diff --git a/src/lib/retry.ts b/src/lib/retry.ts
index 3540ff73e4..7af5d2f911 100644
--- a/src/lib/retry.ts
+++ b/src/lib/retry.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { TimeoutError } from "./errors.js";
+
 const MAX_REQUEST_RETRY_JITTER = 250;
 const MAX_REQUEST_RETRY_DELAY = 10000;
 const DEFAULT_NUMBER_RETRIES = 3;
@@ -27,6 +29,12 @@ async function pause(delay: number) {
     return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
 }
 
+function calculateWait(nrOfTries: number): number {
+    let wait = BASE_DELAY * Math.pow(2, nrOfTries - 1);
+    wait = getRandomInt(wait + 1, wait + MAX_REQUEST_RETRY_JITTER);
+    return Math.min(wait, MAX_REQUEST_RETRY_DELAY);
+}
+
 /**
  * Configure the retry logic for http calls.
  * By default, this retries any request that returns a 429 3 times.
@@ -43,7 +51,9 @@ export interface RetryConfiguration {
      */
     maxRetries?: number;
     /**
-     * Status Codes on which the SDK should trigger retries.
+     * HTTP Status Codes on which the SDK should trigger retries.
+     * Note: network-level errors (e.g. ECONNRESET) are always retried up to maxRetries,
+     * regardless of this setting. Use `enabled: false` to disable all retries.
      * Defaults to [429].
      */
     retryWhen?: number[];
@@ -57,20 +67,23 @@ export function retry(action: () => Promise<Response>, { maxRetries, retryWhen }
     const nrOfTriesToAttempt = Math.min(MAX_NUMBER_RETRIES, maxRetries ?? DEFAULT_NUMBER_RETRIES);
     let nrOfTries = 0;
 
-    const retryAndWait = async () => {
+    const retryAndWait = async (): Promise<Response> => {
         let result: Response;
 
-        result = await action();
+        try {
+            result = await action();
+        } catch (e: unknown) {
+            if (!(e instanceof TimeoutError) && nrOfTries < nrOfTriesToAttempt) {
+                nrOfTries++;
+                await pause(calculateWait(nrOfTries));
+                return retryAndWait();
+            }
+            throw e;
+        }
 
         if ((retryWhen || [429]).includes(result.status) && nrOfTries < nrOfTriesToAttempt) {
             nrOfTries++;
-
-            let wait = BASE_DELAY * Math.pow(2, nrOfTries - 1);
-            wait = getRandomInt(wait + 1, wait + MAX_REQUEST_RETRY_JITTER);
-            wait = Math.min(wait, MAX_REQUEST_RETRY_DELAY);
-
-            await pause(wait);
-
+            await pause(calculateWait(nrOfTries));
             result = await retryAndWait();
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/runtime.test.ts b/tests/lib/runtime.test.ts
index 29ad35aee7..3437f72ac3 100644
--- a/tests/lib/runtime.test.ts
+++ b/tests/lib/runtime.test.ts
@@ -268,6 +268,100 @@ describe("Runtime", () => {
         ).rejects.toThrowError(expect.objectContaining({ statusCode: 429 }));
     });
 
+    it("should retry on socket hang up (ECONNRESET) when retry is enabled", async () => {
+        // issue #1020 — network errors were not retried, only HTTP status codes were
+        const request = nock(URL, { encodedQueryParams: true })
+            .get("/clients")
+            .times(2)
+            .replyWithError({ code: "ECONNRESET", message: "socket hang up" })
+            .get("/clients")
+            .reply(200, [{ client_id: "123" }]);
+
+        const client = new TestClient({
+            baseUrl: URL,
+            parseError,
+        });
+
+        const response = await client.testRequest({
+            path: `/clients`,
+            method: "GET",
+        });
+
+        const data = (await response.json()) as Array<{ client_id: string }>;
+
+        expect(data[0].client_id).toBe("123");
+        expect(request.isDone()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("should throw after exhausting retries on repeated socket hang up", async () => {
+        // issue #1020 — should give up after maxRetries attempts
+        nock(URL, { encodedQueryParams: true })
+            .get("/clients")
+            .times(4)
+            .replyWithError({ code: "ECONNRESET", message: "socket hang up" });
+
+        const client = new TestClient({
+            baseUrl: URL,
+            parseError,
+        });
+
+        await expect(
+            client.testRequest({
+                path: `/clients`,
+                method: "GET",
+            }),
+        ).rejects.toThrowError(
+            expect.objectContaining({ cause: expect.objectContaining({ message: "socket hang up" }) }),
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("should not retry on socket hang up when retry is disabled", async () => {
+        nock(URL, { encodedQueryParams: true })
+            .get("/clients")
+            .replyWithError({ code: "ECONNRESET", message: "socket hang up" })
+            .get("/clients")
+            .reply(200, [{ client_id: "123" }]);
+
+        const client = new TestClient({
+            baseUrl: URL,
+            parseError,
+            retry: { enabled: false },
+        });
+
+        await expect(
+            client.testRequest({
+                path: `/clients`,
+                method: "GET",
+            }),
+        ).rejects.toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it("should not retry on timeout errors", async () => {
+        nock(URL)
+            .get("/clients")
+            .delayConnection(100)
+            .reply(200, [{ client_id: "123" }])
+            .get("/clients")
+            .reply(200, [{ client_id: "123" }]);
+
+        const client = new TestClient({
+            baseUrl: URL,
+            parseError,
+            timeoutDuration: 50,
+        });
+
+        await expect(
+            client.testRequest({
+                path: `/clients`,
+                method: "GET",
+            }),
+        ).rejects.toThrowError(expect.objectContaining({ cause: expect.objectContaining({ name: "TimeoutError" }) }));
+
+        // Second nock was never consumed — confirms no retry occurred
+        expect(nock.pendingMocks().length).toBe(1);
+        nock.abortPendingRequests();
+    });
+
     it("should timeout after default time", async () => {
         nock(URL).get("/clients").delayConnection(10000).reply(200, []);