diff --git a/src/v1/signaling.test.ts b/src/v1/signaling.test.ts
index a993a41..29de410 100644
--- a/src/v1/signaling.test.ts
+++ b/src/v1/signaling.test.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ describe("Signaling websocket event handlers", () => {
     expect(ws.setAutoReconnect).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  test("should clear ping interval and set isReady false on close", async () => {
+  test("should clear ping interval on close", async () => {
     // Trigger open first to set up pingInterval
     const openCallback = getWsCallback("open");
     await openCallback();
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ describe("Signaling websocket event handlers", () => {
     const closeCallback = getWsCallback("close");
     expect(closeCallback).toBeDefined();
 
-    closeCallback(4000);
+    closeCallback(1001);
 
     expect((signaling as any).isReady).toBe(false);
   });
@@ -207,6 +207,29 @@ describe("Signaling websocket event handlers", () => {
     expect((signaling as any).ws).toBeNull();
     expect((signaling as any).isReady).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  test("should not disconnect on the retryable close code 1001", async () => {
+    const closeCallback = getWsCallback("close");
+    expect(closeCallback).toBeDefined();
+
+    closeCallback(1001);
+
+    expect((signaling as any).ws).not.toBeNull();
+    const ws = (signaling as any).ws;
+    expect(ws.setAutoReconnect).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test.each([4409, 1011, 4000])("should disable auto-reconnect and disconnect on close code %d", async (code) => {
+    const ws = (signaling as any).ws;
+    const closeCallback = getWsCallback("close");
+    expect(closeCallback).toBeDefined();
+
+    closeCallback(code);
+
+    expect(ws.setAutoReconnect).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
+    expect((signaling as any).ws).toBeNull();
+    expect((signaling as any).isReady).toBe(false);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("Signaling disconnect", () => {
diff --git a/src/v1/signaling.ts b/src/v1/signaling.ts
index cd369bf..bb5d386 100644
--- a/src/v1/signaling.ts
+++ b/src/v1/signaling.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ const FATAL_HANDSHAKE_ERRORS: Record<string, { status: number; logMessage: strin
   },
 };
 
+/**
+ * Close codes that should trigger a reconnect on this same client instance.
+ * Every other code, including ones this SDK doesn't recognize, tears the
+ * connection down instead of retrying it.
+ */
+const RETRY_CLOSE_CODES = new Set([1001]);
+
 class Signaling extends EventEmitter {
   private defaultWebsocketUrl: string = "wss://gateway.pv.prod.global.aws.bandwidth.com/prod/gateway-service/api/v1/endpoints";
   private ws: JsonRpcClient | null = null;
@@ -143,8 +150,12 @@ class Signaling extends EventEmitter {
         if (this.pingInterval) {
           clearInterval(this.pingInterval);
         }
-        if (code == 1000) {
-          // We were asked to go away and not come back. We should disconnect without calling leave.
+        if (!RETRY_CLOSE_CODES.has(code)) {
+          // rpc-websockets schedules its own reconnect synchronously, before it
+          // fires the "close" event we're handling here, so setAutoReconnect(false)
+          // alone is too late — the pending timer has to be cleared directly.
+          clearTimeout((ws as any).reconnect_timer_id);
+          ws.setAutoReconnect(false);
           this._disconnect(false);
         }
         this.isReady = false;