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title: "Discussion on \"Smart Retries vs a Fixed Retry Schedule: Which Recovers More?\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Smart Retries vs a Fixed Retry Schedule: Which Recovers More?\". Stripe recommends Smart Retries but publishes no recovery rate against a day 1 / day 3 / day 7 schedule. When timing can collect a soft decline, and when the customer has to update the card."
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/smart-retries-vs-a-fixed-retry-schedule-which-recovers-more/6ae9b1f9ae84b57e4898abbb"
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# [Smart Retries vs a Fixed Retry Schedule: Which Recovers More?](https://retryfix.hashnode.dev/smart-retries-vs-a-fixed-retry-schedule-which-recovers-more?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Stripe recommends Smart Retries but publishes no recovery rate against a day 1 / day 3 / day 7 schedule. When timing can collect a soft decline, and when the customer has to update the card.

Nov 3 · 14 min read · retryfix.hashnode.dev  
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