diff --git a/conn_batch.go b/conn_batch.go
index a729b2d238..d65300621c 100644
--- a/conn_batch.go
+++ b/conn_batch.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"slices"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -286,6 +287,10 @@ func (b *batch) Flush() error {
 	}
 	if b.block.Rows() != 0 {
 		if err := b.conn.sendData(b.block, ""); err != nil {
+			// broken pipe/conn reset aren't generally recoverable on retry
+			if errors.Is(err, syscall.EPIPE) || errors.Is(err, syscall.ECONNRESET) {
+				b.release(err)
+			}
 			return err
 		}
 		if b.closeOnFlush {
diff --git a/tests/issues/1421_test.go b/tests/issues/1421_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..904ee4fde7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/issues/1421_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package issues
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-go/v2/lib/driver"
+	"github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-go/v2/tests"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go"
+)
+
+//goland:noinspection ALL
+const insertQry = "INSERT INTO test (foo, foo2)"
+
+func Test1421BatchFlushBrokenConn(t *testing.T) {
+	// create a dedicated test environment for this test
+	// note: test environment management is a bit messy, consider refactoring
+	env, err := tests.CreateClickHouseTestEnvironment(t.Name())
+	tests.SetTestEnvironment(t.Name(), env)
+	require.NoError(t, tests.CreateDatabase(t.Name()))
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, env)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	client, err := testcontainers.NewDockerClientWithOpts(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	chClient, err := tests.TestClientWithDefaultSettings(env)
+
+	err = chClient.Exec(ctx, "CREATE TABLE test (foo String, foo2 String)  ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY (foo)")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	batch, err := chClient.PrepareBatch(ctx, insertQry, driver.WithCloseOnFlush())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = batch.Append("bar", "bar")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = batch.Flush()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = batch.Append("bar2", "bar2")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = batch.Flush()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = batch.Append(RandAsciiString(200000000), RandAsciiString(20000000))
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	ch := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		err = batch.Flush()
+		close(ch)
+	}()
+	//timeout := 0
+	err2 := client.ContainerKill(ctx, env.ContainerID, "KILL")
+	<-ch
+	require.NoError(t, err2)
+	require.True(t, errors.Is(err, syscall.EPIPE) || errors.Is(err, syscall.ECONNRESET))
+	err = client.ContainerStart(ctx, env.ContainerID, container.StartOptions{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = batch.Flush()
+	// retry after server is up should have either no error, or a reconnect error (for example because the mapped port
+	// changed on container startup)
+	require.True(t, err == nil || errors.Is(err, syscall.ECONNREFUSED) || os.IsTimeout(err), err)
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/utils.go b/tests/utils.go
index b33aa2c918..2eda3fa62f 100644
--- a/tests/utils.go
+++ b/tests/utils.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func GetClickHouseTestVersion() string {
 }
 
 type ClickHouseTestEnvironment struct {
+	ContainerID string
 	Port        int
 	HttpPort    int
 	SslPort     int
@@ -203,11 +204,12 @@ func CreateClickHouseTestEnvironment(testSet string) (ClickHouseTestEnvironment,
 	hps, _ := clickhouseContainer.MappedPort(ctx, "8443")
 	ip, _ := clickhouseContainer.ContainerIP(ctx)
 	testEnv := ClickHouseTestEnvironment{
-		Port:      p.Int(),
-		HttpPort:  hp.Int(),
-		SslPort:   sslPort.Int(),
-		HttpsPort: hps.Int(),
-		Host:      "127.0.0.1",
+		ContainerID: clickhouseContainer.GetContainerID(),
+		Port:        p.Int(),
+		HttpPort:    hp.Int(),
+		SslPort:     sslPort.Int(),
+		HttpsPort:   hps.Int(),
+		Host:        "127.0.0.1",
 		// we set this explicitly - note its also set in the /etc/clickhouse-server/users.d/admin.xml
 		Username:    "default",
 		Password:    "ClickHouse",