diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
index 8d85b5ed9..f8580a6b9 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
@@ -79,12 +79,14 @@
 #include "distributed/multi_physical_planner.h"
 #include "distributed/multi_router_planner.h"
 #include "distributed/multi_executor.h"
+#include "distributed/locally_reserved_shared_connections.h"
 #include "distributed/placement_connection.h"
 #include "distributed/relation_access_tracking.h"
 #include "distributed/remote_commands.h"
 #include "distributed/remote_transaction.h"
 #include "distributed/resource_lock.h"
 #include "distributed/shard_pruning.h"
+#include "distributed/shared_connection_stats.h"
 #include "distributed/version_compat.h"
 #include "distributed/worker_protocol.h"
 #include "distributed/local_multi_copy.h"
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ static MultiConnection * GetLeastUtilisedCopyConnection(List *connectionStateLis
 														char *nodeName, int nodePort);
 static List * ConnectionStateList(HTAB *connectionStateHash);
 static List * ConnectionStateListToNode(HTAB *connectionStateHash,
-										char *hostname, int port);
+										const char *hostname, int32 port);
 static void InitializeCopyShardState(CopyShardState *shardState,
 									 HTAB *connectionStateHash,
 									 uint64 shardId, bool stopOnFailure, bool
@@ -815,6 +817,12 @@ OpenCopyConnectionsForNewShards(CopyStmt *copyStatement,
 		MultiConnection *connection = GetPlacementConnection(connectionFlags, placement,
 															 nodeUser);
 
+		/*
+		 * This code-path doesn't support optional connections, so we don't expect
+		 * NULL connections.
+		 */
+		Assert(connection != NULL);
+
 		if (PQstatus(connection->pgConn) != CONNECTION_OK)
 		{
 			if (stopOnFailure)
@@ -2265,6 +2273,15 @@ CitusCopyDestReceiverStartup(DestReceiver *dest, int operation,
 	copyDest->connectionStateHash = CreateConnectionStateHash(TopTransactionContext);
 
 	RecordRelationAccessIfReferenceTable(tableId, PLACEMENT_ACCESS_DML);
+
+	/*
+	 * For all the primary (e.g., writable) nodes, reserve a shared connection.
+	 * We do this upfront because we cannot know which nodes are going to be
+	 * accessed. Since the order of the reservation is important, we need to
+	 * do it right here. For the details on why the order important, see
+	 * the function.
+	 */
+	EnsureConnectionPossibilityForPrimaryNodes();
 }
 
 
@@ -2938,6 +2955,12 @@ CitusCopyTo(CopyStmt *copyStatement, char *completionTag)
 																 shardPlacement,
 																 userName);
 
+			/*
+			 * This code-path doesn't support optional connections, so we don't expect
+			 * NULL connections.
+			 */
+			Assert(connection != NULL);
+
 			if (placementIndex == list_length(shardPlacementList) - 1)
 			{
 				/* last chance for this shard */
@@ -3286,10 +3309,10 @@ ConnectionStateList(HTAB *connectionStateHash)
 
 /*
  * ConnectionStateListToNode returns all CopyConnectionState structures in
- * the given hash.
+ * the given hash for a given hostname and port values.
  */
 static List *
-ConnectionStateListToNode(HTAB *connectionStateHash, char *hostname, int port)
+ConnectionStateListToNode(HTAB *connectionStateHash, const char *hostname, int32 port)
 {
 	List *connectionStateList = NIL;
 	HASH_SEQ_STATUS status;
@@ -3533,18 +3556,37 @@ CopyGetPlacementConnection(HTAB *connectionStateHash, ShardPlacement *placement,
 		ConnectionStateListToNode(connectionStateHash, nodeName, nodePort);
 	if (HasReachedAdaptiveExecutorPoolSize(copyConnectionStateList))
 	{
-		connection =
-			GetLeastUtilisedCopyConnection(copyConnectionStateList, nodeName, nodePort);
-
 		/*
 		 * If we've already reached the executor pool size, there should be at
 		 * least one connection to any given node.
+		 *
+		 * Note that we don't need to mark the connection as critical, since the
+		 * connection was already returned by this function before.
 		 */
-		Assert(connection != NULL);
+		connection = GetLeastUtilisedCopyConnection(copyConnectionStateList,
+													nodeName,
+													nodePort);
 
 		return connection;
 	}
 
+	if (IsReservationPossible())
+	{
+		/*
+		 * Enforce the requirements for adaptive connection management
+		 * (a.k.a., throttle connections if citus.max_shared_pool_size
+		 * reached).
+		 *
+		 * Given that we have done reservations per node, we do not ever
+		 * need to pass WAIT_FOR_CONNECTION, we are sure that there is a
+		 * connection either reserved for this backend or already established
+		 * by the previous commands in the same transaction block.
+		 */
+		int adaptiveConnectionManagementFlag = OPTIONAL_CONNECTION;
+		connectionFlags |= adaptiveConnectionManagementFlag;
+	}
+
+
 	/*
 	 * For placements that haven't been assigned a connection by a previous command
 	 * in the current transaction, we use a separate connection per placement for
@@ -3571,6 +3613,52 @@ CopyGetPlacementConnection(HTAB *connectionStateHash, ShardPlacement *placement,
 	}
 
 	connection = GetPlacementConnection(connectionFlags, placement, nodeUser);
+	if (connection == NULL)
+	{
+		if (list_length(copyConnectionStateList) > 0)
+		{
+			/*
+			 * The connection manager throttled any new connections, so pick an existing
+			 * connection with least utilization.
+			 *
+			 * Note that we don't need to mark the connection as critical, since the
+			 * connection was already returned by this function before.
+			 */
+			connection =
+				GetLeastUtilisedCopyConnection(copyConnectionStateList, nodeName,
+											   nodePort);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/*
+			 * For this COPY command, we have not established any connections
+			 * and adaptive connection management throttled the new connection
+			 * request. This could only happen if this COPY command is the
+			 * second (or later) COPY command in a transaction block as the
+			 * first COPY command always gets a connection per node thanks to
+			 * the connection reservation.
+			 *
+			 * As we know that there has been at least one COPY command happened
+			 * earlier, we need to find the connection to that node, and use it.
+			 */
+			connection =
+				ConnectionAvailableToNode(nodeName, nodePort, CurrentUserName(),
+										  CurrentDatabaseName());
+
+			/*
+			 * We do not expect this to happen, but still instead of an assert,
+			 * we prefer explicit error message.
+			 */
+			if (connection == NULL)
+			{
+				ereport(ERROR, (errmsg("could not find an available connection"),
+								errhint("Set citus.max_shared_pool_size TO -1 to let "
+										"COPY command finish")));
+			}
+		}
+
+		return connection;
+	}
 
 	if (PQstatus(connection->pgConn) != CONNECTION_OK)
 	{
@@ -3628,6 +3716,8 @@ HasReachedAdaptiveExecutorPoolSize(List *connectionStateList)
 /*
  * GetLeastUtilisedCopyConnection returns a MultiConnection to the given node
  * with the least number of placements assigned to it.
+ *
+ * It is assumed that there exists at least one connection to the node.
  */
 static MultiConnection *
 GetLeastUtilisedCopyConnection(List *connectionStateList, char *nodeName,
@@ -3637,6 +3727,14 @@ GetLeastUtilisedCopyConnection(List *connectionStateList, char *nodeName,
 	int minPlacementCount = PG_INT32_MAX;
 	ListCell *connectionStateCell = NULL;
 
+	/*
+	 * We only pick the least utilised connection when some connection limits are
+	 * reached such as max_shared_pool_size or max_adaptive_executor_pool_size.
+	 *
+	 * Therefore there should be some connections to choose from.
+	 */
+	Assert(list_length(connectionStateList) > 0);
+
 	foreach(connectionStateCell, connectionStateList)
 	{
 		CopyConnectionState *connectionState = lfirst(connectionStateCell);
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/connection/connection_management.c b/src/backend/distributed/connection/connection_management.c
index 3cc8bb0c5..c25c0a67b 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/connection/connection_management.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/connection/connection_management.c
@@ -46,18 +46,19 @@ int MaxCachedConnectionsPerWorker = 1;
 
 HTAB *ConnectionHash = NULL;
 HTAB *ConnParamsHash = NULL;
+
 MemoryContext ConnectionContext = NULL;
 
 static uint32 ConnectionHashHash(const void *key, Size keysize);
 static int ConnectionHashCompare(const void *a, const void *b, Size keysize);
 static void StartConnectionEstablishment(MultiConnection *connectionn,
 										 ConnectionHashKey *key);
+static MultiConnection * FindAvailableConnection(dlist_head *connections, uint32 flags);
 static void FreeConnParamsHashEntryFields(ConnParamsHashEntry *entry);
 static void AfterXactHostConnectionHandling(ConnectionHashEntry *entry, bool isCommit);
 static bool ShouldShutdownConnection(MultiConnection *connection, const int
 									 cachedConnectionCount);
 static void ResetConnection(MultiConnection *connection);
-static MultiConnection * FindAvailableConnection(dlist_head *connections, uint32 flags);
 static bool RemoteTransactionIdle(MultiConnection *connection);
 static int EventSetSizeForConnectionList(List *connections);
 
@@ -497,6 +498,38 @@ CloseAllConnectionsAfterTransaction(void)
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * ConnectionAvailableToNode returns a MultiConnection if the session has at least
+ * one connection established and avaliable to use to the give node. Else, returns
+ * false.
+ */
+MultiConnection *
+ConnectionAvailableToNode(char *hostName, int nodePort, const char *userName,
+						  const char *database)
+{
+	ConnectionHashKey key;
+	bool found = false;
+
+	strlcpy(key.hostname, hostName, MAX_NODE_LENGTH);
+	key.port = nodePort;
+	strlcpy(key.user, userName, NAMEDATALEN);
+	strlcpy(key.database, database, NAMEDATALEN);
+
+	ConnectionHashEntry *entry =
+		(ConnectionHashEntry *) hash_search(ConnectionHash, &key, HASH_FIND, &found);
+
+	if (!found)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	int flags = 0;
+	MultiConnection *connection = FindAvailableConnection(entry->connections, flags);
+
+	return connection;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * CloseNodeConnectionsAfterTransaction sets the forceClose flag of the connections
  * to a particular node as true such that the connections are no longer cached. This
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/connection/locally_reserved_shared_connections.c b/src/backend/distributed/connection/locally_reserved_shared_connections.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4dc337cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/connection/locally_reserved_shared_connections.c
@@ -0,0 +1,511 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * locally_reserved_shared_connections.c
+ *
+ *   Keeps track of the number of reserved connections to remote nodes
+ *   for this backend. The primary goal is to complement the logic
+ *   implemented in shared_connections.c which aims to prevent excessive
+ *   number of connections (typically > max_connections) to any worker node.
+ *   With this locally reserved connection stats, we enforce the same
+ *   constraints considering these locally reserved shared connections.
+ *
+ *   To be more precise, shared connection stats are incremented only with two
+ *   operations: (a) Establishing a connection to a remote node
+ *               (b) Reserving connections, the logic that this
+ *                   file implements.
+ *
+ *   Finally, as the name already implies, once a node has reserved a  shared
+ *   connection, it is guaranteed to have the right to establish a connection
+ *   to the given remote node when needed.
+ *
+ *   For COPY command, we use this fact to reserve connections to the remote nodes
+ *   in the same order as the adaptive executor in order to prevent any resource
+ *   starvations. We need to do this because COPY establishes connections when it
+ *   recieves a tuple that targets a remote node. This is a valuable optimization
+ *   to prevent unnecessary connection establishments, which are pretty expensive.
+ *   Instead, COPY command can reserve connections upfront, and utilize them when
+ *   they are actually needed.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) Citus Data, Inc.
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#include "postgres.h"
+
+#include "miscadmin.h"
+
+#include "access/hash.h"
+#include "commands/dbcommands.h"
+#include "distributed/listutils.h"
+#include "distributed/locally_reserved_shared_connections.h"
+#include "distributed/metadata_cache.h"
+#include "distributed/multi_executor.h"
+#include "distributed/placement_connection.h"
+#include "distributed/shared_connection_stats.h"
+#include "distributed/tuplestore.h"
+#include "distributed/worker_manager.h"
+#include "utils/hashutils.h"
+#include "utils/builtins.h"
+
+
+#define RESERVED_CONNECTION_COLUMNS 4
+
+
+/* session specific hash map*/
+static HTAB *SessionLocalReservedConnections = NULL;
+
+
+/*
+ * Hash key for connection reservations
+ */
+typedef struct ReservedConnectionHashKey
+{
+	char hostname[MAX_NODE_LENGTH];
+	int32 port;
+	Oid databaseOid;
+	Oid userId;
+} ReservedConnectionHashKey;
+
+/*
+ * Hash entry for per worker information. The rules are as follows:
+ *  - If there is no entry in the hash, we can make a reservation.
+ *  - If usedReservation is false, we have a reservation that we can use.
+ *  - If usedReservation is true, we used the reservation and cannot make more reservations.
+ */
+typedef struct ReservedConnectionHashEntry
+{
+	ReservedConnectionHashKey key;
+
+	bool usedReservation;
+} ReservedConnectionHashEntry;
+
+
+static void StoreAllReservedConnections(Tuplestorestate *tupleStore,
+										TupleDesc tupleDescriptor);
+static ReservedConnectionHashEntry * AllocateOrGetReservedConectionEntry(char *hostName,
+																		 int nodePort, Oid
+																		 userId, Oid
+																		 databaseOid,
+																		 bool *found);
+static void EnsureConnectionPossibilityForNodeList(List *nodeList);
+static uint32 LocalConnectionReserveHashHash(const void *key, Size keysize);
+static int LocalConnectionReserveHashCompare(const void *a, const void *b, Size keysize);
+
+
+PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(citus_reserved_connection_stats);
+
+/*
+ * citus_reserved_connection_stats returns all the avaliable information about all
+ * the reserved connections. This function is used mostly for testing.
+ */
+Datum
+citus_reserved_connection_stats(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	TupleDesc tupleDescriptor = NULL;
+
+	CheckCitusVersion(ERROR);
+	Tuplestorestate *tupleStore = SetupTuplestore(fcinfo, &tupleDescriptor);
+
+	StoreAllReservedConnections(tupleStore, tupleDescriptor);
+
+	/* clean up and return the tuplestore */
+	tuplestore_donestoring(tupleStore);
+
+	PG_RETURN_VOID();
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * StoreAllReservedConnections gets connections established from the current node
+ * and inserts them into the given tuplestore.
+ *
+ * We don't need to enforce any access privileges as the number of backends
+ * on any node is already visible on pg_stat_activity to all users.
+ */
+static void
+StoreAllReservedConnections(Tuplestorestate *tupleStore, TupleDesc tupleDescriptor)
+{
+	Datum values[RESERVED_CONNECTION_COLUMNS];
+	bool isNulls[RESERVED_CONNECTION_COLUMNS];
+
+	HASH_SEQ_STATUS status;
+	ReservedConnectionHashEntry *connectionEntry = NULL;
+
+	hash_seq_init(&status, SessionLocalReservedConnections);
+	while ((connectionEntry =
+				(ReservedConnectionHashEntry *) hash_seq_search(&status)) != 0)
+	{
+		/* get ready for the next tuple */
+		memset(values, 0, sizeof(values));
+		memset(isNulls, false, sizeof(isNulls));
+
+		char *databaseName = get_database_name(connectionEntry->key.databaseOid);
+		if (databaseName == NULL)
+		{
+			/* database might have been dropped */
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		values[0] = PointerGetDatum(cstring_to_text(connectionEntry->key.hostname));
+		values[1] = Int32GetDatum(connectionEntry->key.port);
+		values[2] = PointerGetDatum(cstring_to_text(databaseName));
+		values[3] = BoolGetDatum(connectionEntry->usedReservation);
+
+		tuplestore_putvalues(tupleStore, tupleDescriptor, values, isNulls);
+	}
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * InitializeLocallyReservedSharedConnections initializes the hashmap in
+ * ConnectionContext.
+ */
+void
+InitializeLocallyReservedSharedConnections(void)
+{
+	HASHCTL reservedConnectionInfo;
+
+	memset(&reservedConnectionInfo, 0, sizeof(reservedConnectionInfo));
+	reservedConnectionInfo.keysize = sizeof(ReservedConnectionHashKey);
+	reservedConnectionInfo.entrysize = sizeof(ReservedConnectionHashEntry);
+
+	/*
+	 * ConnectionContext is the session local memory context that is used for
+	 * tracking remote connections.
+	 */
+	reservedConnectionInfo.hcxt = ConnectionContext;
+
+	reservedConnectionInfo.hash = LocalConnectionReserveHashHash;
+	reservedConnectionInfo.match = LocalConnectionReserveHashCompare;
+
+	uint32 hashFlags = (HASH_ELEM | HASH_FUNCTION | HASH_CONTEXT | HASH_COMPARE);
+
+	SessionLocalReservedConnections =
+		hash_create("citus session level reserved connectios (host,port,database,user)",
+					64, &reservedConnectionInfo, hashFlags);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *  CanUseReservedConnection returns true if we have already reserved at least
+ *  one shared connection in this session that is not used.
+ */
+bool
+CanUseReservedConnection(const char *hostName, int nodePort, Oid userId,
+						 Oid databaseOid)
+{
+	ReservedConnectionHashKey key;
+
+	strlcpy(key.hostname, hostName, MAX_NODE_LENGTH);
+	key.userId = userId;
+	key.port = nodePort;
+	key.databaseOid = databaseOid;
+
+	bool found = false;
+	ReservedConnectionHashEntry *entry =
+		(ReservedConnectionHashEntry *) hash_search(SessionLocalReservedConnections, &key,
+													HASH_FIND, &found);
+
+	if (!found || !entry)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return !entry->usedReservation;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * DeallocateReservedConnections is responsible for two things. First, if the operation
+ * has reserved a connection but not used, it gives back the connection back to the
+ * shared memory pool. Second, for all cases, it deallocates the session local entry from
+ * the hash.
+ */
+void
+DeallocateReservedConnections(void)
+{
+	HASH_SEQ_STATUS status;
+	ReservedConnectionHashEntry *entry;
+
+	hash_seq_init(&status, SessionLocalReservedConnections);
+	while ((entry = (ReservedConnectionHashEntry *) hash_seq_search(&status)) != 0)
+	{
+		if (!entry->usedReservation)
+		{
+			/*
+			 * We have not used this reservation, make sure to clean-up from
+			 * the shared memory as well.
+			 */
+			DecrementSharedConnectionCounter(entry->key.hostname, entry->key.port);
+
+			/* for completeness, set it to true */
+			entry->usedReservation = true;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * We cleaned up all the entries because we may not need reserved connections
+		 * in the next iteration.
+		 */
+		bool found = false;
+		hash_search(SessionLocalReservedConnections, entry, HASH_REMOVE, &found);
+		Assert(found);
+	}
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * MarkReservedConnectionUsed sets the local hash that the reservation is used.
+ */
+void
+MarkReservedConnectionUsed(const char *hostName, int nodePort, Oid userId,
+						   Oid databaseOid)
+{
+	ReservedConnectionHashKey key;
+
+	strlcpy(key.hostname, hostName, MAX_NODE_LENGTH);
+	key.userId = userId;
+	key.port = nodePort;
+	key.databaseOid = databaseOid;
+
+	bool found = false;
+	ReservedConnectionHashEntry *entry =
+		(ReservedConnectionHashEntry *) hash_search(
+			SessionLocalReservedConnections, &key, HASH_FIND, &found);
+
+	if (!found)
+	{
+		ereport(ERROR, (errmsg("BUG: untracked reserved connection"),
+						errhint("Set citus.max_shared_pool_size TO -1 to "
+								"disable reserved connection counters")));
+	}
+
+	/* a reservation can only be used once */
+	Assert(!entry->usedReservation);
+
+	entry->usedReservation = true;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * EnsureConnectionPossibilityForPrimaryNodes is a wrapper around
+ * EnsureConnectionPossibilityForNodeList.
+ */
+void
+EnsureConnectionPossibilityForPrimaryNodes(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * By using NoLock there is a tiny risk of that we miss to reserve a
+	 * connection for a concurrently added node. However, that doesn't
+	 * seem to cause any problems as none of the placements that we are
+	 * going to access would be on the new node.
+	 */
+	List *primaryNodeList = ActivePrimaryNodeList(NoLock);
+
+	EnsureConnectionPossibilityForNodeList(primaryNodeList);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * EnsureConnectionPossibilityForNodeList reserves a shared connection
+ * counter per node in the nodeList unless:
+ *  - Reservation is needed (see IsReservationPossible())
+ *  - there is at least one connection to the node so that we are guranteed
+ *    to get a connection
+ *  - An earlier call already reserved a connection (e.g., we allow only a
+ *    single reservation per backend)
+ */
+static void
+EnsureConnectionPossibilityForNodeList(List *nodeList)
+{
+	if (!IsReservationPossible())
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We sort the workerList because adaptive connection management
+	 * (e.g., OPTIONAL_CONNECTION) requires any concurrent executions
+	 * to wait for the connections in the same order to prevent any
+	 * starvation. If we don't sort, we might end up with:
+	 *      Execution 1: Get connection for worker 1, wait for worker 2
+	 *      Execution 2: Get connection for worker 2, wait for worker 1
+	 *
+	 *  and, none could proceed. Instead, we enforce every execution establish
+	 *  the required connections to workers in the same order.
+	 */
+	nodeList = SortList(nodeList, CompareWorkerNodes);
+
+	char *databaseName = get_database_name(MyDatabaseId);
+	Oid userId = GetUserId();
+	char *userName = GetUserNameFromId(userId, false);
+
+	WorkerNode *workerNode = NULL;
+	foreach_ptr(workerNode, nodeList)
+	{
+		if (ConnectionAvailableToNode(workerNode->workerName, workerNode->workerPort,
+									  userName, databaseName) != NULL)
+		{
+			/*
+			 * The same user has already an active connection for the node. It
+			 * means that the execution can use the same connection, so reservation
+			 * is not necessary.
+			 */
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * We are trying to be defensive here by ensuring that the required hash
+		 * table entry can be allocated. The main goal is that we don't want to be
+		 * in a situation where shared connection counter is incremented but not
+		 * the local reserved counter due to out-of-memory.
+		 *
+		 * Note that shared connection stats operate on the shared memory, and we
+		 * pre-allocate all the necessary memory. In other words, it would never
+		 * throw out of memory error.
+		 */
+		bool found = false;
+		ReservedConnectionHashEntry *hashEntry =
+			AllocateOrGetReservedConectionEntry(workerNode->workerName,
+												workerNode->workerPort,
+												userId, MyDatabaseId, &found);
+
+		if (found)
+		{
+			/*
+			 * We have already reserved a connection for this user and database
+			 * on the worker. We only allow a single reservation per
+			 * transaction block. The reason is that the earlier command (either in
+			 * a transaction block or a function call triggered by a single command)
+			 * was able to reserve or establish a connection. That connection is
+			 * guranteed to be avaliable for us.
+			 */
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Increment the shared counter, we may need to wait if there are
+		 * no space left.
+		 */
+		WaitLoopForSharedConnection(workerNode->workerName, workerNode->workerPort);
+
+		/* locally mark that we have one connection reserved */
+		hashEntry->usedReservation = false;
+	}
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * IsReservationPossible returns true if the state of the current
+ * session is eligible for shared connection reservation.
+ */
+bool
+IsReservationPossible(void)
+{
+	if (GetMaxSharedPoolSize() == DISABLE_CONNECTION_THROTTLING)
+	{
+		/* connection throttling disabled */
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (UseConnectionPerPlacement())
+	{
+		/*
+		 * For this case, we are not enforcing adaptive
+		 * connection management anyway.
+		 */
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (SessionLocalReservedConnections == NULL)
+	{
+		/*
+		 * This is unexpected as SessionLocalReservedConnections hash table is
+		 * created at startup. Still, let's be defensive.
+		 */
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * AllocateReservedConectionEntry allocates the required entry in the hash
+ * map by HASH_ENTER. The function throws an error if it cannot allocate
+ * the entry.
+ */
+static ReservedConnectionHashEntry *
+AllocateOrGetReservedConectionEntry(char *hostName, int nodePort, Oid userId,
+									Oid databaseOid, bool *found)
+{
+	ReservedConnectionHashKey key;
+
+	*found = false;
+
+	strlcpy(key.hostname, hostName, MAX_NODE_LENGTH);
+	key.userId = userId;
+	key.port = nodePort;
+	key.databaseOid = databaseOid;
+
+	/*
+	 * Entering a new entry with HASH_ENTER flag is enough as it would
+	 * throw out-of-memory error as it internally does palloc.
+	 */
+	ReservedConnectionHashEntry *entry =
+		(ReservedConnectionHashEntry *) hash_search(SessionLocalReservedConnections,
+													&key, HASH_ENTER, found);
+
+	if (!*found)
+	{
+		/*
+		 * Until we reserve connection in the shared memory, we treat
+		 * as if have used the reservation.
+		 */
+		entry->usedReservation = true;
+	}
+
+	return entry;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * LocalConnectionReserveHashHash is a utilty function to calculate hash of
+ * ReservedConnectionHashKey.
+ */
+static uint32
+LocalConnectionReserveHashHash(const void *key, Size keysize)
+{
+	ReservedConnectionHashKey *entry = (ReservedConnectionHashKey *) key;
+
+	uint32 hash = string_hash(entry->hostname, MAX_NODE_LENGTH);
+	hash = hash_combine(hash, hash_uint32(entry->userId));
+	hash = hash_combine(hash, hash_uint32(entry->port));
+	hash = hash_combine(hash, hash_uint32(entry->databaseOid));
+
+	return hash;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * LocalConnectionReserveHashCompare is a utilty function to compare
+ * ReservedConnectionHashKeys.
+ */
+static int
+LocalConnectionReserveHashCompare(const void *a, const void *b, Size keysize)
+{
+	ReservedConnectionHashKey *ca = (ReservedConnectionHashKey *) a;
+	ReservedConnectionHashKey *cb = (ReservedConnectionHashKey *) b;
+
+	if (ca->port != cb->port ||
+		ca->databaseOid != cb->databaseOid ||
+		ca->userId != cb->userId ||
+		strncmp(ca->hostname, cb->hostname, MAX_NODE_LENGTH) != 0)
+	{
+		return 1;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/connection/placement_connection.c b/src/backend/distributed/connection/placement_connection.c
index 5cfd25e39..abaf334d9 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/connection/placement_connection.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/connection/placement_connection.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "distributed/listutils.h"
 #include "distributed/coordinator_protocol.h"
 #include "distributed/metadata_cache.h"
+#include "distributed/multi_executor.h"
 #include "distributed/distributed_planner.h"
 #include "distributed/multi_partitioning_utils.h"
 #include "distributed/placement_connection.h"
@@ -209,6 +210,14 @@ GetPlacementConnection(uint32 flags, ShardPlacement *placement, const char *user
 {
 	MultiConnection *connection = StartPlacementConnection(flags, placement, userName);
 
+	if (connection == NULL)
+	{
+		/* connection can only be NULL for optional connections */
+		Assert((flags & OPTIONAL_CONNECTION));
+
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	FinishConnectionEstablishment(connection);
 	return connection;
 }
@@ -293,25 +302,25 @@ StartPlacementListConnection(uint32 flags, List *placementAccessList,
 		 */
 		chosenConnection = StartNodeUserDatabaseConnection(flags, nodeName, nodePort,
 														   userName, NULL);
+		if (chosenConnection == NULL)
+		{
+			/* connection can only be NULL for optional connections */
+			Assert((flags & OPTIONAL_CONNECTION));
 
-		/*
-		 * chosenConnection can only be NULL for optional connections, which we
-		 * don't support in this codepath.
-		 */
-		Assert((flags & OPTIONAL_CONNECTION) == 0);
-		Assert(chosenConnection != NULL);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 
 		if ((flags & REQUIRE_CLEAN_CONNECTION) &&
 			ConnectionAccessedDifferentPlacement(chosenConnection, placement))
 		{
 			/*
 			 * Cached connection accessed a non-co-located placement in the same
-			 * table or co-location group, while the caller asked for a connection
-			 * per placement. Open a new connection instead.
+			 * table or co-location group, while the caller asked for a clean
+			 * connection. Open a new connection instead.
 			 *
 			 * We use this for situations in which we want to use a different
 			 * connection for every placement, such as COPY. If we blindly returned
-			 * a cached conection that already modified a different, non-co-located
+			 * a cached connection that already modified a different, non-co-located
 			 * placement B in the same table or in a table with the same co-location
 			 * ID as the current placement, then we'd no longer able to write to
 			 * placement B later in the COPY.
@@ -321,12 +330,13 @@ StartPlacementListConnection(uint32 flags, List *placementAccessList,
 															   nodeName, nodePort,
 															   userName, NULL);
 
-			/*
-			 * chosenConnection can only be NULL for optional connections,
-			 * which we don't support in this codepath.
-			 */
-			Assert((flags & OPTIONAL_CONNECTION) == 0);
-			Assert(chosenConnection != NULL);
+			if (chosenConnection == NULL)
+			{
+				/* connection can only be NULL for optional connections */
+				Assert((flags & OPTIONAL_CONNECTION));
+
+				return NULL;
+			}
 
 			Assert(!ConnectionAccessedDifferentPlacement(chosenConnection, placement));
 		}
@@ -1175,6 +1185,19 @@ InitPlacementConnectionManagement(void)
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * UseConnectionPerPlacement returns whether we should use as separate connection
+ * per placement even if another connection is idle. We mostly use this in testing
+ * scenarios.
+ */
+bool
+UseConnectionPerPlacement(void)
+{
+	return ForceMaxQueryParallelization &&
+		   MultiShardConnectionType != SEQUENTIAL_CONNECTION;
+}
+
+
 static uint32
 ColocatedPlacementsHashHash(const void *key, Size keysize)
 {
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/connection/shared_connection_stats.c b/src/backend/distributed/connection/shared_connection_stats.c
index 632891c7f..65a5536c4 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/connection/shared_connection_stats.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/connection/shared_connection_stats.c
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@
 #include "distributed/cancel_utils.h"
 #include "distributed/connection_management.h"
 #include "distributed/listutils.h"
+#include "distributed/locally_reserved_shared_connections.h"
 #include "distributed/metadata_cache.h"
 #include "distributed/multi_executor.h"
+#include "distributed/placement_connection.h"
 #include "distributed/shared_connection_stats.h"
+#include "distributed/worker_manager.h"
 #include "distributed/time_constants.h"
 #include "distributed/tuplestore.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
@@ -37,8 +40,6 @@
 
 #define REMOTE_CONNECTION_STATS_COLUMNS 4
 
-#define ADJUST_POOLSIZE_AUTOMATICALLY 0
-#define DISABLE_CONNECTION_THROTTLING -1
 
 /*
  * The data structure used to store data in shared memory. This data structure is only
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ typedef struct ConnectionStatsSharedData
 	ConditionVariable waitersConditionVariable;
 } ConnectionStatsSharedData;
 
+
 typedef struct SharedConnStatsHashKey
 {
 	/*
@@ -106,8 +108,8 @@ static void UnLockConnectionSharedMemory(void);
 static void SharedConnectionStatsShmemInit(void);
 static size_t SharedConnectionStatsShmemSize(void);
 static bool ShouldWaitForConnection(int currentConnectionCount);
-static int SharedConnectionHashCompare(const void *a, const void *b, Size keysize);
 static uint32 SharedConnectionHashHash(const void *key, Size keysize);
+static int SharedConnectionHashCompare(const void *a, const void *b, Size keysize);
 
 
 PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(citus_remote_connection_stats);
@@ -247,6 +249,18 @@ TryToIncrementSharedConnectionCounter(const char *hostname, int port)
 							   MAX_NODE_LENGTH)));
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * The local session might already have some reserved connections to the given
+	 * node. In that case, we don't need to go through the shared memory.
+	 */
+	Oid userId = GetUserId();
+	if (CanUseReservedConnection(hostname, port, userId, MyDatabaseId))
+	{
+		MarkReservedConnectionUsed(hostname, port, userId, MyDatabaseId);
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	connKey.port = port;
 	connKey.databaseOid = MyDatabaseId;
 
@@ -363,7 +377,7 @@ IncrementSharedConnectionCounter(const char *hostname, int port)
 
 /*
  * DecrementSharedConnectionCounter decrements the shared counter
- * for the given hostname and port.
+ * for the given hostname and port for the given count.
  */
 void
 DecrementSharedConnectionCounter(const char *hostname, int port)
@@ -634,19 +648,6 @@ AdaptiveConnectionManagementFlag(int activeConnectionCount)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * UseConnectionPerPlacement returns whether we should use a separate connection
- * per placement even if another connection is idle. We mostly use this in testing
- * scenarios.
- */
-bool
-UseConnectionPerPlacement(void)
-{
-	return ForceMaxQueryParallelization &&
-		   MultiShardConnectionType != SEQUENTIAL_CONNECTION;
-}
-
-
 /*
  * ShouldWaitForConnection returns true if the workerPool should wait to
  * get the next connection until one slot is empty within
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c
index 4348b697e..aa1998bf0 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
 #include "distributed/connection_management.h"
 #include "distributed/commands/multi_copy.h"
 #include "distributed/deparse_shard_query.h"
+#include "distributed/shared_connection_stats.h"
 #include "distributed/distributed_execution_locks.h"
 #include "distributed/listutils.h"
 #include "distributed/local_executor.h"
@@ -1924,10 +1925,8 @@ AssignTasksToConnectionsOrWorkerPool(DistributedExecution *execution)
 
 
 /*
- * WorkerPoolCompare is based on WorkerNodeCompare function.
- *
- * The function compares two worker nodes by their host name and port
- * number.
+ * WorkerPoolCompare is based on WorkerNodeCompare function. The function
+ * compares two worker nodes by their host name and port number.
  */
 static int
 WorkerPoolCompare(const void *lhsKey, const void *rhsKey)
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/operations/delete_protocol.c b/src/backend/distributed/operations/delete_protocol.c
index 1fb6b54bc..95a72c3da 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/operations/delete_protocol.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/operations/delete_protocol.c
@@ -545,6 +545,12 @@ ExecuteDropShardPlacementCommandRemotely(ShardPlacement *shardPlacement,
 														 shardPlacement,
 														 NULL);
 
+	/*
+	 * This code-path doesn't support optional connections, so we don't expect
+	 * NULL connections.
+	 */
+	Assert(connection != NULL);
+
 	RemoteTransactionBeginIfNecessary(connection);
 
 	if (PQstatus(connection->pgConn) != CONNECTION_OK)
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/operations/stage_protocol.c b/src/backend/distributed/operations/stage_protocol.c
index c551817a1..e1d33ecd8 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/operations/stage_protocol.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/operations/stage_protocol.c
@@ -292,8 +292,16 @@ master_append_table_to_shard(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	ShardPlacement *shardPlacement = NULL;
 	foreach_ptr(shardPlacement, shardPlacementList)
 	{
-		MultiConnection *connection = GetPlacementConnection(FOR_DML, shardPlacement,
-															 NULL);
+		int connectionFlags = FOR_DML;
+		MultiConnection *connection =
+			GetPlacementConnection(connectionFlags, shardPlacement, NULL);
+
+		/*
+		 * This code-path doesn't support optional connections, so we don't expect
+		 * NULL connections.
+		 */
+		Assert(connection != NULL);
+
 		PGresult *queryResult = NULL;
 
 		StringInfo workerAppendQuery = makeStringInfo();
@@ -862,6 +870,12 @@ WorkerShardStats(ShardPlacement *placement, Oid relationId, const char *shardNam
 	MultiConnection *connection = GetPlacementConnection(connectionFlags, placement,
 														 NULL);
 
+	/*
+	 * This code-path doesn't support optional connections, so we don't expect
+	 * NULL connections.
+	 */
+	Assert(connection != NULL);
+
 	*shardSize = 0;
 	*shardMinValue = NULL;
 	*shardMaxValue = NULL;
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c
index e3020d1b4..13082b2ca 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c
@@ -625,6 +625,12 @@ FetchRemoteExplainFromWorkers(Task *task, ExplainState *es)
 		MultiConnection *connection = GetPlacementConnection(connectionFlags,
 															 taskPlacement, NULL);
 
+		/*
+		 * This code-path doesn't support optional connections, so we don't expect
+		 * NULL connections.
+		 */
+		Assert(connection != NULL);
+
 		/* try other placements if we fail to connect this one */
 		if (PQstatus(connection->pgConn) != CONNECTION_OK)
 		{
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
index 4262067bd..ffa811b85 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "distributed/insert_select_executor.h"
 #include "distributed/intermediate_result_pruning.h"
 #include "distributed/local_executor.h"
+#include "distributed/locally_reserved_shared_connections.h"
 #include "distributed/maintenanced.h"
 #include "distributed/metadata_utility.h"
 #include "distributed/coordinator_protocol.h"
@@ -284,6 +285,7 @@ _PG_init(void)
 	InitPlacementConnectionManagement();
 	InitializeCitusQueryStats();
 	InitializeSharedConnectionStats();
+	InitializeLocallyReservedSharedConnections();
 
 	/* enable modification of pg_catalog tables during pg_upgrade */
 	if (IsBinaryUpgrade)
@@ -426,6 +428,13 @@ CitusCleanupConnectionsAtExit(int code, Datum arg)
 {
 	/* properly close all the cached connections */
 	ShutdownAllConnections();
+
+	/*
+	 * Make sure that we give the shared connections back to the shared
+	 * pool if any. This operation is a no-op if the reserved connections
+	 * are already given away.
+	 */
+	DeallocateReservedConnections();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/transaction_management.c b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/transaction_management.c
index 01b55d6bb..d54bd3edf 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/transaction_management.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/transaction_management.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "distributed/intermediate_results.h"
 #include "distributed/listutils.h"
 #include "distributed/local_executor.h"
+#include "distributed/locally_reserved_shared_connections.h"
 #include "distributed/multi_executor.h"
 #include "distributed/multi_explain.h"
 #include "distributed/repartition_join_execution.h"
@@ -263,6 +264,13 @@ CoordinatedTransactionCallback(XactEvent event, void *arg)
 
 			ResetGlobalVariables();
 
+			/*
+			 * Make sure that we give the shared connections back to the shared
+			 * pool if any. This operation is a no-op if the reserved connections
+			 * are already given away.
+			 */
+			DeallocateReservedConnections();
+
 			UnSetDistributedTransactionId();
 
 			/* empty the CommitContext to ensure we're not leaking memory */
@@ -315,6 +323,13 @@ CoordinatedTransactionCallback(XactEvent event, void *arg)
 
 			ResetGlobalVariables();
 
+			/*
+			 * Make sure that we give the shared connections back to the shared
+			 * pool if any. This operation is a no-op if the reserved connections
+			 * are already given away.
+			 */
+			DeallocateReservedConnections();
+
 			/*
 			 * We reset these mainly for posterity. The only way we would normally
 			 * get here with ExecutorLevel or PlannerLevel > 0 is during a fatal
@@ -459,7 +474,6 @@ ResetGlobalVariables()
 	activeSetStmts = NULL;
 	CoordinatedTransactionUses2PC = false;
 	TransactionModifiedNodeMetadata = false;
-
 	ResetWorkerErrorIndication();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/connection_management.h b/src/include/distributed/connection_management.h
index 875baee96..05e629fc6 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/connection_management.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/connection_management.h
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ enum MultiConnectionMode
 
 	FOR_DML = 1 << 2,
 
-	/* connection must not have accessed any non-co-located placements */
+	/*
+	 * During COPY we do not want to use a connection that accessed non-co-located
+	 * placements. If there is a connection that did not access another placement,
+	 * then use it. Otherwise open a new clean connection.
+	 */
 	REQUIRE_CLEAN_CONNECTION = 1 << 3,
 
 	OUTSIDE_TRANSACTION = 1 << 4,
@@ -195,7 +199,7 @@ extern int MaxCachedConnectionsPerWorker;
 /* parameters used for outbound connections */
 extern char *NodeConninfo;
 
-/* the hash table */
+/* the hash tables are externally accessiable */
 extern HTAB *ConnectionHash;
 extern HTAB *ConnParamsHash;
 
@@ -234,6 +238,9 @@ extern MultiConnection * StartNodeUserDatabaseConnection(uint32 flags,
 														 const char *database);
 extern void CloseAllConnectionsAfterTransaction(void);
 extern void CloseNodeConnectionsAfterTransaction(char *nodeName, int nodePort);
+extern MultiConnection * ConnectionAvailableToNode(char *hostName, int nodePort,
+												   const char *userName,
+												   const char *database);
 extern void CloseConnection(MultiConnection *connection);
 extern void ShutdownAllConnections(void);
 extern void ShutdownConnection(MultiConnection *connection);
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/locally_reserved_shared_connections.h b/src/include/distributed/locally_reserved_shared_connections.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a282beac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/distributed/locally_reserved_shared_connections.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * locally_reserved_shared_connection_stats.h
+ *   Management of connection reservations in shard memory pool
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) Citus Data, Inc.
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#ifndef LOCALLY_RESERVED_SHARED_CONNECTIONS_H_
+#define LOCALLY_RESERVED_SHARED_CONNECTIONS_H_
+
+#include "distributed/connection_management.h"
+
+
+extern void InitializeLocallyReservedSharedConnections(void);
+extern bool CanUseReservedConnection(const char *hostName, int nodePort,
+									 Oid userId, Oid databaseOid);
+extern void MarkReservedConnectionUsed(const char *hostName, int nodePort,
+									   Oid userId, Oid databaseOid);
+extern void DeallocateReservedConnections(void);
+extern void EnsureConnectionPossibilityForPrimaryNodes(void);
+extern bool IsReservationPossible(void);
+
+#endif /* LOCALLY_RESERVED_SHARED_CONNECTIONS_H_ */
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/multi_executor.h b/src/include/distributed/multi_executor.h
index a7d68b4e1..000859616 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/multi_executor.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/multi_executor.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ extern void CitusExecutorRun(QueryDesc *queryDesc, ScanDirection direction, uint
 extern void AdaptiveExecutorPreExecutorRun(CitusScanState *scanState);
 extern TupleTableSlot * AdaptiveExecutor(CitusScanState *scanState);
 
+
 /*
  * ExecutionParams contains parameters that are used during the execution.
  * Some of these can be the zero value if it is not needed during the execution.
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/placement_connection.h b/src/include/distributed/placement_connection.h
index 02beed1f5..df1688d63 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/placement_connection.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/placement_connection.h
@@ -42,5 +42,6 @@ extern void InitPlacementConnectionManagement(void);
 
 extern bool ConnectionModifiedPlacement(MultiConnection *connection);
 extern bool ConnectionUsedForAnyPlacements(MultiConnection *connection);
+extern bool UseConnectionPerPlacement(void);
 
 #endif /* PLACEMENT_CONNECTION_H */
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/shared_connection_stats.h b/src/include/distributed/shared_connection_stats.h
index 8db6256e3..9c31fdcf6 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/shared_connection_stats.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/shared_connection_stats.h
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 #ifndef SHARED_CONNECTION_STATS_H
 #define SHARED_CONNECTION_STATS_H
 
+#define ADJUST_POOLSIZE_AUTOMATICALLY 0
+#define DISABLE_CONNECTION_THROTTLING -1
+
+
 extern int MaxSharedPoolSize;
 
 
@@ -23,6 +27,5 @@ extern void WaitLoopForSharedConnection(const char *hostname, int port);
 extern void DecrementSharedConnectionCounter(const char *hostname, int port);
 extern void IncrementSharedConnectionCounter(const char *hostname, int port);
 extern int AdaptiveConnectionManagementFlag(int activeConnectionCount);
-extern bool UseConnectionPerPlacement(void);
 
 #endif /* SHARED_CONNECTION_STATS_H */
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/set_role_in_transaction.out b/src/test/regress/expected/set_role_in_transaction.out
index c37d5322c..c7bf71e7b 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/set_role_in_transaction.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/set_role_in_transaction.out
@@ -77,6 +77,17 @@ SET search_path TO set_role_in_transaction;
 INSERT INTO t values (2);
 ERROR:  cannot perform query on placements that were modified in this transaction by a different user
 ROLLBACK;
+-- we cannot change role in between COPY commands as well
+SET ROLE user1;
+SET search_path TO set_role_in_transaction;
+BEGIN;
+    COPY t FROM STDIN;
+    SET ROLE user2;
+    SET search_path TO set_role_in_transaction;
+    COPY t FROM STDIN;
+ERROR:  cannot perform query on placements that were modified in this transaction by a different user
+CONTEXT:  COPY t, line 1: "1"
+ROLLBACK;
 RESET ROLE;
 REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA set_role_in_transaction FROM user1;
 REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA set_role_in_transaction FROM user2;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/shared_connection_stats.out b/src/test/regress/expected/shared_connection_stats.out
index 3af0ed1ad..72b654488 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/shared_connection_stats.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/shared_connection_stats.out
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 CREATE SCHEMA shared_connection_stats;
 SET search_path TO shared_connection_stats;
+SET citus.next_shard_id TO 14000000;
+-- returns the reserved connections per backend
+-- given that the code aggresively cleans up reserved connections
+-- this function returns empty set in all the tests
+-- In fact, we're testing that no reserved connections remain
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION citus_reserved_connection_stats(
+        OUT hostname text,
+        OUT port int,
+        OUT database_name text,
+        OUT used_reserved_connection bool)
+RETURNS SETOF RECORD
+LANGUAGE C STRICT
+AS 'citus', $$citus_reserved_connection_stats$$;
 -- set the cached connections to zero
 -- and execute a distributed query so that
 -- we end up with zero cached connections afterwards
@@ -323,7 +336,7 @@ COMMIT;
 BEGIN;
 	-- now allow at most 2 connections for COPY
 	SET LOCAL citus.max_adaptive_executor_pool_size TO 2;
-COPY test FROM STDIN;
+    COPY test FROM PROGRAM 'seq 32';
 	SELECT
 		connection_count_to_node
 	FROM
@@ -340,6 +353,270 @@ COPY test FROM STDIN;
 (2 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
+-- now, show that COPY doesn't open more connections than the shared_pool_size
+-- now, decrease the shared pool size, and show that COPY doesn't exceed that
+ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.max_shared_pool_size TO 3;
+SELECT pg_reload_conf();
+ pg_reload_conf
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+ pg_sleep
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+BEGIN;
+COPY test FROM PROGRAM 'seq 32';
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ connection_count_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+                        3
+                        3
+(2 rows)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+BEGIN;
+	-- in this test, we trigger touching only one of the workers
+        -- the first copy touches 3 shards
+	COPY test FROM STDIN;
+	-- we see one worker has 3 connections, the other is 1, which is not
+        -- an already established connection, but a reservation
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ connection_count_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+                        3
+                        1
+(2 rows)
+
+-- in this second COPY, we access the same node but different shards
+-- so we test the case where the second COPY cannot get any new connections
+-- due to adaptive connection management, and can still continue
+COPY test FROM  STDIN;
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ connection_count_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+                        3
+                        1
+(2 rows)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+BEGIN;
+	-- in this test, we trigger touching only one of the workers
+        -- the first copy touches 3 shards
+	SELECT count(*) FROM test WHERE a IN (2,4,5);
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+     3
+(1 row)
+
+	-- we see one worker has 3 connections, the other is 1, which is not
+        -- an already established connection, but a reservation
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ connection_count_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+                        3
+(1 row)
+
+-- in this second COPY, we access the same node but different shards
+-- so we test the case where the second COPY cannot get any new connections
+-- due to adaptive connection management, and can still continue
+COPY test FROM  STDIN;
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ connection_count_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+                        3
+                        1
+(2 rows)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+BEGIN;
+	-- when COPY is used with _max_query_parallelization
+	-- it ignores the shared pool size
+	SET LOCAL citus.force_max_query_parallelization TO ON;
+	COPY test FROM PROGRAM 'seq 32';
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ connection_count_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+                       10
+                       11
+(2 rows)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+-- INSERT SELECT with RETURNING/ON CONFLICT clauses should honor shared_pool_size
+-- in underlying COPY commands
+BEGIN;
+	SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+ pg_sleep
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT i FROM generate_series(0,10) i RETURNING *;
+ a
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+  0
+  1
+  2
+  3
+  4
+  5
+  6
+  7
+  8
+  9
+ 10
+(11 rows)
+
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ connection_count_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+                        3
+                        3
+(2 rows)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+-- COPY operations to range partitioned tables will honor max_shared_pool_size
+-- as we use a single connection to each worker
+CREATE TABLE range_table(a int);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('range_table', 'a', 'range');
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+CALL public.create_range_partitioned_shards('range_table',
+                                            '{0,25,50,76}',
+                                            '{24,49,75,200}');
+BEGIN;
+	SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+ pg_sleep
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+	COPY range_table FROM PROGRAM 'seq 32';
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ connection_count_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+                        1
+                        1
+(2 rows)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+-- COPY operations to reference tables will use one connection per worker
+-- so we will always honor max_shared_pool_size.
+CREATE TABLE ref_table(a int);
+SELECT create_reference_table('ref_table');
+ create_reference_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+BEGIN;
+	SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+ pg_sleep
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+	COPY ref_table FROM PROGRAM 'seq 32';
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ connection_count_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+                        1
+                        1
+(2 rows)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+-- reset max_shared_pool_size to default
+ALTER SYSTEM RESET citus.max_shared_pool_size;
+SELECT pg_reload_conf();
+ pg_reload_conf
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+ pg_sleep
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
 -- now show that when max_cached_conns_per_worker > 1
 -- Citus forces the first execution to open at least 2
 -- connections that are cached. Later, that 2 cached
@@ -388,6 +665,149 @@ BEGIN;
  t
 (2 rows)
 
+COMMIT;
+-- we should not have any reserved connection
+-- as all of them have already been either used
+-- or cleaned up
+SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats();
+ hostname | port | database_name | used_reserved_connection
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+(0 rows)
+
+-- reconnect to get rid of cached connections
+\c - - - :master_port
+SET search_path TO shared_connection_stats;
+BEGIN;
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT i FROM generate_series(0,10)i;
+	-- after COPY finishes, citus should see the used
+	-- reserved connections
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+ hostname  | port  | database_name | used_reserved_connection
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ localhost | 57637 | regression    | t
+ localhost | 57638 | regression    | t
+(2 rows)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+BEGIN;
+	-- even if we hit a single shard, all the other reserved
+	-- connections should be cleaned-up because we do not
+ 	-- reserve for the second call as we have the cached
+	-- connections
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT 1 FROM generate_series(0,100)i;
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+ hostname  | port  | database_name | used_reserved_connection
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ localhost | 57637 | regression    | f
+ localhost | 57638 | regression    | t
+(2 rows)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+BEGIN;
+	TRUNCATE test;
+	CREATE UNIQUE INDEX test_unique_index ON test(a);
+	-- even if we hit a single shard and later fail, all the
+	-- other reserved connections should be cleaned-up
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT 1 FROM generate_series(0,10)i;
+ERROR:  duplicate key value violates unique constraint "test_unique_index_14000001"
+DETAIL:  Key (a)=(1) already exists.
+ROLLBACK;
+SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+ hostname | port | database_name | used_reserved_connection
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+(0 rows)
+
+BEGIN;
+	-- hits a single shard
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT 1 FROM generate_series(0,10)i;
+	-- if COPY hits a single shard, we should have reserved connections
+	-- to  the other nodes
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+ hostname  | port  | database_name | used_reserved_connection
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ localhost | 57637 | regression    | f
+ localhost | 57638 | regression    | t
+(2 rows)
+
+	-- we should be able to see this again if the query hits
+	-- the same shard
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT 1 FROM generate_series(0,10)i;
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+ hostname  | port  | database_name | used_reserved_connection
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ localhost | 57637 | regression    | f
+ localhost | 57638 | regression    | t
+(2 rows)
+
+	-- but when the  query hits the other shard(s), we should
+	-- see that all the  reserved connections are used
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT i FROM generate_series(0,10)i;
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+ hostname  | port  | database_name | used_reserved_connection
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ localhost | 57637 | regression    | t
+ localhost | 57638 | regression    | t
+(2 rows)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+-- at the end of the transaction, all should be cleared
+SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats();
+ hostname | port | database_name | used_reserved_connection
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+(0 rows)
+
+BEGIN;
+	SELECT count(*) FROM test;
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+   101
+(1 row)
+
+	-- the above command used at least one connection per node
+	-- so the next commands would not need any reserved connections
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT 1 FROM generate_series(0,10)i;
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+ hostname | port | database_name | used_reserved_connection
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+(0 rows)
+
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT i FROM generate_series(0,10)i;
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+ hostname | port | database_name | used_reserved_connection
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+(0 rows)
+
+COMMIT;
+-- checkout the reserved connections with cached connections
+ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.max_cached_conns_per_worker TO 1;
+SELECT pg_reload_conf();
+ pg_reload_conf
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+ pg_sleep
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+-- cache connections to the nodes
+SELECT count(*) FROM test;
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+   123
+(1 row)
+
+BEGIN;
+	-- we should not have any reserved connections
+	-- because we already have available connections
+	COPY test FROM PROGRAM 'seq 32';
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+ hostname | port | database_name | used_reserved_connection
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+(0 rows)
+
 COMMIT;
 -- in case other tests relies on these setting, reset them
 ALTER SYSTEM RESET citus.distributed_deadlock_detection_factor;
@@ -399,5 +819,7 @@ SELECT pg_reload_conf();
  t
 (1 row)
 
+BEGIN;
+SET LOCAL client_min_messages TO WARNING;
 DROP SCHEMA shared_connection_stats CASCADE;
-NOTICE:  drop cascades to table test
+COMMIT;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/set_role_in_transaction.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/set_role_in_transaction.sql
index c4dc9cee5..7d27ba3e2 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/set_role_in_transaction.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/set_role_in_transaction.sql
@@ -48,6 +48,24 @@ SET search_path TO set_role_in_transaction;
 INSERT INTO t values (2);
 ROLLBACK;
 
+-- we cannot change role in between COPY commands as well
+SET ROLE user1;
+SET search_path TO set_role_in_transaction;
+BEGIN;
+    COPY t FROM STDIN;
+1
+2
+3
+\.
+    SET ROLE user2;
+    SET search_path TO set_role_in_transaction;
+    COPY t FROM STDIN;
+1
+2
+3
+\.
+ROLLBACK;
+
 RESET ROLE;
 
 REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA set_role_in_transaction FROM user1;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/shared_connection_stats.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/shared_connection_stats.sql
index a0cb1cef0..7488f2d88 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/shared_connection_stats.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/shared_connection_stats.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 CREATE SCHEMA shared_connection_stats;
 SET search_path TO shared_connection_stats;
 
+SET citus.next_shard_id TO 14000000;
+
+-- returns the reserved connections per backend
+-- given that the code aggresively cleans up reserved connections
+-- this function returns empty set in all the tests
+-- In fact, we're testing that no reserved connections remain
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION citus_reserved_connection_stats(
+        OUT hostname text,
+        OUT port int,
+        OUT database_name text,
+        OUT used_reserved_connection bool)
+RETURNS SETOF RECORD
+LANGUAGE C STRICT
+AS 'citus', $$citus_reserved_connection_stats$$;
+
 -- set the cached connections to zero
 -- and execute a distributed query so that
 -- we end up with zero cached connections afterwards
@@ -193,41 +208,7 @@ COMMIT;
 BEGIN;
 	-- now allow at most 2 connections for COPY
 	SET LOCAL citus.max_adaptive_executor_pool_size TO 2;
-
-COPY test FROM STDIN;
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9
-10
-11
-12
-13
-14
-15
-16
-17
-18
-19
-20
-21
-22
-23
-24
-25
-26
-27
-28
-29
-30
-31
-32
-\.
+    COPY test FROM PROGRAM 'seq 32';
 
 	SELECT
 		connection_count_to_node
@@ -240,6 +221,188 @@ COPY test FROM STDIN;
 		hostname, port;
 ROLLBACK;
 
+-- now, show that COPY doesn't open more connections than the shared_pool_size
+
+-- now, decrease the shared pool size, and show that COPY doesn't exceed that
+ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.max_shared_pool_size TO 3;
+SELECT pg_reload_conf();
+SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+
+BEGIN;
+
+COPY test FROM PROGRAM 'seq 32';
+
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ROLLBACK;
+
+BEGIN;
+	-- in this test, we trigger touching only one of the workers
+        -- the first copy touches 3 shards
+	COPY test FROM STDIN;
+2
+4
+5
+\.
+
+	-- we see one worker has 3 connections, the other is 1, which is not
+        -- an already established connection, but a reservation
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+
+-- in this second COPY, we access the same node but different shards
+-- so we test the case where the second COPY cannot get any new connections
+-- due to adaptive connection management, and can still continue
+COPY test FROM  STDIN;
+6
+8
+9
+\.
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ROLLBACK;
+
+
+BEGIN;
+	-- in this test, we trigger touching only one of the workers
+        -- the first copy touches 3 shards
+	SELECT count(*) FROM test WHERE a IN (2,4,5);
+
+	-- we see one worker has 3 connections, the other is 1, which is not
+        -- an already established connection, but a reservation
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+
+-- in this second COPY, we access the same node but different shards
+-- so we test the case where the second COPY cannot get any new connections
+-- due to adaptive connection management, and can still continue
+COPY test FROM  STDIN;
+6
+8
+9
+\.
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ROLLBACK;
+
+
+BEGIN;
+	-- when COPY is used with _max_query_parallelization
+	-- it ignores the shared pool size
+	SET LOCAL citus.force_max_query_parallelization TO ON;
+	COPY test FROM PROGRAM 'seq 32';
+
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ROLLBACK;
+
+-- INSERT SELECT with RETURNING/ON CONFLICT clauses should honor shared_pool_size
+-- in underlying COPY commands
+BEGIN;
+	SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT i FROM generate_series(0,10) i RETURNING *;
+
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ROLLBACK;
+
+-- COPY operations to range partitioned tables will honor max_shared_pool_size
+-- as we use a single connection to each worker
+CREATE TABLE range_table(a int);
+SELECT create_distributed_table('range_table', 'a', 'range');
+CALL public.create_range_partitioned_shards('range_table',
+                                            '{0,25,50,76}',
+                                            '{24,49,75,200}');
+BEGIN;
+	SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+	COPY range_table FROM PROGRAM 'seq 32';
+
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ROLLBACK;
+
+
+-- COPY operations to reference tables will use one connection per worker
+-- so we will always honor max_shared_pool_size.
+CREATE TABLE ref_table(a int);
+SELECT create_reference_table('ref_table');
+
+BEGIN;
+	SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+	COPY ref_table FROM PROGRAM 'seq 32';
+
+	SELECT
+		connection_count_to_node
+	FROM
+		citus_remote_connection_stats()
+	WHERE
+		port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+		database_name = 'regression'
+	ORDER BY
+		hostname, port;
+ROLLBACK;
+
+-- reset max_shared_pool_size to default
+ALTER SYSTEM RESET citus.max_shared_pool_size;
+SELECT pg_reload_conf();
+SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+
 -- now show that when max_cached_conns_per_worker > 1
 -- Citus forces the first execution to open at least 2
 -- connections that are cached. Later, that 2 cached
@@ -268,10 +431,97 @@ BEGIN;
 		hostname, port;
 COMMIT;
 
+-- we should not have any reserved connection
+-- as all of them have already been either used
+-- or cleaned up
+SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats();
+
+-- reconnect to get rid of cached connections
+\c - - - :master_port
+SET search_path TO shared_connection_stats;
+
+BEGIN;
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT i FROM generate_series(0,10)i;
+
+	-- after COPY finishes, citus should see the used
+	-- reserved connections
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+ROLLBACK;
+
+
+BEGIN;
+	-- even if we hit a single shard, all the other reserved
+	-- connections should be cleaned-up because we do not
+ 	-- reserve for the second call as we have the cached
+	-- connections
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT 1 FROM generate_series(0,100)i;
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+ROLLBACK;
+
+BEGIN;
+	TRUNCATE test;
+	CREATE UNIQUE INDEX test_unique_index ON test(a);
+
+	-- even if we hit a single shard and later fail, all the
+	-- other reserved connections should be cleaned-up
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT 1 FROM generate_series(0,10)i;
+ROLLBACK;
+SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+
+BEGIN;
+	-- hits a single shard
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT 1 FROM generate_series(0,10)i;
+
+	-- if COPY hits a single shard, we should have reserved connections
+	-- to  the other nodes
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+
+	-- we should be able to see this again if the query hits
+	-- the same shard
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT 1 FROM generate_series(0,10)i;
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+
+	-- but when the  query hits the other shard(s), we should
+	-- see that all the  reserved connections are used
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT i FROM generate_series(0,10)i;
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+ROLLBACK;
+
+-- at the end of the transaction, all should be cleared
+SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats();
+
+BEGIN;
+	SELECT count(*) FROM test;
+
+	-- the above command used at least one connection per node
+	-- so the next commands would not need any reserved connections
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT 1 FROM generate_series(0,10)i;
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+	INSERT INTO test SELECT i FROM generate_series(0,10)i;
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+COMMIT;
+
+-- checkout the reserved connections with cached connections
+ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.max_cached_conns_per_worker TO 1;
+SELECT pg_reload_conf();
+SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+
+-- cache connections to the nodes
+SELECT count(*) FROM test;
+BEGIN;
+	-- we should not have any reserved connections
+	-- because we already have available connections
+	COPY test FROM PROGRAM 'seq 32';
+	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
+COMMIT;
+
 -- in case other tests relies on these setting, reset them
 ALTER SYSTEM RESET citus.distributed_deadlock_detection_factor;
 ALTER SYSTEM RESET citus.recover_2pc_interval;
 ALTER SYSTEM RESET citus.max_cached_conns_per_worker;
 SELECT pg_reload_conf();
 
+BEGIN;
+SET LOCAL client_min_messages TO WARNING;
 DROP SCHEMA shared_connection_stats CASCADE;
+COMMIT;