# Query Retries

When a `useQuery` query fails (the query function throws an error), TanStack Query will automatically retry the query if that query's request has not reached the max number of consecutive retries (defaults to `3`) or a function is provided to determine if a retry is allowed.

You can configure retries both on a global level and an individual query level.

- Setting `retry = false` will disable retries.
- Setting `retry = 6` will retry failing requests 6 times before showing the final error thrown by the function.
- Setting `retry = true` will infinitely retry failing requests.
- Setting `retry = (failureCount, error) => ...` allows for custom logic based on why the request failed.



```tsx
import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/vue-query'

// Make a specific query retry a certain number of times
const result = useQuery({
  queryKey: ['todos', 1],
  queryFn: fetchTodoListPage,
  retry: 10, // Will retry failed requests 10 times before displaying an error
})
```



## Retry Delay

By default, retries in TanStack Query do not happen immediately after a request fails. As is standard, a back-off delay is gradually applied to each retry attempt.

The default `retryDelay` is set to double (starting at `1000`ms) with each attempt, but not exceed 30 seconds:



```ts
import { VueQueryPlugin } from '@tanstack/vue-query'

const vueQueryPluginOptions = {
  queryClientConfig: {
    defaultOptions: {
      queries: {
        retryDelay: (attemptIndex) => Math.min(1000 * 2 ** attemptIndex, 30000),
      },
    },
  },
}
app.use(VueQueryPlugin, vueQueryPluginOptions)
```



Though it is not recommended, you can obviously override the `retryDelay` function/integer in both the Plugin and individual query options. If set to an integer instead of a function the delay will always be the same amount of time:



```tsx
const result = useQuery({
  queryKey: ['todos'],
  queryFn: fetchTodoList,
  retryDelay: 1000, // Will always wait 1000ms to retry, regardless of how many retries
})
```