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title: Handle failed deliveries
description: Plan for OrbitRail's 72-hour automatic retry window and seven-day event retention period.
url: https://pr-1-f831df687d6c.thally.app/events/retries
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# Handle failed deliveries

Plan for OrbitRail's 72-hour automatic retry window and seven-day event retention period.

OrbitRail retries a failed delivery automatically up to **12 times** over
**72 hours** after the first attempt. Retry delays use **exponential backoff
with jitter** (`retryBackoffStrategy: "exponential-jitter"` in the
`DeliveryPolicy` interface) to avoid synchronized redelivery spikes across
destinations.

## After the retry window

Automatic attempts stop after 12 attempts or when the delivery is more than
72 hours old, whichever comes first. The event payload remains available for
manual replay for **7 days** from ingestion.

> **Note:**
  Export payloads you need to retain longer than seven days. OrbitRail removes
  expired replay payloads automatically.