diff --git a/src/client/src/tscLocal.c b/src/client/src/tscLocal.c
index d501927a344a..898ca253aac2 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscLocal.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscLocal.c
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ static int32_t tscProcessServStatus(SSqlObj *pSql) {
     pSql->res.code = pHb->res.code;
   }
 
-  if (pSql->res.code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL) {
+  if (pSql->res.code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL || pSql->res.code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_VGROUP_NOT_CONNECTED) {
     taosReleaseRef(tscObjRef, pObj->hbrid);
     return pSql->res.code;
   }
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ static int32_t tscProcessServStatus(SSqlObj *pSql) {
     taosReleaseRef(tscObjRef, pObj->hbrid);
   }
 
-  if (pSql->res.code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL) {
+  if (pSql->res.code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL || pSql->res.code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_VGROUP_NOT_CONNECTED) {
     return pSql->res.code;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscParseLineProtocol.c b/src/client/src/tscParseLineProtocol.c
index 68610d8486c0..542dc5c65273 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscParseLineProtocol.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscParseLineProtocol.c
@@ -974,6 +974,7 @@ static void insertCallback(void *param, TAOS_RES *res, int32_t notUsedCode) {
        || code == TSDB_CODE_VND_INVALID_VGROUP_ID
        || code == TSDB_CODE_TDB_TABLE_RECONFIGURE
        || code == TSDB_CODE_APP_NOT_READY
+       || code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_VGROUP_NOT_CONNECTED
        || code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL) && batch->tryTimes < TSDB_MAX_REPLICA) {
     batch->tryAgain = true;
   }
@@ -985,7 +986,7 @@ static void insertCallback(void *param, TAOS_RES *res, int32_t notUsedCode) {
     }
   }
 
-  if (code == TSDB_CODE_APP_NOT_READY || code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL) {
+  if (code == TSDB_CODE_APP_NOT_READY || code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL || code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_VGROUP_NOT_CONNECTED) {
     if (batch->tryAgain) {
       batch->sleep = true;
     }
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscServer.c b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
index 203538fbf41e..db68f77a18b7 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscServer.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ bool shouldRewTableMeta(SSqlObj* pSql, SRpcMsg* rpcMsg) {
       rpcMsg->code != TSDB_CODE_VND_INVALID_VGROUP_ID &&
       rpcMsg->code != TSDB_CODE_QRY_INVALID_SCHEMA_VERSION &&
       rpcMsg->code != TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL &&
+      rpcMsg->code != TSDB_CODE_RPC_VGROUP_NOT_CONNECTED &&
       rpcMsg->code != TSDB_CODE_APP_NOT_READY ) {
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSubquery.c b/src/client/src/tscSubquery.c
index 33883a1ab0cb..3392424b4593 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSubquery.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSubquery.c
@@ -3462,6 +3462,7 @@ static bool needRetryInsert(SSqlObj* pParentObj) {
 
     if (code != TSDB_CODE_TDB_TABLE_RECONFIGURE && code != TSDB_CODE_TDB_INVALID_TABLE_ID &&
         code != TSDB_CODE_VND_INVALID_VGROUP_ID && code != TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL &&
+        code != TSDB_CODE_RPC_VGROUP_NOT_CONNECTED &&
         code != TSDB_CODE_APP_NOT_READY) {
       pParentObj->res.code = code;
       ret = false;
diff --git a/src/inc/taoserror.h b/src/inc/taoserror.h
index 40f1c3096ea0..f8080ca6e5d1 100644
--- a/src/inc/taoserror.h
+++ b/src/inc/taoserror.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ int32_t* taosGetErrno();
 #define TSDB_CODE_RPC_FQDN_ERROR                TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0015)  //"Unable to resolve FQDN"
 #define TSDB_CODE_RPC_INVALID_VERSION           TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0016)  //"Invalid app version"
 #define TSDB_CODE_RPC_SHORTCUT                  TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0017)  //"Shortcut"
+#define TSDB_CODE_RPC_VGROUP_NOT_CONNECTED      TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0018)  //"Vgroup could not be connected"
 
 //common & util
 #define TSDB_CODE_COM_OPS_NOT_SUPPORT           TAOS_DEF_ERROR_CODE(0, 0x0100)  //"Operation not supported"
diff --git a/src/rpc/src/rpcMain.c b/src/rpc/src/rpcMain.c
index 5c385410080f..6e81f5dcbb22 100644
--- a/src/rpc/src/rpcMain.c
+++ b/src/rpc/src/rpcMain.c
@@ -1515,6 +1515,12 @@ static void rpcProcessConnError(void *param, void *id) {
     rpcMsg.pCont = NULL;
     rpcMsg.contLen = 0;
 
+    if( pContext->numOfTry >= pContext->epSet.numOfEps && rpcMsg.code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL) {
+      if(pContext->msgType == TSDB_MSG_TYPE_SUBMIT || pContext->msgType == TSDB_MSG_TYPE_QUERY) {
+        rpcMsg.code = TSDB_CODE_RPC_VGROUP_NOT_CONNECTED;
+      }
+    }
+
     tWarn("%s %p, connection error. notify client query over. numOfTry=%d msgType=%d", pRpc->label, pContext->ahandle, pContext->numOfTry, pContext->msgType);
     rpcNotifyClient(pContext, &rpcMsg);
   } else {
diff --git a/src/util/src/terror.c b/src/util/src/terror.c
index b0420166a3c9..4852fe653f38 100644
--- a/src/util/src/terror.c
+++ b/src/util/src/terror.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_APP_NOT_READY,                "Database not ready")
 TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_RPC_FQDN_ERROR,               "Unable to resolve FQDN")
 TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_RPC_INVALID_VERSION,          "Invalid app version")
 TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_RPC_SHORTCUT,                 "Shortcut")
+TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_RPC_VGROUP_NOT_CONNECTED,     "Vgroup could not be connected")
 
 //common & util
 TAOS_DEFINE_ERROR(TSDB_CODE_COM_OPS_NOT_SUPPORT,          "Operation not supported")
diff --git a/src/vnode/src/vnodeRead.c b/src/vnode/src/vnodeRead.c
index e8495cac6d7d..a492ca7beafb 100644
--- a/src/vnode/src/vnodeRead.c
+++ b/src/vnode/src/vnodeRead.c
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ int32_t vnodeWriteToRQueue(void *vparam, void *pCont, int32_t contLen, int8_t qt
 
   atomic_add_fetch_32(&pVnode->queuedRMsg, 1);
 
-  if (pRead->code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL || pRead->msgType == TSDB_MSG_TYPE_FETCH) {
+  if (pRead->code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL || pRead->code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_VGROUP_NOT_CONNECTED ||
+      pRead->msgType == TSDB_MSG_TYPE_FETCH) {
     vTrace("vgId:%d, write into vfetch queue, refCount:%d queued:%d", pVnode->vgId, pVnode->refCount,
            pVnode->queuedRMsg);
     return taosWriteQitem(pVnode->fqueue, qtype, pRead);
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessQueryMsg(SVnodeObj *pVnode, SVReadMsg *pRead) {
   memset(pRet, 0, sizeof(SRspRet));
 
   // qHandle needs to be freed correctly
-  if (pRead->code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL) {
+  if (pRead->code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL || pRead->code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_VGROUP_NOT_CONNECTED) {
     vError("error rpc msg in query, %s", tstrerror(pRead->code));
   }