diff --git a/broker.go b/broker.go
index fbd6772..0af77fa 100644
--- a/broker.go
+++ b/broker.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var (
 
 func (m *hookEvent) OnGroupManageError(err error) {
 	if err != nil {
-		m.connected.Store(0)
+		// m.connected.Store(0)
 		if m.fatalOnError {
 			m.log.Fatal(context.TODO(), "kgo.OnGroupManageError", err)
 		}
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func (m *hookEvent) OnGroupManageError(err error) {
 
 func (m *hookEvent) OnBrokerConnect(_ kgo.BrokerMetadata, _ time.Duration, _ net.Conn, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
-		m.connected.Store(0)
+		// m.connected.Store(0)
 		if m.fatalOnError {
 			m.log.Fatal(context.TODO(), "kgo.OnBrokerConnect", err)
 		}
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ func (m *hookEvent) OnBrokerConnect(_ kgo.BrokerMetadata, _ time.Duration, _ net
 }
 
 func (m *hookEvent) OnBrokerDisconnect(_ kgo.BrokerMetadata, _ net.Conn) {
-	m.connected.Store(0)
+	// m.connected.Store(0)
 }
 
 func (m *hookEvent) OnBrokerWrite(_ kgo.BrokerMetadata, _ int16, _ int, _ time.Duration, _ time.Duration, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
-		m.connected.Store(0)
+		// m.connected.Store(0)
 		if m.fatalOnError {
 			m.log.Fatal(context.TODO(), "kgo.OnBrokerWrite", err)
 		}
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ func (m *hookEvent) OnBrokerWrite(_ kgo.BrokerMetadata, _ int16, _ int, _ time.D
 
 func (m *hookEvent) OnBrokerRead(_ kgo.BrokerMetadata, _ int16, _ int, _ time.Duration, _ time.Duration, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
-		m.connected.Store(0)
+		// m.connected.Store(0)
 	}
 }
 
 func (m *hookEvent) OnProduceRecordUnbuffered(_ *kgo.Record, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
-		m.connected.Store(0)
+		// m.connected.Store(0)
 	}
 }