Failed Post Recovery

Your post failed at 7am.
It’s already been retried.

Scheduled posts fail sometimes. Instagram has a bad ten minutes. Your Facebook connection quietly expires. A carousel breaks some random media rule the platform forgot to mention. The frustrating part isn't the failure. It's finding out three hours later that the launch didn't go out, with no reason given.

EziBreezy keeps trying for you. If the platform's back to normal a minute or two later, your post goes out without you doing a thing. Most blips fix themselves before you've even noticed.

When something goes properly wrong, you'll see it in your Failed Posts tab right away. A plain reason. The actual error Instagram or LinkedIn sent back, so you know exactly what happened. And a Retry button. No guessing. No digging. After 24 hours, we stop trying, so yesterday's launch doesn't sneak out tomorrow morning.

How Recovery Works

Three layers of recovery.
One Retry button.

Three layers, stacked like a safety net. The first keeps quietly trying when a platform's misbehaving. The second sweeps for the rare ones that slip through. The third is your Failed Posts tab, where you take over.

Most posts never fall past the first layer. You won't even know there was a problem.

It tries again. Without you.

Most fails fix themselves

When Instagram or Facebook has a bad few minutes, EziBreezy quietly keeps trying in the background. Most of the time the post goes out before you've even opened the app.

Catches the silent ones

Stops at 24 hours

Even if a post somehow goes missing, a check sweeps every few minutes looking for posts that should've gone out but didn't. After 24 hours we stop, so yesterday's launch doesn't sneak out tomorrow morning.

Every failure points to the fix

Five reasons, the right button

Connection expired. Service issue. Platform rejected the post. Missed schedule. Failed to publish. Each one surfaces the button that actually fixes it. Reconnect, Retry, or Edit and reschedule. Never a 'now what' moment.

Won't burn a retry on a dead connection

Reconnect, then retry

If Facebook says your account needs a re-login, the Retry button refuses until you reconnect. No wasted attempts. No surprise failures from a connection that was never going to work.

Carousels and crossposts reset together

One retry, the whole group

Hit Retry on a five-slide carousel and every slide resets. A post going to four platforms retries to all four. You won't ship slide 1 and lose slides 2 to 5, or hit Instagram and miss LinkedIn.

The whole team sees it instantly

Real-time, no refresh

When a post fails, your Failed Posts tab updates the second it happens. Your calendar shows the failed day in red. Every teammate sees the same thing without refreshing the page.

Failed Post Recovery Feature List

Tries again automatically

If Instagram or Facebook has a bad few minutes, your post just keeps trying until it works. Most temporary problems fix themselves before you've opened the app.

Smart enough to stop trying

If the platform rejects a post or you've hit a daily limit, we mark it failed straight away rather than pound a wall over and over. We save the retries for the kind of problem that might actually clear.

Checks for missed posts in the background

Every few minutes, a background check looks for posts that should've gone out but didn't. If it finds one, it tries again.

Failed Posts tab

Every failed post in one screen. The platform, the time it should've gone out, the reason, the actual error from the platform, and the buttons to fix it.

The actual error, in their words

Open any failed row to see exactly what Instagram, Facebook, or whichever platform sent back. Not 'something went wrong'. The real message, so you can fix the right thing.

Filter by platform or reason

Filter the list when something specific went wrong. All the Instagram failures from this morning. All the connection-expired ones. Triage when a burst hits.

One-tap retry

Hit Retry. The post goes back into the queue. The error clears. It tries again right now.

Won't retry a broken connection

If your Facebook or Instagram account needs a re-login, the Retry button refuses with a clear message. Reconnect first, then retry. No wasted attempts.

Updates without refreshing

When a post fails, your Failed Posts tab updates instantly. When you retry, every teammate's tab sees the new status. Your calendar updates the same way.

Carousels and story chains stay together

Retry the parent and every slide or story resets together. You won't end up with slide 1 published and slides 2 to 5 stuck in failed.

Every retry on the record

Every retry writes one line to a log you can review later. Who did it, which post, when, what happened. Useful when a client asks why something went out late.

After 24 hours, we stop

A post still failed 24 hours after its scheduled time gets marked 'Missed scheduling window' and stops retrying. No yesterday's launch going out tomorrow morning. Reschedule, retry, or delete from the same screen.

Where Recovery Reaches

The Retry button isn't the only way to fix a failed post. Need to script bulk retries when an integration goes down? Want an AI agent to handle it for you? Want approved posts that fail to flow straight back to your reviewers? Same retry, same record, same outcome.

The schedulerEight platforms, one calendar. Failed posts surface inline beside scheduled and published.Public REST APIPOST /v1/content/:id/retry. Same retry from your own service, same audit trail.MCP for Claude, Codex, CursorLet an AI agent list failed posts and retry them on your behalf. Confirmation string keeps accidents and prompt injection from going wrong.CLI for the terminalezibreezy content:retry. Drop it in a cron, a runbook, or an oncall sweep.Approval softwareApproved posts that fail to publish flow straight back into the same Failed Posts tab so reviewers don't have to chase them.

Failed-Post FAQ

Why didn't my Instagram scheduled post go out?

There's usually five reasons. Instagram or Facebook had a bad few minutes. The account got rate-limited. The connection expired and needs reconnecting. The platform rejected the post for a content or media rule. Or the scheduled time passed before we could send it. We put the post in the Failed Posts tab with one of five plain reasons and the actual error from the platform, so you can tell straight away whether to hit Retry, edit the post, or reconnect the account.

Will EziBreezy retry automatically when a post fails?

Yes. If the platform's just having a bad moment, EziBreezy keeps trying for the first few minutes without you doing a thing. A brief outage or a rate limit usually recovers on its own. If the platform says your connection's expired, your post was rejected, or you've hit a daily limit, we stop retrying and put the post in Failed Posts so you can act.

How long does the system keep trying?

The first few minutes are covered automatically. After that, a background check runs every few minutes looking for posts that should've gone out but didn't. If it finds one, it tries again. After 24 hours past the scheduled time, it stops and marks the post 'Missed scheduling window'. Yesterday's launch doesn't go out tomorrow morning.

What if my Instagram or Facebook account disconnects?

Retry stops the moment the platform says the connection has expired. No point hitting a wall over and over. The post moves to Failed with a 'Connection expired' reason, and the Retry button refuses to fire until you reconnect the account. Reconnect, hit Retry, and it goes immediately.

Can I retry a failed post without opening the app?

Yes. Hit the same retry from the public REST API, the CLI, or an AI agent through MCP. They all run the same code path: reset the post to scheduled, clear the error, fire the publish job with no delay, and write one entry to the workspace audit log.

Do carousels and Instagram story chains retry as a unit?

Yes. Retry the parent post and every child resets with it. Carousel slides, story chains, multi-platform groups. You won't end up with slide 1 published and slides 2 to 5 stuck in failed.

How do I find failed posts in the first place?

There's a Failed Posts tab in your workspace. Filter by platform or reason. Each row shows the original post, the time it should've gone out, the reason it didn't, and the actual error from the platform. The tab updates the moment a post fails, so new ones show up without refreshing.

Will I get notified when a post fails?

Yes. Your Failed Posts tab updates in real time. Your calendar shows failed posts in red on the day they were due. No buried activity feeds, no surprises three hours later. If your team wants email or Slack alerts on top of that, the public API exposes the events so you can route them wherever you like.

What happens if a scheduled post is more than 24 hours overdue?

We stop retrying it and mark it 'Missed scheduling window: post was not published within 24 hours of scheduled time.' From the Failed Posts tab you can edit and reschedule, retry as-is, or delete. Whichever you pick gets logged.

Is every retry tracked in the audit log?

Every one. Whether the retry came from the app, the REST API, the CLI, or an AI agent. The log captures who did it, which post, when, and what happened. If an AI agent retries a post on your behalf, the log names the agent.

Tools That Help

Content Calendar

Failed posts show up in red on the day they were due. Same calendar, all eight platforms, drag to reschedule.

MCP for AI agents

Claude, Codex, and Cursor can list failed posts and retry them through the same endpoint. Same audit log, named to the agent.

EziBreezy CLI

Run ezibreezy content:retry from the terminal. Fits straight into a cron job or an oncall runbook.

Public REST API

POST /v1/content/:id/retry. Same retry from your own service, same role checks, same audit trail.

Social Media Calendar Template

Free monthly calendar. Pair it with the Failed Posts tab to spot which slots keep failing and tighten the plan.

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