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# Auto Retries

> Automatically retry failed step executions.

## Overview

When auto-retry is enabled on a step, the step automatically retries if the step execution fails. This is useful for ensuring your workflows run successfully when encountering intermittent errors, such as API rate limits.

Auto-retry is available on the following step types:

* [Integrations](/resources/integrations) (e.g. Salesforce, Slack, Jira)
* [Request](/workflows/requests#overview)
* [Function](/workflows/functions)

If a step with auto-retry enabled fails, Paragon will perform several retries, waiting after each failed execution before performing the next attempt. All attempts will only count as [one task](/billing/tasks) used.

The timing of retry attempts is as follows:

* **1st retry:** around `10 seconds` after initial attempt
* **2nd retry:** around `20 seconds` after 1st retry
* **3rd retry:** around `30 seconds` after 2nd retry
* **4th retry:** around `50 seconds` after 3rd retry
* **5th retry:** around `80 seconds` after 4th retry

### Enabling Auto-Retry

To enable auto-retry for a step, click on the step, scroll to the bottom of the sidebar, and toggle auto-retry.

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  **Note:** Enabling auto-retry only retries the **specific step**, not your entire workflow.
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## How Auto-Retry works

**Deployed Workflows:** Paragon attempts to run your step **up to five times** with an exponential back-off. Retried steps appear as "Running" on the [Monitoring](/workflows/viewing-workflow-executions) page.

**Test Workflow** or **Test Step:** Paragon does not retry step executions.

While auto-retry is enabled, no error emails for the workflow will be sent during the auto-retry window. If Paragon fails to retry the step after the last attempt, we will send you an email indicating the error, and workflow execution on the [Monitoring](/workflows/viewing-workflow-executions#editing-and-replaying) page.