diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 20cd8b38f..22c7ee358 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Release Notes.
 - Fix several "sync.Pool" leak issues by adding a tracker to the pool.
 - Fix panic when removing a expired segment.
 - Fix panic when reading a disorder block of measure. This block's versions are not sorted in descending order.
+- Fix the bug that the etcd client doesn't reconnect when facing the context timeout in the startup phase.
 
 ### Documentation
 
diff --git a/banyand/metadata/client.go b/banyand/metadata/client.go
index 61ba8164f..94a7f1bd8 100644
--- a/banyand/metadata/client.go
+++ b/banyand/metadata/client.go
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ package metadata
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ type clientService struct {
 	etcdTLSCertFile   string
 	etcdTLSKeyFile    string
 	endpoints         []string
+	registryTimeout   time.Duration
 	forceRegisterNode bool
 }
 
@@ -84,6 +88,7 @@ func (s *clientService) FlagSet() *run.FlagSet {
 	fs.StringVar(&s.etcdTLSCAFile, flagEtcdTLSCAFile, "", "Trusted certificate authority")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.etcdTLSCertFile, flagEtcdTLSCertFile, "", "Etcd client certificate")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.etcdTLSKeyFile, flagEtcdTLSKeyFile, "", "Private key for the etcd client certificate.")
+	fs.DurationVar(&s.registryTimeout, "node-registry-timeout", 2*time.Minute, "The timeout for the node registry")
 	return fs
 }
 
@@ -95,17 +100,50 @@ func (s *clientService) Validate() error {
 }
 
 func (s *clientService) PreRun(ctx context.Context) error {
-	var err error
-	s.schemaRegistry, err = schema.NewEtcdSchemaRegistry(
-		schema.Namespace(s.namespace),
-		schema.ConfigureServerEndpoints(s.endpoints),
-		schema.ConfigureEtcdUser(s.etcdUsername, s.etcdPassword),
-		schema.ConfigureEtcdTLSCAFile(s.etcdTLSCAFile),
-		schema.ConfigureEtcdTLSCertAndKey(s.etcdTLSCertFile, s.etcdTLSKeyFile),
-	)
-	if err != nil {
+	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
+	sn := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	l := logger.GetLogger(s.Name())
+	signal.Notify(sn,
+		syscall.SIGHUP, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGQUIT, syscall.SIGTERM)
+	go func() {
+		select {
+		case si := <-sn:
+			logger.GetLogger(s.Name()).Info().Msgf("signal received: %s", si)
+			close(stopCh)
+		case <-s.closer.CloseNotify():
+			close(stopCh)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	for {
+		var err error
+		s.schemaRegistry, err = schema.NewEtcdSchemaRegistry(
+			schema.Namespace(s.namespace),
+			schema.ConfigureServerEndpoints(s.endpoints),
+			schema.ConfigureEtcdUser(s.etcdUsername, s.etcdPassword),
+			schema.ConfigureEtcdTLSCAFile(s.etcdTLSCAFile),
+			schema.ConfigureEtcdTLSCertAndKey(s.etcdTLSCertFile, s.etcdTLSKeyFile),
+		)
+		if errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+			select {
+			case <-stopCh:
+				return errors.New("pre-run interrupted")
+			case <-time.After(s.registryTimeout):
+				return errors.New("pre-run timeout")
+			case <-s.closer.CloseNotify():
+				return errors.New("pre-run interrupted")
+			default:
+				l.Warn().Strs("etcd-endpoints", s.endpoints).Msg("the schema registry init timeout, retrying...")
+				time.Sleep(time.Second)
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		if err == nil {
+			break
+		}
 		return err
 	}
+
 	val := ctx.Value(common.ContextNodeKey)
 	if val == nil {
 		return errors.New("node id is empty")
@@ -116,7 +154,6 @@ func (s *clientService) PreRun(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return errors.New("node roles is empty")
 	}
 	nodeRoles := val.([]databasev1.Role)
-	l := logger.GetLogger(s.Name())
 	nodeInfo := &databasev1.Node{
 		Metadata: &commonv1.Metadata{
 			Name: node.NodeID,
@@ -126,15 +163,26 @@ func (s *clientService) PreRun(ctx context.Context) error {
 		Roles:       nodeRoles,
 		CreatedAt:   timestamppb.Now(),
 	}
+	var cancel context.CancelFunc
 	for {
-		ctxRegister, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*10)
-		err = s.schemaRegistry.RegisterNode(ctxRegister, nodeInfo, s.forceRegisterNode)
+		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*10)
+		err := s.schemaRegistry.RegisterNode(ctx, nodeInfo, s.forceRegisterNode)
 		cancel()
 		if errors.Is(err, schema.ErrGRPCAlreadyExists) {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "node[%s] already exists in etcd", node.NodeID)
 		} else if errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
-			l.Warn().Strs("etcd-endpoints", s.endpoints).Msg("register node timeout, retrying...")
-			continue
+			select {
+			case <-stopCh:
+				return errors.New("register node interrupted")
+			case <-time.After(s.registryTimeout):
+				return errors.New("register node timeout")
+			case <-s.closer.CloseNotify():
+				return errors.New("register node interrupted")
+			default:
+				l.Warn().Strs("etcd-endpoints", s.endpoints).Msg("register node timeout, retrying...")
+				time.Sleep(time.Second)
+				continue
+			}
 		}
 		if err == nil {
 			l.Info().Stringer("info", nodeInfo).Msg("register node successfully")
diff --git a/scripts/push-release.sh b/scripts/push-release.sh
index 0a0ed328e..4c41f32ec 100755
--- a/scripts/push-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/push-release.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ cp ${PRODUCT_NAME}-*.tgz.asc skywalking/banyandb/"$VERSION"
 cp ${PRODUCT_NAME}-*.tgz.sha512 skywalking/banyandb/"$VERSION"
 
 cd skywalking/banyandb && svn add "$VERSION" && svn commit -m "Draft Apache SkyWalking BanyanDB release $VERSION"
+cd "$VERSION"
 
 cat << EOF
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