IPN POST failure recovery process
Last updated: 28-Apr-2026
| # | Action | No of attempts |
|---|---|---|
| Stage 1: | 2Checkout sends the first Instant Payment Notification (IPN) instantaneously for events per your account’s Notification Settings. | 1 |
| Stage 2: | If the initial notification fails, one (1) retry is made at a 3 minute interval. | 1 |
| Stage 3: | If the issue persists, and requests continue to result in failures, another two (2) tries are made, at 15-minute intervals. | 2 |
| Stage 4: | Following the four tries made in Stage 3, the 2Checkout system will perform three (3) more retries at 1 hour intervals. | 3 |
| Stage 5: | The next attemps are made at three (3) hour intervals and are continuous requests for a maximum of 54 retries in total since the notification was initially triggered. | 1/3h (48 total) |
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