diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/writer.py b/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/writer.py
index a8c447bb..3302ddf5 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/writer.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/writer.py
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ def __init__(
         self._inital_request_template = initial_request_template
         self._metadata = metadata
 
+        # if self._hibernating == True, this means the connection was closed by
+        # the server. The stream will try to reconnect if the message queue is 
+        # non-empty, or when the customer sends another request.
+        self._hibernating = False
+
         # Only one call to `send()` should attempt to open the RPC.
         self._opening = threading.Lock()
 
@@ -311,6 +316,7 @@ def _shutdown(self, reason: Optional[Exception] = None):
                 The reason to close the stream. If ``None``, this is
                 considered an "intentional" shutdown.
         """
+        # breakpoint()
         with self._closing:
             if self._closed:
                 return
@@ -344,6 +350,43 @@ def _shutdown(self, reason: Optional[Exception] = None):
             for callback in self._close_callbacks:
                 callback(self, reason)
 
+    def _hibernate(self, reason: Optional[Exception] = None):
+        # If the connection is shut down by the server for retriable reasons,
+        # such as idle connection, we shut down the grpc connection and delete
+        # the consumer. However, we preserve futures queue, and if the queue is
+        # not empty, or if there is a new message to be sent, it tries to create
+        # a new gRPC connection and corresponding consumer to resume the process.
+        # breakpoint()
+
+        # Stop consumer
+        if self.is_active:
+            _LOGGER.debug("Stopping consumer.")
+            self._consumer.stop()
+        self._consumer = None
+
+        # Close RPC connection
+        if self._rpc is not None:
+            self._rpc.close()
+        # self._closed = True
+        _LOGGER.debug("Finished stopping manager.")
+
+        # Register error on the future corresponding to this error message 
+        future = self._futures_queue.get_nowait()
+        future.set_exception(reason)
+
+        # Mark self._hibernating as True for future reopening
+        self._hibernating = True
+
+        return
+    
+    def _shutdown_or_hibernate(self, reason: Optional[Exception] = None):
+        # Hibernate if a retriable error is received, otherwise, shut down
+        # completely. 
+        if isinstance(reason, exceptions.Aborted):
+            self._hibernate(reason)
+        else:
+            self._shutdown(reason)
+
     def _on_rpc_done(self, future):
         """Triggered whenever the underlying RPC terminates without recovery.
 
@@ -358,7 +401,7 @@ def _on_rpc_done(self, future):
         _LOGGER.info("RPC termination has signaled streaming pull manager shutdown.")
         error = _wrap_as_exception(future)
         thread = threading.Thread(
-            name=_RPC_ERROR_THREAD_NAME, target=self._shutdown, kwargs={"reason": error}
+            name=_RPC_ERROR_THREAD_NAME, target=self._shutdown_or_hibernate, kwargs={"reason": error}
         )
         thread.daemon = True
         thread.start()