diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c56a6dc38..6cb53f1d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+* Changed default StartTime (time of retries for connect to server) for topic writer from 1 minute to infinite (can be overrided by WithWriterStartTimeout topic option)
 * Added `Struct` support for `Variant` in `ydb.ParamsBuilder()`
 
 ## v3.61.2
diff --git a/internal/topic/retriable_error.go b/internal/topic/retriable_error.go
index 23ef3c49c..6276bc176 100644
--- a/internal/topic/retriable_error.go
+++ b/internal/topic/retriable_error.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	DefaultStartTimeout          = time.Minute
+	DefaultStartTimeout          = value.InfiniteDuration
 	connectionEstablishedTimeout = time.Minute
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/topic/topicwriterinternal/writer_reconnector.go b/internal/topic/topicwriterinternal/writer_reconnector.go
index dd7c1b72d..1faea8d66 100644
--- a/internal/topic/topicwriterinternal/writer_reconnector.go
+++ b/internal/topic/topicwriterinternal/writer_reconnector.go
@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ func (w *WriterReconnector) connectionLoop(ctx context.Context) {
 		prevAttemptTime = now
 
 		if reconnectReason != nil {
-			if backoff, retry := topic.CheckRetryMode(reconnectReason, w.retrySettings, w.clock.Since(startOfRetries)); retry {
+			retryDuration := w.clock.Since(startOfRetries)
+			if backoff, retry := topic.CheckRetryMode(reconnectReason, w.retrySettings, retryDuration); retry {
 				delay := backoff.Delay(attempt)
 				select {
 				case <-doneCtx:
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ func (w *WriterReconnector) connectionLoop(ctx context.Context) {
 					// pass
 				}
 			} else {
-				_ = w.close(ctx, reconnectReason)
+				_ = w.close(ctx, fmt.Errorf("%w, was retried (%v)", reconnectReason, retryDuration))
 
 				return
 			}