diff --git a/mantis-control-plane/mantis-control-plane-server/src/main/java/io/mantisrx/server/master/scheduler/ResourceClusterAwareSchedulerActor.java b/mantis-control-plane/mantis-control-plane-server/src/main/java/io/mantisrx/server/master/scheduler/ResourceClusterAwareSchedulerActor.java
index 3da39a80c..fd0775ec7 100644
--- a/mantis-control-plane/mantis-control-plane-server/src/main/java/io/mantisrx/server/master/scheduler/ResourceClusterAwareSchedulerActor.java
+++ b/mantis-control-plane/mantis-control-plane-server/src/main/java/io/mantisrx/server/master/scheduler/ResourceClusterAwareSchedulerActor.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class ResourceClusterAwareSchedulerActor extends AbstractActorWithTimers {
     private final Duration intervalBetweenRetries;
     private final Timer schedulingLatency;
     private final Counter schedulingFailures;
+    private final Counter connectionFailures;
 
     public static Props props(
         int maxScheduleRetries,
@@ -90,10 +91,13 @@ public ResourceClusterAwareSchedulerActor(
                 .id(metricsGroup, Tag.of("resourceCluster", resourceCluster.getName()))
                 .addTimer("schedulingLatency")
                 .addCounter("schedulingFailures")
+                .addCounter("connectionFailures")
                 .build();
         metricsRegistry.registerAndGet(metrics);
         this.schedulingLatency = metrics.getTimer("schedulingLatency");
         this.schedulingFailures = metrics.getCounter("schedulingFailures");
+        this.connectionFailures = metrics.getCounter("connectionFailures");
+
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -135,26 +139,37 @@ private void onInitializeRunningWorkerRequest(InitializeRunningWorkerRequestEven
     }
 
     private void onAssignedScheduleRequestEvent(AssignedScheduleRequestEvent event) {
+        TaskExecutorGateway gateway = null;
+        TaskExecutorRegistration info = null;
         try {
-            TaskExecutorGateway gateway =
-                resourceCluster.getTaskExecutorGateway(event.getTaskExecutorID()).join();
-
-            TaskExecutorRegistration info =
-                resourceCluster.getTaskExecutorInfo(event.getTaskExecutorID()).join();
+             gateway = resourceCluster.getTaskExecutorGateway(event.getTaskExecutorID()).join();
+             info = resourceCluster.getTaskExecutorInfo(event.getTaskExecutorID()).join();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // we are not able to get the gateway, which either means the node is not great or some transient network issue
+            // we will retry the request
+            log.error(
+                "Failed to establish connection with the task executor {}; Resubmitting the request",
+                event.getTaskExecutorID(), e);
+            connectionFailures.increment();
+            self().tell(event.getScheduleRequestEvent().onFailure(e), self());
+        }
 
+        if (gateway != null && info != null) {
             CompletableFuture<Object> ackFuture =
                 gateway
-                    .submitTask(executeStageRequestFactory.of(event.getScheduleRequestEvent().getRequest(), info))
+                    .submitTask(
+                        executeStageRequestFactory.of(event.getScheduleRequestEvent().getRequest(),
+                            info))
                     .<Object>thenApply(
-                        dontCare -> new SubmittedScheduleRequestEvent(event.getScheduleRequestEvent(),
+                        dontCare -> new SubmittedScheduleRequestEvent(
+                            event.getScheduleRequestEvent(),
                             event.getTaskExecutorID()))
                     .exceptionally(
-                        throwable -> new FailedToSubmitScheduleRequestEvent(event.getScheduleRequestEvent(),
+                        throwable -> new FailedToSubmitScheduleRequestEvent(
+                            event.getScheduleRequestEvent(),
                             event.getTaskExecutorID(), throwable));
 
             pipe(ackFuture, getContext().getDispatcher()).to(self());
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error("Failed here", e);
         }
     }