diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 71ecf64..ba06627 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
   connections for 55s (AWS ALB idle minus 5s) caused
   `SSL_read: unexpected eof while reading` (`GetStreamRuby::TransportError`)
   on the next request. Override with `idle_timeout:` or `STREAM_IDLE_TIMEOUT`.
+- Recover when a GCP load balancer half-closes a pooled TLS connection without
+  `close_notify` (CHA-4943). OpenSSL 3 made Net::HTTP's dead-socket probe raise
+  `SSL_read: unexpected eof while reading` instead of reconnecting. The SDK now
+  sets `OpenSSL::SSL::OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF` (process-global; restores the
+  OpenSSL 1.1.1 probe so GET and POST reconnect before the request is sent) and
+  restores `max_retries=1` (Faraday had forced 0) as a GET/HEAD backstop.
+  `TransportError#error_type` for that EOF is `connection_reset`, not
+  `tls_handshake_failed`.
 
 ## [10.0.0] - 2026-07-24
 
diff --git a/lib/getstream_ruby/client.rb b/lib/getstream_ruby/client.rb
index d262c54..c47c745 100644
--- a/lib/getstream_ruby/client.rb
+++ b/lib/getstream_ruby/client.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 require_relative 'error_mapping'
 require_relative 'log_redaction'
 require_relative 'request_logging'
+require_relative 'tls'
 
 module GetStreamRuby
 
@@ -292,6 +293,8 @@ def build_connection
       # Use it as-is; none of the 5 knobs apply.
       return @configuration.http_client if @configuration.http_client
 
+      Tls.tolerate_unclean_shutdown!
+
       Faraday.new(url: @configuration.base_url) do |conn|
 
         conn.request :multipart
@@ -330,6 +333,10 @@ def configure_adapter(connection)
       connection.adapter :net_http_persistent, pool_size: @configuration.max_conns_per_host do |http|
 
         http.idle_timeout = idle
+        # Faraday forces max_retries=0 on every request. Restore Net::HTTP's
+        # default of 1 so an idempotent retry can cover GET/HEAD if the
+        # OpenSSL EOF probe is unavailable (pre-OpenSSL 3).
+        http.max_retries = 1 if http.respond_to?(:max_retries=)
 
       end
     rescue Faraday::Error, ArgumentError => e
diff --git a/lib/getstream_ruby/error_mapping.rb b/lib/getstream_ruby/error_mapping.rb
index bf70f43..65b2a88 100644
--- a/lib/getstream_ruby/error_mapping.rb
+++ b/lib/getstream_ruby/error_mapping.rb
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def classify_faraday_error(error)
       when Faraday::TimeoutError
         'timeout'
       when Faraday::SSLError
-        'tls_handshake_failed'
+        unexpected_eof?(error) ? 'connection_reset' : 'tls_handshake_failed'
       when Faraday::ConnectionFailed
         classify_connection_failure(error)
       else
@@ -120,6 +120,20 @@ def classify_connection_failure(error)
       end
     end
 
+    def unexpected_eof?(error)
+      eof_message?(error.message) || eof_message?(wrapped_message(error))
+    end
+
+    def eof_message?(message)
+      message.to_s.include?('unexpected eof')
+    end
+
+    def wrapped_message(error)
+      return nil unless error.respond_to?(:wrapped_exception)
+
+      error.wrapped_exception&.message
+    end
+
     def build_task_error(task_id, error_payload)
       hash = if error_payload.respond_to?(:to_h)
                error_payload.to_h
diff --git a/lib/getstream_ruby/tls.rb b/lib/getstream_ruby/tls.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d727a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/getstream_ruby/tls.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'openssl'
+
+module GetStreamRuby
+
+  # TLS knobs that Faraday / Net::HTTP do not expose per-connection.
+  module Tls
+
+    module_function
+
+    # OpenSSL 3 treats a TCP FIN without TLS close_notify as an error. GCP
+    # load balancers half-close idle keep-alive sockets that way, so
+    # Net::HTTP's pre-reuse `eof?` probe raises `SSL_read: unexpected eof
+    # while reading` instead of reporting a dead connection.
+    #
+    # `OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF` restores the OpenSSL 1.1.1 probe behavior.
+    # Net::HTTP has no per-connection hook for SSLContext options, so this
+    # is process-global. It only relaxes unclean-shutdown detection.
+    def tolerate_unclean_shutdown!
+      return unless defined?(OpenSSL::SSL::OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF)
+
+      OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext::DEFAULT_PARAMS[:options] |=
+        OpenSSL::SSL::OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/spec/connection_pooling_spec.rb b/spec/connection_pooling_spec.rb
index e30da57..ef4064c 100644
--- a/spec/connection_pooling_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/connection_pooling_spec.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,28 @@ def capture_adapter_call
 
     end
 
+    it 'restores max_retries=1 on the persistent adapter' do
+
+      handler = client.instance_variable_get(:@connection).builder.adapter
+      http = Net::HTTP::Persistent.new(name: 'spec-max-retries')
+      handler.instance_variable_get(:@block).call(http)
+      expect(http.max_retries).to eq(1)
+
+    end
+
+    it 'enables OpenSSL OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF when available' do
+
+      skip 'OpenSSL::SSL::OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF is not defined' unless
+        defined?(OpenSSL::SSL::OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF)
+
+      GetStreamRuby.manual(api_key: 'k', api_secret: 's')
+      options = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext::DEFAULT_PARAMS[:options]
+      expect(options & OpenSSL::SSL::OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF).to eq(
+        OpenSSL::SSL::OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF,
+      )
+
+    end
+
   end
 
   describe 'individual knob overrides' do
diff --git a/spec/errors_spec.rb b/spec/errors_spec.rb
index e8ccacb..bcf2d02 100644
--- a/spec/errors_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/errors_spec.rb
@@ -355,6 +355,18 @@
 
     end
 
+    it 'classifies unexpected-eof SSLError as connection_reset' do
+
+      stubs.post('/api/v2/x') { raise Faraday::SSLError, 'SSL_read: unexpected eof while reading' }
+
+      expect { client.post('/api/v2/x') }.to raise_error(GetStreamRuby::TransportError) do |err|
+
+        expect(err.error_type).to eq('connection_reset')
+
+      end
+
+    end
+
     it 'classifies a ConnectionFailed wrapping SocketError as dns_failure' do
 
       # Pass the underlying exception as the first arg so Faraday::Error
diff --git a/spec/stale_keepalive_spec.rb b/spec/stale_keepalive_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..116ff83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/stale_keepalive_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+require 'socket'
+require 'openssl'
+require 'faraday'
+require 'faraday/net_http_persistent'
+
+# CHA-4943: GCP LBs half-close idle keep-alive TLS without close_notify.
+# OpenSSL 3 turns that into SSL_read: unexpected eof while reading on the
+# next request unless OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF is set.
+RSpec.describe 'stale keep-alive TLS (CHA-4943)' do
+
+  def self_signed_context
+    key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(2048)
+    cert = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new
+    cert.version = 2
+    cert.serial = 1
+    cert.subject = OpenSSL::X509::Name.parse('/CN=localhost')
+    cert.issuer = cert.subject
+    cert.public_key = key.public_key
+    cert.not_before = Time.now - 60
+    cert.not_after = Time.now + 3600
+    cert.sign(key, OpenSSL::Digest.new('SHA256'))
+
+    ctx = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext.new
+    ctx.cert = cert
+    ctx.key = key
+    ctx
+  end
+
+  def start_half_close_server
+    tcp = TCPServer.new('127.0.0.1', 0)
+    port = tcp.addr[1]
+    server = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLServer.new(tcp, self_signed_context)
+    server.start_immediately = false
+    thread = Thread.new do
+
+      loop do
+
+        raw = server.accept
+        Thread.new(raw) do |sock|
+
+          sock.accept
+          loop { break if sock.gets.to_s.strip.empty? }
+          body = '{"ok":true}'
+          sock.write(
+            "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\n" \
+            "Content-Length: #{body.bytesize}\r\nConnection: keep-alive\r\n\r\n#{body}",
+          )
+          sock.to_io.shutdown(Socket::SHUT_WR)
+          sleep 5
+          sock.to_io.close
+        rescue StandardError
+          nil
+
+        end
+
+      end
+
+    rescue StandardError
+      nil
+
+    end
+    [tcp, thread, port]
+  end
+
+  def faraday_conn(port, max_retries: 0)
+    Faraday.new(url: "https://127.0.0.1:#{port}", ssl: { verify: false }) do |conn|
+
+      conn.adapter :net_http_persistent, pool_size: 5 do |http|
+
+        http.idle_timeout = 25
+        http.max_retries = max_retries if http.respond_to?(:max_retries=)
+
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+
+  def request(conn, method)
+    conn.send(method) do |req|
+
+      req.url '/api/v2/x'
+      req.body = '{}' if method == :post
+
+    end
+  end
+
+  around do |example|
+
+    skip 'OpenSSL::SSL::OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF is not defined' unless
+      defined?(OpenSSL::SSL::OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF)
+
+    original = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext::DEFAULT_PARAMS[:options]
+    OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext::DEFAULT_PARAMS[:options] =
+      original & ~OpenSSL::SSL::OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF
+    example.run
+    OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext::DEFAULT_PARAMS[:options] = original
+
+  end
+
+  it 'reconnects GET and POST after a half-close when unclean shutdown is tolerated' do
+
+    tcp, thread, port = start_half_close_server
+    GetStreamRuby::Tls.tolerate_unclean_shutdown!
+
+    conn = faraday_conn(port)
+    expect(request(conn, :get).status).to eq(200)
+    expect(request(conn, :get).status).to eq(200)
+
+    conn = faraday_conn(port)
+    expect(request(conn, :post).status).to eq(200)
+    expect(request(conn, :post).status).to eq(200)
+  ensure
+    tcp&.close
+    thread&.kill
+
+  end
+
+  it 'raises SSLError on a half-closed POST without OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF' do
+
+    tcp, thread, port = start_half_close_server
+    conn = faraday_conn(port, max_retries: 0)
+
+    expect(request(conn, :post).status).to eq(200)
+    expect { request(conn, :post) }.to raise_error(Faraday::SSLError, /unexpected eof/)
+  ensure
+    tcp&.close
+    thread&.kill
+
+  end
+
+end