diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 773aa7a776962..3527abbf914b1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1330,6 +1330,7 @@ project(':clients') {
     implementation libs.lz4
     implementation libs.snappy
     implementation libs.slf4jApi
+    implementation libs.crac
 
     compileOnly libs.jacksonDatabind // for SASL/OAUTHBEARER bearer token parsing
     compileOnly libs.jacksonJDK8Datatypes
diff --git a/checkstyle/import-control.xml b/checkstyle/import-control.xml
index c3318807f206f..05c5059023660 100644
--- a/checkstyle/import-control.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/import-control.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   <!-- common library dependencies -->
   <allow pkg="java" />
   <allow pkg="javax.management" />
+  <allow pkg="org.crac" />
   <allow pkg="org.slf4j" />
   <allow pkg="org.junit" />
   <allow pkg="org.opentest4j" />
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/KafkaClient.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/KafkaClient.java
index 18a7eefe2022b..9618b2d9373f8 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/KafkaClient.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/KafkaClient.java
@@ -213,4 +213,13 @@ ClientRequest newClientRequest(String nodeId,
      */
     boolean active();
 
+    /**
+     * Closes all network connections without closing the client completely.
+     */
+    void suspend();
+
+    /**
+     * Attempts to reconnect to at least one node in the cluster.
+     */
+    void resume();
 }
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/NetworkClient.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/NetworkClient.java
index 433440ce93325..30d442cd8e93b 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/NetworkClient.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/NetworkClient.java
@@ -649,6 +649,23 @@ public boolean active() {
         return state.get() == State.ACTIVE;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void suspend() {
+        selector.closeAllConnections();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void resume() {
+        long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        Node node = leastLoadedNode(now);
+        if (node == null) {
+            node = metadataUpdater.fetchNodes().stream().findAny().orElse(null);
+        }
+        if (node != null) {
+            initiateConnect(node, now);
+        }
+    }
+
     private void ensureActive() {
         if (!active())
             throw new DisconnectException("NetworkClient is no longer active, state is " + state);
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/internals/Sender.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/internals/Sender.java
index ac19c6252b7ca..e54d34cf76281 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/internals/Sender.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/internals/Sender.java
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.RequestHeader;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.LogContext;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Time;
+import org.crac.Context;
+import org.crac.Core;
+import org.crac.Resource;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.concurrent.Phaser;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@
  * The background thread that handles the sending of produce requests to the Kafka cluster. This thread makes metadata
  * requests to renew its view of the cluster and then sends produce requests to the appropriate nodes.
  */
-public class Sender implements Runnable {
+public class Sender implements Runnable, Resource {
 
     private final Logger log;
 
@@ -103,6 +107,8 @@ public class Sender implements Runnable {
     /* true when the caller wants to ignore all unsent/inflight messages and force close.  */
     private volatile boolean forceClose;
 
+    private volatile Phaser checkpointPhaser;
+
     /* metrics */
     private final SenderMetrics sensors;
 
@@ -151,6 +157,7 @@ public Sender(LogContext logContext,
         this.apiVersions = apiVersions;
         this.transactionManager = transactionManager;
         this.inFlightBatches = new HashMap<>();
+        Core.getGlobalContext().register(this);
     }
 
     public List<ProducerBatch> inFlightBatches(TopicPartition tp) {
@@ -296,6 +303,14 @@ public void run() {
      *
      */
     void runOnce() {
+        Phaser phaser = checkpointPhaser;
+        if (phaser != null) {
+            // first time we notify that checkpoint can progress
+            phaser.arriveAndAwaitAdvance();
+            // second time we wait for restore
+            phaser.arriveAndAwaitAdvance();
+        }
+
         if (transactionManager != null) {
             try {
                 transactionManager.maybeResolveSequences();
@@ -870,6 +885,21 @@ public static Sensor throttleTimeSensor(SenderMetricsRegistry metrics) {
         return produceThrottleTimeSensor;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void beforeCheckpoint(Context<? extends Resource> context) throws Exception {
+        checkpointPhaser = new Phaser(2);
+        checkpointPhaser.arriveAndAwaitAdvance();
+        client.suspend();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void afterRestore(Context<? extends Resource> context) throws Exception {
+        Phaser phaser = checkpointPhaser;
+        checkpointPhaser = null;
+        client.resume();
+        phaser.arriveAndAwaitAdvance();
+    }
+
     /**
      * A collection of sensors for the sender
      */
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/network/Selectable.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/network/Selectable.java
index afdd42e4a9c29..8d4d652e74d11 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/network/Selectable.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/network/Selectable.java
@@ -120,4 +120,9 @@ public interface Selectable {
      * @param id The id for the connection
      */
     boolean isChannelReady(String id);
+
+    /**
+     * Drops all connections without closing the selector completely.
+     */
+    void closeAllConnections();
 }
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/network/Selector.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/network/Selector.java
index 0a047d5a57e0e..bc338b2fef595 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/network/Selector.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/network/Selector.java
@@ -976,6 +976,20 @@ public boolean isChannelReady(String id) {
         return channel != null && channel.ready();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void closeAllConnections() {
+        List<String> connections = new ArrayList<>(channels.keySet());
+        AtomicReference<Throwable> firstException = new AtomicReference<>();
+        Utils.closeAllQuietly(firstException, "release connections",
+                connections.stream().map(id -> (AutoCloseable) () -> close(id)).toArray(AutoCloseable[]::new));
+        Throwable exception = firstException.get();
+        if (exception instanceof RuntimeException) {
+            throw (RuntimeException) exception;
+        } else if (exception != null) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(exception);
+        }
+    }
+
     private KafkaChannel openOrClosingChannelOrFail(String id) {
         KafkaChannel channel = this.channels.get(id);
         if (channel == null)
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/MockClient.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/MockClient.java
index 6d404a906aa69..3e29fa534acc3 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/MockClient.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/MockClient.java
@@ -571,6 +571,14 @@ public boolean active() {
         return active;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void suspend() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void resume() {
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void close() {
         active = false;
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/test/MockSelector.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/test/MockSelector.java
index 3560c3535aa73..31c0a89bb5482 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/test/MockSelector.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/test/MockSelector.java
@@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ public boolean isChannelReady(String id) {
         return ready.contains(id);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void closeAllConnections() {
+    }
+
     public void reset() {
         clear();
         initiatedSends.clear();
diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index 23636469f71c4..9af149cbc410f 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ versions += [
   bcpkix: "1.70",
   checkstyle: "8.36.2",
   commonsCli: "1.4",
+  crac: "0.1.3",
   dropwizardMetrics: "4.1.12.1",
   gradle: "8.0.2",
   grgit: "4.1.1",
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ libs += [
   argparse4j: "net.sourceforge.argparse4j:argparse4j:$versions.argparse4j",
   bcpkix: "org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15on:$versions.bcpkix",
   commonsCli: "commons-cli:commons-cli:$versions.commonsCli",
+  crac: "org.crac:crac:$versions.crac",
   easymock: "org.easymock:easymock:$versions.easymock",
   jacksonAnnotations: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:$versions.jackson",
   jacksonDatabind: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$versions.jacksonDatabind",