diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/ITTransactionRetryTest.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/ITTransactionRetryTest.java
index da48f661790..2f82421fd21 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/ITTransactionRetryTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/ITTransactionRetryTest.java
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@
 
 import static com.google.cloud.spanner.testing.EmulatorSpannerHelper.isUsingEmulator;
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assume.assumeFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -36,6 +38,10 @@ public class ITTransactionRetryTest {
   @Test
   public void TestRetryInfo() {
     assumeFalse("emulator does not support parallel transaction", isUsingEmulator());
+    // TODO(sakthivelmani) - Re-enable once b/422916293 is resolved
+    assumeFalse(
+        "Skipping the test due to a known bug b/422916293",
+        env.getTestHelper().getOptions().isEnableDirectAccess());
 
     // Creating a database with the table which contains INT64 columns
     Database db =
@@ -80,4 +86,56 @@ public void TestRetryInfo() {
 
     assertTrue("Transaction is not aborted with the trailers", isAbortedWithRetryInfo);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void TestRetryInfoWithDirectPath() {
+    assumeFalse("emulator does not support parallel transaction", isUsingEmulator());
+    // TODO(sakthivelmani) - Re-enable once b/422916293 is resolved
+    assumeTrue(
+        "Enabling this test due to bug b/422916293",
+        env.getTestHelper().getOptions().isEnableDirectAccess());
+
+    // Creating a database with the table which contains INT64 columns
+    Database db =
+        env.getTestHelper()
+            .createTestDatabase("CREATE TABLE Test(ID INT64, " + "EMPID INT64) PRIMARY KEY (ID)");
+    DatabaseClient databaseClient = env.getTestHelper().getClient().getDatabaseClient(db.getId());
+
+    // Inserting one row
+    databaseClient
+        .readWriteTransaction()
+        .run(
+            transaction -> {
+              transaction.buffer(
+                  Mutation.newInsertBuilder("Test").set("ID").to(1).set("EMPID").to(1).build());
+              return null;
+            });
+
+    int numRetries = 10;
+    boolean isAbortedWithRetryInfo = false;
+    while (numRetries-- > 0) {
+      try (TransactionManager transactionManager1 = databaseClient.transactionManager()) {
+        try (TransactionManager transactionManager2 = databaseClient.transactionManager()) {
+          try {
+            TransactionContext transaction1 = transactionManager1.begin();
+            TransactionContext transaction2 = transactionManager2.begin();
+            transaction1.executeUpdate(
+                Statement.of("UPDATE Test SET EMPID = EMPID + 1 WHERE ID = 1"));
+            transaction2.executeUpdate(
+                Statement.of("UPDATE Test SET EMPID = EMPID + 1 WHERE ID = 1"));
+            transactionManager1.commit();
+            transactionManager2.commit();
+          } catch (AbortedException abortedException) {
+            assertThat(abortedException.getErrorCode()).isEqualTo(ErrorCode.ABORTED);
+            if (abortedException.getRetryDelayInMillis() > 0) {
+              isAbortedWithRetryInfo = true;
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    assertFalse("Transaction is aborted with the trailers", isAbortedWithRetryInfo);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/connection/it/ITRetryDmlAsPartitionedDmlTest.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/connection/it/ITRetryDmlAsPartitionedDmlTest.java
index 476cf824013..fce97ab6ab8 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/connection/it/ITRetryDmlAsPartitionedDmlTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/connection/it/ITRetryDmlAsPartitionedDmlTest.java
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ public static void setupTestData() {
 
   @Test
   public void testDmlFailsIfMutationLimitExceeded() {
+    // TODO(sakthivelmani) - Re-enable once b/422916293 is resolved
+    assumeFalse(
+        "Skipping the test due to a known bug b/422916293",
+        env.getTestHelper().getOptions().isEnableDirectAccess());
     try (Connection connection = createConnection()) {
       connection.setAutocommit(true);
       assertThrows(
@@ -98,6 +102,10 @@ public void testDmlFailsIfMutationLimitExceeded() {
 
   @Test
   public void testRetryDmlAsPartitionedDml() throws Exception {
+    // TODO(sakthivelmani) - Re-enable once b/422916293 is resolved
+    assumeFalse(
+        "Skipping the test due to a known bug b/422916293",
+        env.getTestHelper().getOptions().isEnableDirectAccess());
     try (Connection connection = createConnection()) {
       connection.setAutocommit(true);
       connection.setAutocommitDmlMode(
@@ -138,6 +146,10 @@ public void retryDmlAsPartitionedDmlFinished(
 
   @Test
   public void testRetryDmlAsPartitionedDml_failsForLargeInserts() throws Exception {
+    // TODO(sakthivelmani) - Re-enable once b/422916293 is resolved
+    assumeFalse(
+        "Skipping the test due to a known bug b/422916293",
+        env.getTestHelper().getOptions().isEnableDirectAccess());
     try (Connection connection = createConnection()) {
       connection.setAutocommit(true);
       connection.setAutocommitDmlMode(