What happens when a scheduled post fails?
Socialync usually retries a scheduled post on its own before it marks the post failed. How often it retries and how long it waits depends on the cause, from minutes for a network problem to hours for a platform outage. A post that still fails is saved in Drafts with its media while there is room in your failed drafts, so you can retry only the platform that failed.
Last checked November 10, 2026
How retries work
- Network problems retry after a few minutes.
- Rate limits and expired access retry a little later. Socialync also tries to refresh the connection.
- Platform outages wait the longest, up to many hours between tries.
- TikTok and YouTube daily limits are retried over the next hours.
- A problem with the content itself, such as a caption a platform refuses, is not retried, because trying again gives the same result.
After the last retry
- The post lands in Drafts with its caption, media and settings while there is room in your failed drafts. Retry all platforms or only the ones that failed.
- Free plans keep 3 failed drafts for 7 days. Paid plans keep 100 for 30 days. When your failed drafts are full, a new failed post is not saved there.
A Scheduled post failed alert is available in Settings. Push starts switched on for it.
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