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title: Handle failed deliveries
description: Plan for OrbitRail's delivery timeout, 72-hour automatic retry window, and seven-day event retention period.
url: https://pr-3-f831df687d6c.thally.app/events/retries
---

# Handle failed deliveries

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

Each delivery attempt times out after **10 seconds**. If the destination does
not respond within that window, OrbitRail treats the attempt as failed and
enters the retry schedule.

OrbitRail retries a failed destination automatically for up to **72 hours**
after the first attempt. The retry schedule uses exponential backoff with
jitter, so a temporary destination outage does not require manual intervention.

## After the retry window

Automatic attempts stop when the delivery is more than 72 hours old. 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.