diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/JsonStreamWriter.java b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/JsonStreamWriter.java
index 0e8d669764..b507934b41 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/JsonStreamWriter.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/JsonStreamWriter.java
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ public Builder setCompressorName(String compressorName) {
      * Enable client lib automatic retries on request level errors.
      *
      * <pre>
-     * Immeidate Retry code:
+     * Immediate Retry code:
      * ABORTED, UNAVAILABLE, CANCELLED, INTERNAL, DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
      * Backoff Retry code:
      * RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/JsonWriterStreamCdc.java b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/JsonWriterStreamCdc.java
index fef48095a2..0ba37ba13d 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/JsonWriterStreamCdc.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/JsonWriterStreamCdc.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFutureCallback;
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFutures;
+import com.google.api.gax.retrying.RetrySettings;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryException;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.threeten.bp.Duration;
 
 public class JsonWriterStreamCdc {
 
@@ -108,6 +110,18 @@ private static void query(String query) {
   public static void writeToDefaultStream(
       String projectId, String datasetName, String tableName, JSONArray data)
       throws DescriptorValidationException, InterruptedException, IOException {
+    // Configure in-stream automatic retry settings.
+    // Error codes that are immediately retried:
+    // * ABORTED, UNAVAILABLE, CANCELLED, INTERNAL, DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
+    // Error codes that are retried with exponential backoff:
+    // * RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED
+    RetrySettings retrySettings =
+        RetrySettings.newBuilder()
+            .setInitialRetryDelay(Duration.ofMillis(500))
+            .setRetryDelayMultiplier(1.1)
+            .setMaxAttempts(5)
+            .setMaxRetryDelay(Duration.ofMinutes(1))
+            .build();
     // To use the UPSERT functionality, the table schema needs to be padded with an additional
     // column "_change_type".
     TableSchema tableSchema =
@@ -159,7 +173,9 @@ public static void writeToDefaultStream(
     // Use the JSON stream writer to send records in JSON format.
     TableName parentTable = TableName.of(projectId, datasetName, tableName);
     try (JsonStreamWriter writer =
-        JsonStreamWriter.newBuilder(parentTable.toString(), tableSchema).build()) {
+        JsonStreamWriter.newBuilder(parentTable.toString(), tableSchema)
+            .setRetrySettings(retrySettings)
+            .build()) {
 
       ApiFuture<AppendRowsResponse> future = writer.append(data);
       // The append method is asynchronous. Rather than waiting for the method to complete,
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/ParallelWriteCommittedStream.java b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/ParallelWriteCommittedStream.java
index d7949e38cd..3680e43307 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/ParallelWriteCommittedStream.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/ParallelWriteCommittedStream.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFutureCallback;
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFutures;
+import com.google.api.gax.retrying.RetrySettings;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.AppendRowsResponse;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.BQTableSchemaToProtoDescriptor;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.BigQueryWriteClient;
@@ -36,12 +37,12 @@
 import com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.DescriptorValidationException;
 import com.google.protobuf.Message;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.GuardedBy;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.threeten.bp.Duration;
 
 public class ParallelWriteCommittedStream {
 
@@ -157,6 +158,18 @@ private void writeToStream(
       lastMetricsSuccessCount = 0;
       lastMetricsFailureCount = 0;
     }
+    // Configure in-stream automatic retry settings.
+    // Error codes that are immediately retried:
+    // * ABORTED, UNAVAILABLE, CANCELLED, INTERNAL, DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
+    // Error codes that are retried with exponential backoff:
+    // * RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED
+    RetrySettings retrySettings =
+        RetrySettings.newBuilder()
+            .setInitialRetryDelay(Duration.ofMillis(500))
+            .setRetryDelayMultiplier(1.1)
+            .setMaxAttempts(5)
+            .setMaxRetryDelay(Duration.ofMinutes(1))
+            .build();
     Descriptor descriptor =
         BQTableSchemaToProtoDescriptor.convertBQTableSchemaToProtoDescriptor(
             writeStream.getTableSchema());
@@ -164,6 +177,7 @@ private void writeToStream(
     try (StreamWriter writer =
         StreamWriter.newBuilder(writeStream.getName())
             .setWriterSchema(protoSchema)
+            .setRetrySettings(retrySettings)
             .setTraceId("SAMPLE:parallel_append")
             .build()) {
       while (System.currentTimeMillis() < deadlineMillis) {
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteBufferedStream.java b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteBufferedStream.java
index 26bb0d5510..718b5373d6 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteBufferedStream.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteBufferedStream.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 // [START bigquerystorage_jsonstreamwriter_buffered]
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
+import com.google.api.gax.retrying.RetrySettings;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.AppendRowsResponse;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.BigQueryWriteClient;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.CreateWriteStreamRequest;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.threeten.bp.Duration;
 
 public class WriteBufferedStream {
 
@@ -61,11 +63,25 @@ public static void writeBufferedStream(String projectId, String datasetName, Str
               .build();
       WriteStream writeStream = client.createWriteStream(createWriteStreamRequest);
 
+      // Configure in-stream automatic retry settings.
+      // Error codes that are immediately retried:
+      // * ABORTED, UNAVAILABLE, CANCELLED, INTERNAL, DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
+      // Error codes that are retried with exponential backoff:
+      // * RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED
+      RetrySettings retrySettings =
+          RetrySettings.newBuilder()
+              .setInitialRetryDelay(Duration.ofMillis(500))
+              .setRetryDelayMultiplier(1.1)
+              .setMaxAttempts(5)
+              .setMaxRetryDelay(Duration.ofMinutes(1))
+              .build();
+
       // Use the JSON stream writer to send records in JSON format.
       // For more information about JsonStreamWriter, see:
       // https://googleapis.dev/java/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/latest/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1beta2/JsonStreamWriter.html
       try (JsonStreamWriter writer =
           JsonStreamWriter.newBuilder(writeStream.getName(), writeStream.getTableSchema())
+              .setRetrySettings(retrySettings)
               .build()) {
         // Write two batches to the stream, each with 10 JSON records.
         for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteCommittedStream.java b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteCommittedStream.java
index c8c9334374..b2dfe21b00 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteCommittedStream.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteCommittedStream.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFutureCallback;
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFutures;
+import com.google.api.gax.retrying.RetrySettings;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.AppendRowsResponse;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.BigQueryWriteClient;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.CreateWriteStreamRequest;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.GuardedBy;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.threeten.bp.Duration;
 
 public class WriteCommittedStream {
 
@@ -113,11 +115,25 @@ void initialize(TableName parentTable, BigQueryWriteClient client)
               .build();
       WriteStream writeStream = client.createWriteStream(createWriteStreamRequest);
 
+      // Configure in-stream automatic retry settings.
+      // Error codes that are immediately retried:
+      // * ABORTED, UNAVAILABLE, CANCELLED, INTERNAL, DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
+      // Error codes that are retried with exponential backoff:
+      // * RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED
+      RetrySettings retrySettings =
+          RetrySettings.newBuilder()
+              .setInitialRetryDelay(Duration.ofMillis(500))
+              .setRetryDelayMultiplier(1.1)
+              .setMaxAttempts(5)
+              .setMaxRetryDelay(Duration.ofMinutes(1))
+              .build();
+
       // Use the JSON stream writer to send records in JSON format.
       // For more information about JsonStreamWriter, see:
       // https://googleapis.dev/java/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/latest/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/JsonStreamWriter.html
       streamWriter =
           JsonStreamWriter.newBuilder(writeStream.getName(), writeStream.getTableSchema(), client)
+              .setRetrySettings(retrySettings)
               .build();
     }
 
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WritePendingStream.java b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WritePendingStream.java
index 76f59a0e17..e8de163ed5 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WritePendingStream.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WritePendingStream.java
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 package com.example.bigquerystorage;
 
 // [START bigquerystorage_jsonstreamwriter_pending]
-
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFutureCallback;
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFutures;
+import com.google.api.gax.retrying.RetrySettings;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.AppendRowsResponse;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.BatchCommitWriteStreamsRequest;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.BatchCommitWriteStreamsResponse;
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.GuardedBy;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.threeten.bp.Duration;
 
 public class WritePendingStream {
 
@@ -129,6 +130,19 @@ void initialize(TableName parentTable, BigQueryWriteClient client)
       // https://googleapis.dev/java/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/latest/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/WriteStream.Type.html
       WriteStream stream = WriteStream.newBuilder().setType(WriteStream.Type.PENDING).build();
 
+      // Configure in-stream automatic retry settings.
+      // Error codes that are immediately retried:
+      // * ABORTED, UNAVAILABLE, CANCELLED, INTERNAL, DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
+      // Error codes that are retried with exponential backoff:
+      // * RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED
+      RetrySettings retrySettings =
+          RetrySettings.newBuilder()
+              .setInitialRetryDelay(Duration.ofMillis(500))
+              .setRetryDelayMultiplier(1.1)
+              .setMaxAttempts(5)
+              .setMaxRetryDelay(Duration.ofMinutes(1))
+              .build();
+
       CreateWriteStreamRequest createWriteStreamRequest =
           CreateWriteStreamRequest.newBuilder()
               .setParent(parentTable.toString())
@@ -140,7 +154,9 @@ void initialize(TableName parentTable, BigQueryWriteClient client)
       // For more information about JsonStreamWriter, see:
       // https://googleapis.dev/java/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/latest/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1beta2/JsonStreamWriter.html
       streamWriter =
-          JsonStreamWriter.newBuilder(writeStream.getName(), writeStream.getTableSchema()).build();
+          JsonStreamWriter.newBuilder(writeStream.getName(), writeStream.getTableSchema())
+              .setRetrySettings(retrySettings)
+              .build();
     }
 
     public void append(JSONArray data, long offset)
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteToDefaultStream.java b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteToDefaultStream.java
index feccef61f0..6c35f06018 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteToDefaultStream.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteToDefaultStream.java
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 package com.example.bigquerystorage;
 
 // [START bigquerystorage_jsonstreamwriter_default]
-
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFutureCallback;
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFutures;
 import com.google.api.gax.core.FixedExecutorProvider;
+import com.google.api.gax.retrying.RetrySettings;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.QueryJobConfiguration;
@@ -35,12 +35,9 @@
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.Exceptions.StorageException;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.JsonStreamWriter;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.TableName;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors;
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
 import com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.DescriptorValidationException;
-import io.grpc.Status;
-import io.grpc.Status.Code;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
@@ -49,6 +46,7 @@
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.GuardedBy;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.threeten.bp.Duration;
 
 public class WriteToDefaultStream {
 
@@ -97,7 +95,7 @@ public static void writeToDefaultStream(String projectId, String datasetName, St
         jsonArr.put(record);
       }
 
-      writer.append(new AppendContext(jsonArr, 0));
+      writer.append(new AppendContext(jsonArr));
     }
 
     // Final cleanup for the stream during worker teardown.
@@ -130,26 +128,15 @@ private static void verifyExpectedRowCount(TableName parentTable, int expectedRo
   private static class AppendContext {
 
     JSONArray data;
-    int retryCount = 0;
 
-    AppendContext(JSONArray data, int retryCount) {
+    AppendContext(JSONArray data) {
       this.data = data;
-      this.retryCount = retryCount;
     }
   }
 
   private static class DataWriter {
 
-    private static final int MAX_RETRY_COUNT = 3;
     private static final int MAX_RECREATE_COUNT = 3;
-    private static final ImmutableList<Code> RETRIABLE_ERROR_CODES =
-        ImmutableList.of(
-            Code.INTERNAL,
-            Code.ABORTED,
-            Code.CANCELLED,
-            Code.FAILED_PRECONDITION,
-            Code.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED,
-            Code.UNAVAILABLE);
 
     // Track the number of in-flight requests to wait for all responses before shutting down.
     private final Phaser inflightRequestCount = new Phaser(1);
@@ -163,6 +150,19 @@ private static class DataWriter {
 
     public void initialize(TableName parentTable)
         throws DescriptorValidationException, IOException, InterruptedException {
+      // Configure in-stream automatic retry settings.
+      // Error codes that are immediately retried:
+      // * ABORTED, UNAVAILABLE, CANCELLED, INTERNAL, DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
+      // Error codes that are retried with exponential backoff:
+      // * RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED
+      RetrySettings retrySettings =
+          RetrySettings.newBuilder()
+              .setInitialRetryDelay(Duration.ofMillis(500))
+              .setRetryDelayMultiplier(1.1)
+              .setMaxAttempts(5)
+              .setMaxRetryDelay(Duration.ofMinutes(1))
+              .build();
+
       // Use the JSON stream writer to send records in JSON format. Specify the table name to write
       // to the default stream.
       // For more information about JsonStreamWriter, see:
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ public void initialize(TableName parentTable)
               // column, apply the default value to the missing value field.
               .setDefaultMissingValueInterpretation(
                   AppendRowsRequest.MissingValueInterpretation.DEFAULT_VALUE)
+              .setRetrySettings(retrySettings)
               .build();
     }
 
@@ -244,26 +245,6 @@ public void onSuccess(AppendRowsResponse response) {
       }
 
       public void onFailure(Throwable throwable) {
-        // If the wrapped exception is a StatusRuntimeException, check the state of the operation.
-        // If the state is INTERNAL, CANCELLED, or ABORTED, you can retry. For more information,
-        // see: https://grpc.github.io/grpc-java/javadoc/io/grpc/StatusRuntimeException.html
-        Status status = Status.fromThrowable(throwable);
-        if (appendContext.retryCount < MAX_RETRY_COUNT
-            && RETRIABLE_ERROR_CODES.contains(status.getCode())) {
-          appendContext.retryCount++;
-          try {
-            // Since default stream appends are not ordered, we can simply retry the appends.
-            // Retrying with exclusive streams requires more careful consideration.
-            this.parent.append(appendContext);
-            // Mark the existing attempt as done since it's being retried.
-            done();
-            return;
-          } catch (Exception e) {
-            // Fall through to return error.
-            System.out.format("Failed to retry append: %s\n", e);
-          }
-        }
-
         if (throwable instanceof AppendSerializationError) {
           AppendSerializationError ase = (AppendSerializationError) throwable;
           Map<Integer, String> rowIndexToErrorMessage = ase.getRowIndexToErrorMessage();
@@ -282,7 +263,7 @@ public void onFailure(Throwable throwable) {
             // avoid potentially blocking while we are in a callback.
             if (dataNew.length() > 0) {
               try {
-                this.parent.append(new AppendContext(dataNew, 0));
+                this.parent.append(new AppendContext(dataNew));
               } catch (DescriptorValidationException e) {
                 throw new RuntimeException(e);
               } catch (IOException e) {