# Specify retry attempts at enqueue

**URL:** https://discuss.hangfire.io/t/specify-retry-attempts-at-enqueue/11429
**Category:** question
**Created:** [May 20, 2026, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.hangfire.io/t/specify-retry-attempts-at-enqueue/11429 "2026-05-20T09:55:57Z")
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#### Post date: [May 20, 2026, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.hangfire.io/t/specify-retry-attempts-at-enqueue/11429/1 "2026-05-20T09:55:57Z")

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I’m looking for a way to specify the retry attempts when I enqueue my job. I know it’s possible with an attribute on the job class, but I need it to be variable, i.e. I don’t know at compile time what the number of retries will be.

I’ve tried this:

```auto
var client = new BackgroundJobClient(JobStorage.Current);
client.RetryAttempts = retryAttempts;
client.Enqueue<MyJob>(x => x.DoWork());

```

And this:

```auto
var filters = new JobFilterCollection();

foreach (var filter in GlobalJobFilters.Filters)
{
    filters.Add(filter.Instance);
}

filters.Add(new AutomaticRetryAttribute { Attempts = retryAttempts });

var client = new BackgroundJobClient(JobStorage.Current, filters);

client.Enqueue<MyJob>(x => x.DoWork());

```

But it still seems to retry 10 times. So what is the best way to specify the number of retry attempts at the moment we enqueue our job?