diff --git a/src/transport/middle_proxy/health.rs b/src/transport/middle_proxy/health.rs
index 7141f94..574ea73 100644
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/health.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/health.rs
@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@ use crate::network::IpFamily;
 
 use super::MePool;
 
+const HEALTH_INTERVAL_SECS: u64 = 1;
+const QUICK_RETRY_ATTEMPTS: u8 = 10;
+const QUICK_RETRY_DELAY_MS: u64 = 2500;
+
 pub async fn me_health_monitor(pool: Arc<MePool>, rng: Arc<SecureRandom>, _min_connections: usize) {
     let mut backoff: HashMap<(i32, IpFamily), u64> = HashMap::new();
     let mut last_attempt: HashMap<(i32, IpFamily), Instant> = HashMap::new();
     let mut inflight_single: HashSet<(i32, IpFamily)> = HashSet::new();
     loop {
-        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(30)).await;
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(HEALTH_INTERVAL_SECS)).await;
         check_family(
             IpFamily::V4,
             &pool,
@@ -83,8 +87,33 @@ async fn check_family(
             inflight_single.remove(&(dc, family));
             continue;
         }
+
+        // Aggressive quick-retry burst: up to 10 attempts every 2.5s before falling back to exponential backoff.
         let key = (dc, family);
-        let delay = *backoff.get(&key).unwrap_or(&30);
+        for attempt in 0..QUICK_RETRY_ATTEMPTS {
+            let mut shuffled = dc_addrs.clone();
+            shuffled.shuffle(&mut rand::rng());
+            let mut success = false;
+            for addr in &shuffled {
+                match pool.connect_one(*addr, rng.as_ref()).await {
+                    Ok(()) => {
+                        info!(%addr, dc = %dc, ?family, attempt, "ME reconnected (quick burst)");
+                        backoff.insert(key, HEALTH_INTERVAL_SECS);
+                        last_attempt.insert(key, Instant::now());
+                        inflight_single.remove(&key);
+                        success = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => debug!(%addr, dc = %dc, error = %e, attempt, ?family, "ME reconnect failed (quick)"),
+                }
+            }
+            if success {
+                continue;
+            }
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(QUICK_RETRY_DELAY_MS)).await;
+        }
+
+        let delay = *backoff.get(&key).unwrap_or(&HEALTH_INTERVAL_SECS);
         let now = Instant::now();
         if let Some(last) = last_attempt.get(&key) {
             if now.duration_since(*last).as_secs() < delay {
@@ -149,7 +178,7 @@ async fn check_family(
             continue;
         }
 
-        warn!(dc = %dc, delay, ?family, "DC has no ME coverage, reconnecting...");
+        warn!(dc = %dc, delay, ?family, "DC has no ME coverage, reconnecting (backoff)...");
         let mut shuffled = dc_addrs.clone();
         shuffled.shuffle(&mut rand::rng());
         let mut reconnected = false;
@@ -166,7 +195,7 @@ async fn check_family(
             }
         }
         if !reconnected {
-            let next = (*backoff.get(&key).unwrap_or(&30)).saturating_mul(2).min(300);
+            let next = (*backoff.get(&key).unwrap_or(&HEALTH_INTERVAL_SECS)).saturating_mul(2).min(60);
             backoff.insert(key, next);
             last_attempt.insert(key, now);
         }