrorRetries(t *testing.T) {
 			err:  status.Error(codes.ResourceExhausted, "Exceeds 'AppendRows throughput' quota for some reason"),
 			want: true,
 		},
+		{
+			err:  context.Canceled,
+			want: false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	retry := newStatelessRetryer()
@@ -86,11 +91,23 @@ func TestManagedStream_ShouldReconnect(t *testing.T) {
 			want: true,
 		},
 		{
-			err:  status.Error(codes.Unavailable, "nope"),
+			err:  status.Error(codes.Unavailable, "the connection is draining"),
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			err:  status.Error(codes.ResourceExhausted, "oof"), // may just be pushback
 			want: false,
 		},
 		{
-			err:  status.Error(codes.Unavailable, "the connection is draining"),
+			err:  status.Error(codes.Canceled, "blah"),
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			err:  status.Error(codes.Aborted, "connection has been idle too long"),
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			err:  status.Error(codes.DeadlineExceeded, "blah"), // possibly bad backend, reconnect to speed recovery.
 			want: true,
 		},
 		{