---
title: "Retry email delivery"
method: POST
path: "/emails/{emailId}/retry"
tags: ["Emails"]
---

# Retry email delivery

`POST /emails/{emailId}/retry`

Retry delivery of a failed or soft-bounced email. Creates a new
delivery attempt.

Only works for emails that have failed or are in a retryable state.

## Path parameters

- `emailId` string, required

## Response `200`

Email accepted for retry

- object
  - `success` true, required
  - `data` object, required
    - `message` string, required
    - `id` string, required — Email identifier (token)
  - `meta` ApiMeta, required
    - `requestId` string, required — Unique request identifier for debugging and support

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request parameters
- `401` — Invalid or missing API key
- `404` — Resource not found
- `422` — Request understood but cannot be processed
- `500` — Internal server error

## Changes

- **2026-02-05** `37bce0c9a4d7` — 5 warning, 5 info
  - added the new `infrastructure_error` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `infrastructure_error` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `401`
  - added the new `infrastructure_error` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `404`
  - added the new `infrastructure_error` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `422`
  - …6 more
- **2026-02-04** `4f8eeb0b9933` — 230 warning
  - added the new `already_exists` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `already_exists` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `401`
  - added the new `already_exists` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `404`
  - added the new `already_exists` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `422`
  - …226 more
- **2026-02-02** `13bda63d06ce` — 1 info
  - added the required property `data/id` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-01-30** `39b91ffd46b6` — 1 info
  - added the required property `data/id` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-01-30** `bf0351a8fa1d` — 1 info
  - added the required property `data/id` to the response with the `200` status

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/arkhq-io/apis/ark-email-api/changes/emails/:emailId/retry/post.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/arkhq-io/apis/ark-email-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/arkhq-io/apis/ark-email-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/arkhq-io/ark-email-api/revisions/98a90852ffca/schema)