diff --git a/avocado/core/nrunner/task.py b/avocado/core/nrunner/task.py
index 619a7d45fe..0df47ddcfc 100644
--- a/avocado/core/nrunner/task.py
+++ b/avocado/core/nrunner/task.py
@@ -70,7 +70,16 @@ def _create_connection(self):
 
     def post(self, status):
         data = json_dumps(status)
-        self.connection.send(data.encode("ascii") + "\n".encode("ascii"))
+        try:
+            self.connection.send(data.encode("ascii") + "\n".encode("ascii"))
+        except BrokenPipeError:
+            try:
+                self._create_connection()
+                self.connection.send(data.encode("ascii") + "\n".encode("ascii"))
+            except ConnectionRefusedError:
+                LOG.warning(f"Connection with {self.uri} has been lost.")
+                return False
+        return True
 
     def close(self):
         if self.connection is not None:
@@ -211,12 +220,22 @@ def run(self):
         self.setup_output_dir()
         runner_klass = self.runnable.pick_runner_class()
         runner = runner_klass()
+        running_status_services = self.status_services
+        dameged_status_services = []
         for status in runner.run(self.runnable):
             if status["status"] == "started":
                 status.update({"output_dir": self.runnable.output_dir})
             status.update({"id": self.identifier})
             if self.job_id is not None:
                 status.update({"job_id": self.job_id})
-            for status_service in self.status_services:
-                status_service.post(status)
+            for status_service in running_status_services:
+                if not status_service.post(status):
+                    dameged_status_services.append(status_service)
+            if dameged_status_services:
+                running_status_services = list(
+                    filter(
+                        lambda s: s not in dameged_status_services,
+                        running_status_services,
+                    )
+                )
             yield status
diff --git a/selftests/check.py b/selftests/check.py
index df1da1ae43..a51025844d 100755
--- a/selftests/check.py
+++ b/selftests/check.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "nrunner-requirement": 16,
     "unit": 667,
     "jobs": 11,
-    "functional-parallel": 299,
+    "functional-parallel": 300,
     "functional-serial": 4,
     "optional-plugins": 0,
     "optional-plugins-golang": 2,
diff --git a/selftests/functional/nrunner.py b/selftests/functional/nrunner.py
index 0601fa7bc2..8dfd0fcbc0 100644
--- a/selftests/functional/nrunner.py
+++ b/selftests/functional/nrunner.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 import os
 import sys
 import unittest
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ def test_error_existing_stdout_stderr(self):
         self.assertEqual(res.exit_status, 0)
 
 
-class TaskRun(unittest.TestCase):
+class TaskRun(TestCaseTmpDir):
     def test_noop(self):
         res = process.run(
             f"{RUNNER} task-run -i XXXno-opXXX -k noop", ignore_status=True
@@ -265,6 +266,24 @@ def test_recipe_exec_test_3(self):
         self.assertEqual(res.exit_status, 0)
 
 
+class TaskRunStatusService(TestCaseTmpDir, unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    @skipUnlessPathExists("/bin/sleep")
+    @skipUnlessPathExists("/bin/nc")
+    async def test_task_status_service_lost(self):
+        nc_path = os.path.join(self.tmpdir.name, "socket")
+        nc_proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_shell(f"nc -lU {nc_path}")
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        task_proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_shell(
+            f"avocado-runner-exec-test task-run -i 1 -u /bin/sleep -a 3 -s {nc_path}",
+            stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
+        )
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        nc_proc.kill()
+        _, stderr = await task_proc.communicate()
+        self.assertIn(f"Connection with {nc_path} has been lost.".encode(), stderr)
+
+
 class ResolveSerializeRun(TestCaseTmpDir):
     @skipUnlessPathExists("/bin/true")
     def test(self):