diff --git a/pymilvus/client/grpc_handler.py b/pymilvus/client/grpc_handler.py
index 4127e1104..baab23e88 100644
--- a/pymilvus/client/grpc_handler.py
+++ b/pymilvus/client/grpc_handler.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import socket
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 from urllib import parse
 
 import grpc
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ def __init__(
         self._set_authorization(**kwargs)
         self._setup_db_interceptor(kwargs.get("db_name", None))
         self._setup_grpc_channel()
+        self.callbacks = []
+
+    def register_state_change_callback(self, callback: Callable):
+        self.callbacks.append(callback)
+        self._channel.subscribe(callback, try_to_connect=True)
+
+    def deregister_state_change_callbacks(self):
+        for callback in self.callbacks:
+            self._channel.unsubscribe(callback)
+        self.callbacks = []
 
     def __get_address(self, uri: str, host: str, port: str) -> str:
         if host != "" and port != "" and is_legal_host(host) and is_legal_port(port):
@@ -141,6 +151,7 @@ def _wait_for_channel_ready(self, timeout: Union[float] = 10):
             raise e from e
 
     def close(self):
+        self.deregister_state_change_callbacks()
         self._channel.close()
 
     def reset_db_name(self, db_name: str):
diff --git a/pymilvus/orm/connections.py b/pymilvus/orm/connections.py
index 7826de8f2..c29863758 100644
--- a/pymilvus/orm/connections.py
+++ b/pymilvus/orm/connections.py
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 # the License.
 
 import copy
+import logging
 import threading
+import time
 from typing import Callable, Tuple, Union
 from urllib import parse
 
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@
 )
 from pymilvus.settings import Config
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 VIRTUAL_PORT = 443
 
 
@@ -58,6 +62,53 @@ def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         return super().__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
+class ReconnectHandler:
+    def __init__(self, conns: object, connection_name: str, kwargs: object) -> None:
+        self.connection_name = connection_name
+        self.conns = conns
+        self._kwargs = kwargs
+        self.is_idle_state = False
+        self.reconnect_lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    def check_state_and_reconnect_later(self):
+        check_after_seconds = 3
+        logger.debug(f"state is idle, schedule reconnect in {check_after_seconds} seconds")
+        time.sleep(check_after_seconds)
+        if not self.is_idle_state:
+            logger.debug("idle state changed, skip reconnect")
+            return
+        with self.reconnect_lock:
+            logger.info("reconnect on idle state")
+            self.is_idle_state = False
+            try:
+                logger.debug("try disconnecting old connection...")
+                self.conns.disconnect(self.connection_name)
+            except Exception:
+                logger.warning("disconnect failed: {e}")
+            finally:
+                reconnected = False
+                while not reconnected:
+                    try:
+                        logger.debug("try reconnecting...")
+                        self.conns.connect(self.connection_name, **self._kwargs)
+                        reconnected = True
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        logger.warning(
+                            f"reconnect failed: {e}, try again after {check_after_seconds} seconds"
+                        )
+                        time.sleep(check_after_seconds)
+            logger.info("reconnected")
+
+    def reconnect_on_idle(self, state: object):
+        logger.debug(f"state change to: {state}")
+        with self.reconnect_lock:
+            if state.value[1] != "idle":
+                self.is_idle_state = False
+                return
+            self.is_idle_state = True
+            threading.Thread(target=self.check_state_and_reconnect_later).start()
+
+
 class Connections(metaclass=SingleInstanceMetaClass):
     """Class for managing all connections of milvus.  Used as a singleton in this module."""
 
@@ -270,6 +321,8 @@ def connect(
                 Optional. Serving as the key for identification and authentication purposes.
                 Whenever a token is furnished, we shall supplement the corresponding header
                 to each RPC call.
+            * *keep_alive* (``bool``) --
+                Optional. Default is false. If set to true, client will keep an alive connection.
             * *db_name* (``str``) --
                 Optional. default database name of this connection
             * *client_key_path* (``str``) --
@@ -293,6 +346,13 @@ def connect(
             >>> connections.connect("test", host="localhost", port="19530")
         """
 
+        # kwargs_copy is used for auto reconnect
+        kwargs_copy = copy.deepcopy(kwargs)
+        kwargs_copy["user"] = user
+        kwargs_copy["password"] = password
+        kwargs_copy["db_name"] = db_name
+        kwargs_copy["token"] = token
+
         def connect_milvus(**kwargs):
             gh = GrpcHandler(**kwargs)
 
@@ -300,6 +360,10 @@ def connect_milvus(**kwargs):
             timeout = t if isinstance(t, (int, float)) else Config.MILVUS_CONN_TIMEOUT
 
             gh._wait_for_channel_ready(timeout=timeout)
+            if kwargs.get("keep_alive", False):
+                gh.register_state_change_callback(
+                    ReconnectHandler(self, alias, kwargs_copy).reconnect_on_idle
+                )
             kwargs.pop("password")
             kwargs.pop("token", None)
             kwargs.pop("secure", None)