diff --git a/CHANGES/10529.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/10529.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d6714ffd043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/10529.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixed an issue where dns queries were delayed indefinitely when an exception occurred in a ``trace.send_dns_cache_miss``
+-- by :user:`logioniz`.
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index 3004ee5cd18..e3ddd3e3d6a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Alexandru Mihai
 Alexey Firsov
 Alexey Nikitin
 Alexey Popravka
+Alexey Stavrov
 Alexey Stepanov
 Almaz Salakhov
 Amin Etesamian
diff --git a/aiohttp/connector.py b/aiohttp/connector.py
index 8a3f1bcbf2b..3bdcc7d1c14 100644
--- a/aiohttp/connector.py
+++ b/aiohttp/connector.py
@@ -1018,11 +1018,11 @@ async def _resolve_host_with_throttle(
         This method must be run in a task and shielded from cancellation
         to avoid cancelling the underlying lookup.
         """
-        if traces:
-            for trace in traces:
-                await trace.send_dns_cache_miss(host)
         try:
             if traces:
+                for trace in traces:
+                    await trace.send_dns_cache_miss(host)
+
                 for trace in traces:
                     await trace.send_dns_resolvehost_start(host)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_connector.py b/tests/test_connector.py
index 076ed556971..5ff88256dce 100644
--- a/tests/test_connector.py
+++ b/tests/test_connector.py
@@ -3683,6 +3683,61 @@ async def send_dns_cache_hit(self, *args: object, **kwargs: object) -> None:
     await connector.close()
 
 
+async def test_connector_resolve_in_case_of_trace_cache_miss_exception(
+    loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop,
+) -> None:
+    token: ResolveResult = {
+        "hostname": "localhost",
+        "host": "127.0.0.1",
+        "port": 80,
+        "family": socket.AF_INET,
+        "proto": 0,
+        "flags": socket.AI_NUMERICHOST,
+    }
+
+    request_count = 0
+
+    class DummyTracer(Trace):
+        def __init__(self) -> None:
+            """Dummy"""
+
+        async def send_dns_cache_hit(self, *args: object, **kwargs: object) -> None:
+            """Dummy send_dns_cache_hit"""
+
+        async def send_dns_resolvehost_start(
+            self, *args: object, **kwargs: object
+        ) -> None:
+            """Dummy send_dns_resolvehost_start"""
+
+        async def send_dns_resolvehost_end(
+            self, *args: object, **kwargs: object
+        ) -> None:
+            """Dummy send_dns_resolvehost_end"""
+
+        async def send_dns_cache_miss(self, *args: object, **kwargs: object) -> None:
+            nonlocal request_count
+            request_count += 1
+            if request_count <= 1:
+                raise Exception("first attempt")
+
+    async def resolve_response() -> List[ResolveResult]:
+        await asyncio.sleep(0)
+        return [token]
+
+    with mock.patch("aiohttp.connector.DefaultResolver") as m_resolver:
+        m_resolver().resolve.return_value = resolve_response()
+
+        connector = TCPConnector()
+        traces = [DummyTracer()]
+
+        with pytest.raises(Exception):
+            await connector._resolve_host("", 0, traces)
+
+        await connector._resolve_host("", 0, traces) == [token]
+
+    await connector.close()
+
+
 async def test_connector_does_not_remove_needed_waiters(
     loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop, key: ConnectionKey
 ) -> None: