diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/_helpers.py b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/_helpers.py
index a1d6a60cb0..aae664f62a 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/_helpers.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/_helpers.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import math
 import time
 import base64
+import threading
 
 from google.protobuf.struct_pb2 import ListValue
 from google.protobuf.struct_pb2 import Value
@@ -437,3 +438,32 @@ def _metadata_with_leader_aware_routing(value, **kw):
         List[Tuple[str, str]]: RPC metadata with leader aware routing header
     """
     return ("x-goog-spanner-route-to-leader", str(value).lower())
+
+
+class AtomicInt:
+    def __init__(self, start_value=0):
+        self.__lock = threading.Lock()
+        self.__value = start_value
+
+    def __iadd__(self, n):
+        res = 0
+        with self.__lock:
+            res = self.__value
+            res += n
+            self.__value = res
+        return res
+
+    def __add__(self, n):
+        res = 0
+        with self.__lock:
+            res = self.__value
+            res += 0
+        return res
+
+    @property
+    def value(self):
+        with self.__lock:
+            return self.__value
+
+    def increment(self, value=1):
+        return self.__iadd__(value)
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/client.py b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/client.py
index afe6264717..197debb9ff 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/client.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/client.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import grpc
 import os
 import warnings
+import threading
 
 from google.api_core.gapic_v1 import client_info
 from google.auth.credentials import AnonymousCredentials
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
 from google.cloud.spanner_v1._helpers import _merge_query_options
 from google.cloud.spanner_v1._helpers import _metadata_with_prefix
 from google.cloud.spanner_v1.instance import Instance
+from google.cloud.spanner_v1._helpers import AtomicInt
 
 _CLIENT_INFO = client_info.ClientInfo(client_library_version=__version__)
 EMULATOR_ENV_VAR = "SPANNER_EMULATOR_HOST"
@@ -147,6 +149,8 @@ class Client(ClientWithProject):
     SCOPE = (SPANNER_ADMIN_SCOPE,)
     """The scopes required for Google Cloud Spanner."""
 
+    NTH_CLIENT = AtomicInt()
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         project=None,
@@ -199,6 +203,12 @@ def __init__(
         self._route_to_leader_enabled = route_to_leader_enabled
         self._directed_read_options = directed_read_options
         self._observability_options = observability_options
+        self._nth_client_id = Client.NTH_CLIENT.increment()
+        self._nth_request = AtomicInt()
+
+    @property
+    def _next_nth_request(self):
+        return self._nth_request.increment()
 
     @property
     def credentials(self):
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/database.py b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/database.py
index abddd5d97d..276d5a2a20 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/database.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/database.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 from google.cloud.spanner_v1 import SpannerClient
 from google.cloud.spanner_v1._helpers import _merge_query_options
 from google.cloud.spanner_v1._helpers import (
+    AtomicInt,
     _metadata_with_prefix,
     _metadata_with_leader_aware_routing,
 )
@@ -693,8 +694,15 @@ def execute_partitioned_dml(
                 _metadata_with_leader_aware_routing(self._route_to_leader_enabled)
             )
 
+        nth_request = self._next_nth_request()
+        attempt = AtomicInt(1)  # It'll be incremented inside _restart_on_unavailable
+
         def execute_pdml():
             with SessionCheckout(self._pool) as session:
+                channel_id = session._channel_id
+                metadata = with_request_id(
+                    self._client._nth_client_id, nth_request, attempt.value, metadata
+                )
                 txn = api.begin_transaction(
                     session=session.name, options=txn_options, metadata=metadata
                 )
@@ -719,6 +727,7 @@ def execute_pdml():
                     request=request,
                     transaction_selector=txn_selector,
                     observability_options=self.observability_options,
+                    attempt=attempt,
                 )
 
                 result_set = StreamedResultSet(iterator)
@@ -728,6 +737,9 @@ def execute_pdml():
 
         return _retry_on_aborted(execute_pdml, DEFAULT_RETRY_BACKOFF)()
 
+    def _next_nth_request(self):
+        return self._instance._client._next_nth_request
+
     def session(self, labels=None, database_role=None):
         """Factory to create a session for this database.
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/pool.py b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/pool.py
index 56837bfc0b..923fa8e8a5 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/pool.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/pool.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import datetime
 import queue
+import threading
 
 from google.cloud.exceptions import NotFound
 from google.cloud.spanner_v1 import BatchCreateSessionsRequest
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ def __init__(self, labels=None, database_role=None):
             labels = {}
         self._labels = labels
         self._database_role = database_role
+        self.__lock = threading.lock()
+        self._session_id_to_channel_id = dict()
 
     @property
     def labels(self):
@@ -122,10 +125,17 @@ def _new_session(self):
         :rtype: :class:`~google.cloud.spanner_v1.session.Session`
         :returns: new session instance.
         """
-        return self._database.session(
+        session = self._database.session(
             labels=self.labels, database_role=self.database_role
         )
 
+        with self.__lock:
+            channel_id = len(self._session_id_to_channel_id) + 1
+            self._session_id_to_channel_id[session._session.id] = channel_id
+            session._channel_id = channel_id
+
+        return session
+
     def session(self, **kwargs):
         """Check out a session from the pool.
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/request_id_header.py b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/request_id_header.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..121f6e9e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/request_id_header.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Copyright 2024 Google LLC All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import os
+import threading
+
+REQ_ID_VERSION = 1  # The version of the x-goog-spanner-request-id spec.
+REQ_ID_HEADER_KEY = "x-goog-spanner-request-id"
+
+
+def generate_rand_uint64():
+    b = os.urandom(8)
+    return (
+        b[7] & 0xFF
+        | (b[6] & 0xFF) << 8
+        | (b[5] & 0xFF) << 16
+        | (b[4] & 0xFF) << 24
+        | (b[3] & 0xFF) << 32
+        | (b[2] & 0xFF) << 36
+        | (b[1] & 0xFF) << 48
+        | (b[0] & 0xFF) << 56
+    )
+
+
+REQ_RAND_PROCESS_ID = generate_rand_uint64()
+
+
+def with_request_id(client_id, nth_request, attempt, other_metadata=[]):
+    req_id = f"{REQ_ID_VERSION}.{REQ_RAND_PROCESS_ID}.{client_id}.{channel_id}.{nth_request}.{attempt}"
+    other_metadata.append((REQ_ID_HEADER_KEY, req_id))
+    return other_metadata
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/session.py b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/session.py
index 6281148590..49911cac77 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/session.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/session.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ def __init__(self, database, labels=None, database_role=None):
             labels = {}
         self._labels = labels
         self._database_role = database_role
+        self.__channel_id = 0
 
     def __lt__(self, other):
         return self._session_id < other._session_id
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ def delete(self):
             raise ValueError("Session ID not set by back-end")
         api = self._database.spanner_api
         metadata = _metadata_with_prefix(self._database.name)
+        # Generate the request_id
         observability_options = getattr(self._database, "observability_options", None)
         with trace_call(
             "CloudSpanner.DeleteSession",
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/snapshot.py b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/snapshot.py
index a02776b27c..71016e9b15 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/snapshot.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/snapshot.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def _restart_on_unavailable(
     transaction=None,
     transaction_selector=None,
     observability_options=None,
+    attempt=0,
 ):
     """Restart iteration after :exc:`.ServiceUnavailable`.
 
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ def _restart_on_unavailable(
     ):
         iterator = method(request=request)
     while True:
+        attempt += 1
         try:
             for item in iterator:
                 item_buffer.append(item)