diff --git a/src/greptimedb_worker.erl b/src/greptimedb_worker.erl
index 763295f..4fef10a 100644
--- a/src/greptimedb_worker.erl
+++ b/src/greptimedb_worker.erl
@@ -199,13 +199,16 @@ do_shoot(State0, Requests0, Pending0, N, Channel) ->
         case greptime_v_1_greptime_database_client:handle_requests(Ctx, #{channel => Channel}) of
             {ok, Stream} ->
                 shoot(Stream, Req, State1, [ReplyTo]);
-            _Err ->
-                State0
+            Error ->
+                reply(ReplyTo, Error),
+                State1
+
         end
     catch
         E:R:S ->
             logger:error("[GreptimeDB] failed to shoot(pending=~0p,channel=~0p): ~0p ~0p ~p", [N, Channel, E, R, S]),
-            State0
+            reply(ReplyTo, R),
+            State1
     end.
 
 
diff --git a/test/greptimedb_SUITE.erl b/test/greptimedb_SUITE.erl
index 0b209ba..fe6f249 100644
--- a/test/greptimedb_SUITE.erl
+++ b/test/greptimedb_SUITE.erl
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ all() ->
     [t_write,
      t_write_stream,
      t_insert_requests,
+     t_write_failure,
      t_write_batch,
      t_bench_perf,
      t_write_stream,
@@ -106,6 +107,52 @@ t_insert_requests(_) ->
     end,
     ok.
 
+t_write_failure(_) ->
+    Metric = <<"temperatures">>,
+    Points =
+        [#{fields => #{<<"temperature">> => 1},
+           tags =>
+               #{<<"from">> => <<"mqttx_4b963a8e">>,
+                 <<"host">> => <<"serverA">>,
+                 <<"qos">> => greptimedb_values:int64_value(0),
+                 <<"region">> => <<"hangzhou">>},
+           timestamp => 1619775142098},
+         #{fields => #{<<"temperature">> => 2},
+           tags =>
+               #{<<"from">> => <<"mqttx_4b963a8e">>,
+                 <<"host">> => <<"serverB">>,
+                 <<"qos">> => greptimedb_values:int64_value(1),
+                 <<"region">> => <<"ningbo">>,
+                 <<"to">> => <<"kafka">>},
+           timestamp => 1619775143098}],
+    Options =
+        %% the port 5001 is invalid
+        [{endpoints, [{http, "localhost", 5001}]},
+         {pool, greptimedb_client_pool},
+         {pool_size, 5},
+         {pool_type, random},
+         {auth, {basic, #{username => <<"greptime_user">>, password => <<"greptime_pwd">>}}}],
+
+    {ok, Client} = greptimedb:start_client(Options),
+    false = greptimedb:is_alive(Client),
+    {error, _} = greptimedb:write(Client, Metric, Points),
+
+    %% async write
+    Ref = make_ref(),
+    TestPid = self(),
+    ResultCallback = {fun(Reply) -> TestPid ! {{Ref, reply}, Reply} end, []},
+
+    ok = greptimedb:async_write(Client, Metric, Points, ResultCallback),
+    receive
+        {{Ref, reply}, {error, Error}} ->
+            ct:print("write failure: ~p", [Error]);
+        {{Ref, reply}, _Other} ->
+            ?assert(false)
+    end,
+
+    greptimedb:stop_client(Client),
+    ok.
+
 t_write(_) ->
     Metric = <<"temperatures">>,
     Points =