diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 0cc95131..733a1232 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           - {ruby: 'jruby'}
           - {ruby: 'truffleruby'}
           - {task: test_cluster_broken, restart: 'no', startup: '6'}
+          - {task: test_cluster_down}
           - {redis: '8',   ruby: '3.3', compose: compose.valkey.yaml, replica: '2'}
           - {redis: '7.2', ruby: '3.2', compose: compose.auth.yaml}
           - {redis: '7.0', ruby: '3.1'}
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 57fcef04..6e9c1a78 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require 'bundler/gem_helper'
 RuboCop::RakeTask.new
 Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
 
-SLUGGISH_TEST_TYPES = %w[broken scale state].freeze
+SLUGGISH_TEST_TYPES = %w[down broken scale state].freeze
 
 task default: :test
 
diff --git a/bin/singlepiptx b/bin/singlepiptx
index 2c9a0756..15a64a99 100755
--- a/bin/singlepiptx
+++ b/bin/singlepiptx
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ module SinglePipTxDebug
   def spawn_transaction(cli)
     Thread.new(cli) do |r|
       role = 'Transaction'
+      i = 0
 
       loop do
         handle_errors(role) do
-          reply = r.multi do |tx|
+          reply = r.multi(watch: i.odd? ? %w[transaction] : nil) do |tx|
+            i += 1
             tx.call('incr', 'transaction')
             tx.call('incr', 'transaction')
             tx.call('incr', 'transaction')
diff --git a/test/test_against_cluster_down.rb b/test/test_against_cluster_down.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7700785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_against_cluster_down.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'testing_helper'
+
+class TestAgainstClusterDown < TestingWrapper
+  WAIT_SEC = 1
+
+  def setup
+    @captured_commands = ::Middlewares::CommandCapture::CommandBuffer.new
+    @redirect_count = ::Middlewares::RedirectCount::Counter.new
+    @clients = Array.new(5) { build_client }
+    @threads = []
+    @controller = nil
+    @cluster_down_error_count = 0
+    @last_pubsub_message = nil
+    @down_counter_lock = Mutex.new
+    @pubsub_message_lock = Mutex.new
+  end
+
+  def teardown
+    @controller&.close
+    @threads&.each(&:exit)
+    @clients&.each(&:close)
+    print "#{@redirect_count.get}, "\
+      "ClusterNodesCall: #{@captured_commands.count('cluster', 'nodes')}, "\
+      "ClusterDownError: #{@cluster_down_error_count} = "
+  end
+
+  def test_recoverability_from_cluster_down
+    @threads << spawn_single(@clients[0])
+    @threads << spawn_pipeline(@clients[1])
+    @threads << spawn_transaction(@clients[2])
+    @threads << spawn_subscriber(@clients[3])
+    @threads << spawn_publisher(@clients[4])
+
+    system('docker compose --progress quiet down', exception: true)
+    system('docker system prune --force --volumes', exception: true, out: File::NULL)
+    system('docker compose --progress quiet up --detach', exception: true)
+    @controller = build_controller
+    @controller.wait_for_cluster_to_be_ready
+
+    client = build_client
+    @clients << client
+
+    single_value1 = client.call('get', 'single', &:to_i)
+    pipeline_value1 = client.call('get', 'pipeline', &:to_i)
+    transaction_value1 = client.call('get', 'transaction', &:to_i)
+    pubsub_message1 = refer_pubsub_message.to_i
+
+    sleep WAIT_SEC * 3
+
+    single_value2 = client.call('get', 'single', &:to_i)
+    pipeline_value2 = client.call('get', 'pipeline', &:to_i)
+    transaction_value2 = client.call('get', 'transaction', &:to_i)
+    pubsub_message2 = refer_pubsub_message.to_i
+
+    assert(single_value1 < single_value2, "Single: #{single_value1} < #{single_value2}")
+    assert(pipeline_value1 < pipeline_value2, "Pipeline: #{pipeline_value1} < #{pipeline_value2}")
+    assert(transaction_value1 < transaction_value2, "Transaction: #{transaction_value1} < #{transaction_value2}")
+    assert(pubsub_message1 < pubsub_message2, "PubSub: #{pubsub_message1} < #{pubsub_message2}")
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def build_client
+    ::RedisClient.cluster(
+      nodes: TEST_NODE_URIS,
+      connect_with_original_config: true,
+      fixed_hostname: TEST_FIXED_HOSTNAME,
+      custom: { captured_commands: @captured_commands, redirect_count: @redirect_count },
+      middlewares: [::Middlewares::CommandCapture, ::Middlewares::RedirectCount],
+      **TEST_GENERIC_OPTIONS
+    ).new_client
+  end
+
+  def build_controller
+    ClusterController.new(
+      TEST_NODE_URIS,
+      replica_size: TEST_REPLICA_SIZE,
+      **TEST_GENERIC_OPTIONS.merge(timeout: 30.0)
+    )
+  end
+
+  def spawn_single(cli)
+    Thread.new(cli) do |r|
+      loop do
+        handle_errors do
+          r.call('incr', 'single')
+          r.call('incr', 'single')
+        end
+      ensure
+        sleep WAIT_SEC
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def spawn_pipeline(cli)
+    Thread.new(cli) do |r|
+      loop do
+        handle_errors do
+          r.pipelined do |pi|
+            pi.call('incr', 'pipeline')
+            pi.call('incr', 'pipeline')
+          end
+        end
+      ensure
+        sleep WAIT_SEC
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def spawn_transaction(cli)
+    Thread.new(cli) do |r|
+      i = 0
+      loop do
+        handle_errors do
+          r.multi(watch: i.odd? ? %w[transaction] : nil) do |tx|
+            i += 1
+            tx.call('incr', 'transaction')
+            tx.call('incr', 'transaction')
+          end
+        end
+      ensure
+        sleep WAIT_SEC
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def spawn_publisher(cli)
+    Thread.new(cli) do |r|
+      i = 0
+      loop do
+        handle_errors do
+          r.call('spublish', 'chan', i)
+          i += 1
+        end
+      ensure
+        sleep WAIT_SEC
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def spawn_subscriber(cli)
+    Thread.new(cli) do |r|
+      ps = nil
+
+      loop do
+        ps = r.pubsub
+        ps.call('ssubscribe', 'chan')
+        break
+      rescue StandardError
+        ps&.close
+      ensure
+        sleep WAIT_SEC
+      end
+
+      loop do
+        handle_errors do
+          event = ps.next_event(0.01)
+          case event&.first
+          when 'smessage' then update_pubsub_message(event[2])
+          end
+        end
+      ensure
+        sleep WAIT_SEC
+      end
+    rescue StandardError, SignalException
+      ps&.close
+      raise
+    end
+  end
+
+  def handle_errors
+    yield
+  rescue ::RedisClient::ConnectionError, ::RedisClient::Cluster::InitialSetupError, ::RedisClient::Cluster::NodeMightBeDown
+    increment_down_count
+  rescue ::RedisClient::CommandError => e
+    raise unless e.message.start_with?('CLUSTERDOWN')
+
+    increment_down_count
+  rescue ::RedisClient::Cluster::ErrorCollection => e
+    raise unless e.errors.values.all? do |err|
+      err.message.start_with?('CLUSTERDOWN') || err.is_a?(::RedisClient::ConnectionError)
+    end
+
+    increment_down_count
+  end
+
+  def increment_down_count
+    @down_counter_lock.synchronize { @cluster_down_error_count += 1 }
+  end
+
+  def update_pubsub_message(message)
+    @pubsub_message_lock.synchronize { @last_pubsub_message = message }
+  end
+
+  def refer_pubsub_message
+    @pubsub_message_lock.synchronize { @last_pubsub_message }
+  end
+end