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title: "Failures, retries and unknown outcomes: 1Post docs"
url: "https://get1post.com/docs/reconnect-and-failures.md"
canonical_url: "https://get1post.com/docs/reconnect-and-failures"
last_updated: "2026-10-26"
type: "conceptual"
summary: "What failed and unknown mean for a destination, how to retry safely and how to attach a post that went out when the answer was lost."
related: ["https://get1post.com/docs/errors.md", "https://get1post.com/docs/webhooks.md", "https://get1post.com/docs/connect-accounts.md", "https://get1post.com/docs.md"]
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# Failures, retries and unknown outcomes: 1Post docs

What failed and unknown mean for a destination, how to retry safely and how to attach a post that went out when the answer was lost.

A destination that failed is known not to have published, so retry sends it again as a new post. A destination in unknown may already be live, so 1Post never retries it on its own. Check the account, then attach the live post with link-live, or duplicate the post and send it again.

## States of a destination

| State | What it means | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Scheduled | Waiting for its time. | Nothing. You can still change or cancel it. |
| Published | Live on the network. | Results are collected from here on. |
| Failed | Refused or not sent, and known not to be live. | Fix the cause, then retry. |
| Unknown | The network did not say whether it published. | Look at the account, then link-live or duplicate. |

## Reconnecting

When a network stops accepting an account, the account shows as needing a reconnect and posts for it wait. Reconnect the account and its scheduled posts are kept. A webhook, account.reconnect_needed, tells your code the moment this happens.

## Questions

**Why is unknown never retried?**

Because the post may already be live. Retrying could publish it twice, so 1Post asks you to check first.

## Related

- [1Post API error codes and how to fix each](https://get1post.com/docs/errors.md)
- [Webhooks: 1Post docs](https://get1post.com/docs/webhooks.md)
- [Connect and manage accounts: 1Post docs](https://get1post.com/docs/connect-accounts.md)
- [1Post docs: composer, scheduling, API, webhooks, MCP](https://get1post.com/docs.md)