diff --git a/base/dcp_sharded.go b/base/dcp_sharded.go
index ccf550fad8..7d5272a924 100644
--- a/base/dcp_sharded.go
+++ b/base/dcp_sharded.go
@@ -316,11 +316,7 @@ func initCBGTManager(ctx context.Context, bucket Bucket, spec BucketSpec, cfgSG
 	//   avoids file system usage, in conjunction with managerLoadDataDir=false in options.
 	dataDir := ""
 
-	// eventHandlers: SG doesn't currently do any processing on manager events:
-	//   - OnRegisterPIndex
-	//   - OnUnregisterPIndex
-	//   - OnFeedError
-	var eventHandlers cbgt.ManagerEventHandlers
+	eventHandlers := &sgMgrEventHandlers{ctx: ctx}
 
 	// Specify one feed per pindex
 	options := make(map[string]string)
@@ -698,3 +694,57 @@ func GetDefaultImportPartitions(serverless bool) uint16 {
 		return DefaultImportPartitions
 	}
 }
+
+type sgMgrEventHandlers struct {
+	ctx context.Context
+}
+
+func (meh *sgMgrEventHandlers) OnRefreshManagerOptions(options map[string]string) {
+	// No-op for SG
+}
+
+func (meh *sgMgrEventHandlers) OnRegisterPIndex(pindex *cbgt.PIndex) {
+	// No-op for SG
+}
+
+func (meh *sgMgrEventHandlers) OnUnregisterPIndex(pindex *cbgt.PIndex) {
+	// No-op for SG
+}
+
+// OnFeedError is required to trigger reconnection to a feed on an closed connection (EOF).
+// Handling below based on cbft implementation - checks whether the underlying source (bucket)
+// still exists with VerifySourceNotExists, and if it exists, calls NotifyMgrOnClose.
+// This will trigger cbgt closing and then attempting to reconnect to the feed.
+func (meh *sgMgrEventHandlers) OnFeedError(srcType string, r cbgt.Feed, err error) {
+
+	DebugfCtx(meh.ctx, KeyDCP, "cbgt Mgr OnFeedError, srcType: %s, feed name: %s, err: %v",
+		srcType, r.Name(), err)
+
+	dcpFeed, ok := r.(cbgt.FeedEx)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+
+	gone, indexUUID, er := dcpFeed.VerifySourceNotExists()
+	DebugfCtx(meh.ctx, KeyDCP, "cbgt Mgr OnFeedError, VerifySourceNotExists,"+
+		" srcType: %s, gone: %t, indexUUID: %s, err: %v",
+		srcType, gone, indexUUID, er)
+	if !gone {
+		// If we get an EOF error from the feeds and the bucket is still alive,
+		// then there could at the least two potential error scenarios.
+		//
+		// 1. Faulty kv node is failed over.
+		// 2. Ephemeral network connection issues with the host.
+		//
+		// In either case, the current feed instance turns dangling.
+		// Hence we can close the feeds so that they get refreshed to fix
+		// the connectivity problems either during the next rebalance
+		// (new kv node after failover-recovery rebalance) or
+		// on the next janitor work cycle(ephemeral network issue to the same node).
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "EOF") {
+			InfofCtx(meh.ctx, KeyDCP, "Handling EOF on cbgt feed - notifying manager to trigger reconnection to feed.  indexUUID: %v, err: %v", indexUUID, err)
+			dcpFeed.NotifyMgrOnClose()
+		}
+	}
+
+}