diff --git a/octavia/files/pike/octavia_api.conf b/octavia/files/pike/octavia_api.conf
index 4004734..82cecf6 100644
--- a/octavia/files/pike/octavia_api.conf
+++ b/octavia/files/pike/octavia_api.conf
@@ -1597,10 +1597,15 @@
 # Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/kombu_ssl_ca_certs
 #kombu_ssl_ca_certs =
 
+# NOTE(pas-ha) default values of below option is problematic with RMQ 3.8,
+# see PROD-34322
+# recreating queues on a secondary broker immediately after primary broker
+# has gone down leads to these queues being non-functional.
 # How long to wait before reconnecting in response to an AMQP consumer cancel
 # notification. (floating point value)
 # Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/kombu_reconnect_delay
 #kombu_reconnect_delay = 1.0
+kombu_reconnect_delay = 5.0
 
 # EXPERIMENTAL: Possible values are: gzip, bz2. If not set compression will not
 # be used. This option may not be available in future versions. (string value)
@@ -1672,13 +1677,23 @@
 # Reason: Replaced by [DEFAULT]/transport_url
 #rabbit_virtual_host = /
 
+# NOTE(pas-ha) default values of below option is problematic with RMQ 3.8,
+# see PROD-34322
+# recreating queues on a secondary broker immediately after primary broker
+# has gone down leads to these queues being non-functional.
 # How frequently to retry connecting with RabbitMQ. (integer value)
 #rabbit_retry_interval = 1
+rabbit_retry_interval = 5
 
+# NOTE(pas-ha) default values of below option is problematic with RMQ 3.8,
+# see PROD-34322
+# recreating queues on a secondary broker immediately after primary broker
+# has gone down leads to these queues being non-functional.
 # How long to backoff for between retries when connecting to RabbitMQ. (integer
 # value)
 # Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/rabbit_retry_backoff
 #rabbit_retry_backoff = 2
+rabbit_retry_backoff = 10
 
 # Maximum interval of RabbitMQ connection retries. Default is 30 seconds.
 # (integer value)
diff --git a/octavia/files/pike/octavia_manager.conf b/octavia/files/pike/octavia_manager.conf
index a49fa1a..ba86586 100644
--- a/octavia/files/pike/octavia_manager.conf
+++ b/octavia/files/pike/octavia_manager.conf
@@ -1644,10 +1644,15 @@
 # Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/kombu_ssl_ca_certs
 #kombu_ssl_ca_certs =
 
+# NOTE(pas-ha) default values of below option is problematic with RMQ 3.8,
+# see PROD-34322
+# recreating queues on a secondary broker immediately after primary broker
+# has gone down leads to these queues being non-functional.
 # How long to wait before reconnecting in response to an AMQP consumer cancel
 # notification. (floating point value)
 # Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/kombu_reconnect_delay
 #kombu_reconnect_delay = 1.0
+kombu_reconnect_delay = 5.0
 
 # EXPERIMENTAL: Possible values are: gzip, bz2. If not set compression will not
 # be used. This option may not be available in future versions. (string value)
@@ -1719,13 +1724,23 @@
 # Reason: Replaced by [DEFAULT]/transport_url
 #rabbit_virtual_host = /
 
+# NOTE(pas-ha) default values of below option is problematic with RMQ 3.8,
+# see PROD-34322
+# recreating queues on a secondary broker immediately after primary broker
+# has gone down leads to these queues being non-functional.
 # How frequently to retry connecting with RabbitMQ. (integer value)
 #rabbit_retry_interval = 1
+rabbit_retry_interval = 5
 
+# NOTE(pas-ha) default values of below option is problematic with RMQ 3.8,
+# see PROD-34322
+# recreating queues on a secondary broker immediately after primary broker
+# has gone down leads to these queues being non-functional.
 # How long to backoff for between retries when connecting to RabbitMQ. (integer
 # value)
 # Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/rabbit_retry_backoff
 #rabbit_retry_backoff = 2
+rabbit_retry_backoff = 10
 
 # Maximum interval of RabbitMQ connection retries. Default is 30 seconds.
 # (integer value)