diff --git a/.server-changes/redis-reconnect-on-readonly-loading.md b/.server-changes/redis-reconnect-on-readonly-loading.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3173d99860b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.server-changes/redis-reconnect-on-readonly-loading.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+area: webapp
+type: improvement
+---
+
+Add `reconnectOnError` to the shared ioredis client config so READONLY / LOADING reply errors during ElastiCache node-type changes trigger a disconnect-reconnect-retry cycle instead of surfacing to caller code.
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/DevPresence.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/DevPresence.server.ts
index fa606cf9f1b..d751b6d7114 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/DevPresence.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/DevPresence.server.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Redis, { type RedisOptions } from "ioredis";
+import { defaultReconnectOnError } from "@internal/redis";
 import { env } from "~/env.server";
 
 const PRESENCE_KEY_PREFIX = "dev-presence:connection:";
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ export class DevPresence {
   private redis: Redis;
 
   constructor(options: RedisOptions) {
-    this.redis = new Redis(options);
+    this.redis = new Redis({ reconnectOnError: defaultReconnectOnError, ...options });
   }
 
   async isConnected(environmentId: string) {
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/redis.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/redis.server.ts
index 55d490821e3..01efa0d3e68 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/redis.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/redis.server.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Cluster, Redis, type ClusterNode, type ClusterOptions } from "ioredis";
+import { defaultReconnectOnError } from "@internal/redis";
 import { logger } from "./services/logger.server";
 
 export type RedisWithClusterOptions = {
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export function createRedisClient(
         username: options.username,
         password: options.password,
         enableAutoPipelining: true,
+        reconnectOnError: defaultReconnectOnError,
         ...(options.tlsDisabled
           ? {
               checkServerIdentity: () => {
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ export function createRedisClient(
       password: options.password,
       enableAutoPipelining: true,
       keyPrefix: options.keyPrefix,
+      reconnectOnError: defaultReconnectOnError,
       ...(options.tlsDisabled ? {} : { tls: {} }),
     });
   }
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/services/autoIncrementCounter.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/services/autoIncrementCounter.server.ts
index 205e6ef9c1c..b11a3f4e11d 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/services/autoIncrementCounter.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/services/autoIncrementCounter.server.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Redis, { RedisOptions } from "ioredis";
+import { defaultReconnectOnError } from "@internal/redis";
 import { Prisma, PrismaClientOrTransaction, PrismaTransactionOptions, prisma } from "~/db.server";
 import { env } from "~/env.server";
 import { singleton } from "~/utils/singleton";
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ export class AutoIncrementCounter {
   private _redis: Redis;
 
   constructor(private options: AutoIncrementCounterOptions) {
-    this._redis = new Redis(options.redis);
+    this._redis = new Redis({ reconnectOnError: defaultReconnectOnError, ...options.redis });
   }
 
   async incrementInTransaction<T>(
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/services/inputStreamWaitpointCache.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/services/inputStreamWaitpointCache.server.ts
index ab360c837a8..5bfd632633a 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/services/inputStreamWaitpointCache.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/services/inputStreamWaitpointCache.server.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Redis } from "ioredis";
+import { defaultReconnectOnError } from "@internal/redis";
 import { env } from "~/env.server";
 import { singleton } from "~/utils/singleton";
 import { logger } from "./logger.server";
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ function initializeRedis(): Redis | undefined {
     password: env.CACHE_REDIS_PASSWORD,
     keyPrefix: "tr:",
     enableAutoPipelining: true,
+    reconnectOnError: defaultReconnectOnError,
     ...(env.CACHE_REDIS_TLS_DISABLED === "true" ? {} : { tls: {} }),
   });
 }
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/services/platformNotificationCounter.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/services/platformNotificationCounter.server.ts
index dc2970045da..3bd4fa49afb 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/services/platformNotificationCounter.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/services/platformNotificationCounter.server.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Redis } from "ioredis";
+import { defaultReconnectOnError } from "@internal/redis";
 import { env } from "~/env.server";
 import { singleton } from "~/utils/singleton";
 import { logger } from "./logger.server";
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ function initializeRedis(): Redis | undefined {
     password: env.CACHE_REDIS_PASSWORD,
     keyPrefix: "tr:",
     enableAutoPipelining: true,
+    reconnectOnError: defaultReconnectOnError,
     ...(env.CACHE_REDIS_TLS_DISABLED === "true" ? {} : { tls: {} }),
   });
 }
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/services/realtime/redisRealtimeStreams.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/services/realtime/redisRealtimeStreams.server.ts
index 99ad10c8ee4..b5a3c896701 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/services/realtime/redisRealtimeStreams.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/services/realtime/redisRealtimeStreams.server.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Logger, LogLevel } from "@trigger.dev/core/logger";
 import Redis, { RedisOptions } from "ioredis";
+import { defaultReconnectOnError } from "@internal/redis";
 import { env } from "~/env.server";
 import { StreamIngestor, StreamResponder, StreamResponseOptions } from "./types";
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ export class RedisRealtimeStreams implements StreamIngestor, StreamResponder {
   private get sharedRedis(): Redis {
     if (!this._sharedRedis) {
       this._sharedRedis = new Redis({
+        reconnectOnError: defaultReconnectOnError,
         ...this.options.redis,
         connectionName: "realtime:shared",
       });
@@ -56,7 +58,11 @@ export class RedisRealtimeStreams implements StreamIngestor, StreamResponder {
     signal: AbortSignal,
     options?: StreamResponseOptions
   ): Promise<Response> {
-    const redis = new Redis({ ...this.options.redis, connectionName: "realtime:streamResponse" });
+    const redis = new Redis({
+      reconnectOnError: defaultReconnectOnError,
+      ...this.options.redis,
+      connectionName: "realtime:streamResponse",
+    });
     const streamKey = `stream:${runId}:${streamId}`;
     let isCleanedUp = false;
 
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/services/sessionStreamWaitpointCache.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/services/sessionStreamWaitpointCache.server.ts
index 050ebddeac3..93f4b397481 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/services/sessionStreamWaitpointCache.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/services/sessionStreamWaitpointCache.server.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Redis } from "ioredis";
+import { defaultReconnectOnError } from "@internal/redis";
 import { env } from "~/env.server";
 import { singleton } from "~/utils/singleton";
 import { logger } from "./logger.server";
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ function initializeRedis(): Redis | undefined {
     password: env.CACHE_REDIS_PASSWORD,
     keyPrefix: "tr:",
     enableAutoPipelining: true,
+    reconnectOnError: defaultReconnectOnError,
     ...(env.CACHE_REDIS_TLS_DISABLED === "true" ? {} : { tls: {} }),
   });
 }
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/services/taskIdentifierCache.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/services/taskIdentifierCache.server.ts
index 9d243b5f740..04929c583cc 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/services/taskIdentifierCache.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/services/taskIdentifierCache.server.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Redis } from "ioredis";
+import { defaultReconnectOnError } from "@internal/redis";
 import type { TaskTriggerSource } from "@trigger.dev/database";
 import { env } from "~/env.server";
 import { singleton } from "~/utils/singleton";
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ function initializeRedis(): Redis | undefined {
     password: env.CACHE_REDIS_PASSWORD,
     keyPrefix: "tr:",
     enableAutoPipelining: true,
+    reconnectOnError: defaultReconnectOnError,
     ...(env.CACHE_REDIS_TLS_DISABLED === "true" ? {} : { tls: {} }),
   });
 }
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/v3/handleSocketIo.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/v3/handleSocketIo.server.ts
index 7a2c0c3e366..aec9ded6f49 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/v3/handleSocketIo.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/v3/handleSocketIo.server.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import type {
   WorkerServerToClientEvents,
 } from "@trigger.dev/core/v3/workers";
 import { ZodNamespace } from "@trigger.dev/core/v3/zodNamespace";
+import { defaultReconnectOnError } from "@internal/redis";
 import { Redis } from "ioredis";
 import { Namespace, Server, Socket } from "socket.io";
 import { env } from "~/env.server";
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ function initializeSocketIOServerInstance() {
       username: env.REDIS_USERNAME,
       password: env.REDIS_PASSWORD,
       enableAutoPipelining: true,
+      reconnectOnError: defaultReconnectOnError,
       ...(env.REDIS_TLS_DISABLED === "true" ? {} : { tls: {} }),
     });
     const subClient = pubClient.duplicate();
diff --git a/internal-packages/redis/src/index.ts b/internal-packages/redis/src/index.ts
index bdd69315cff..0b02c14a3a2 100644
--- a/internal-packages/redis/src/index.ts
+++ b/internal-packages/redis/src/index.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,32 @@ import { Logger } from "@trigger.dev/core/logger";
 
 export { Redis, type Callback, type RedisOptions, type Result, type RedisCommander } from "ioredis";
 
+/**
+ * Reply-error -> reconnect mapping. Without this hook, an ElastiCache
+ * vertical scale-up surfaces tens of thousands of READONLY / LOADING
+ * reply errors to caller code over a healthy TCP/TLS connection (the
+ * client keeps talking to a node whose role swapped underneath it).
+ *
+ * Returning 2 tells ioredis to disconnect, reconnect, and retry the
+ * command that triggered the error. After reconnect, DNS / SG routing
+ * should land on a writable primary.
+ *
+ * Empirical confirmation on the harness in TRI-8878: this option
+ * reduced a scale-up event from ~437,000 caller-surfaced errors to 2.
+ */
+export function defaultReconnectOnError(err: Error): boolean | 1 | 2 {
+  const msg = err.message ?? "";
+  if (msg.startsWith("READONLY") || msg.startsWith("LOADING")) return 2;
+  return false;
+}
+
 const defaultOptions: Partial<RedisOptions> = {
   retryStrategy: (times: number) => {
     const delay = Math.min(times * 50, 1000);
     return delay;
   },
   maxRetriesPerRequest: process.env.GITHUB_ACTIONS ? 50 : process.env.VITEST ? 5 : 20,
+  reconnectOnError: defaultReconnectOnError,
 };
 
 const logger = new Logger("Redis", "debug");