diff --git a/app/workers/send_base.rb b/app/workers/send_base.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7cce44a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/send_base.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+module Workers
+  class SendBase < Base
+    sidekiq_options queue: :http, retry: 0
+
+    MAX_RETRIES = AppConfig.environment.sidekiq.retry.get.to_i
+
+    protected
+
+    def schedule_retry(retry_count, sender_id, obj_str, failed_urls)
+      if retry_count < MAX_RETRIES
+        yield(seconds_to_delay(retry_count), retry_count)
+      else
+        logger.warn "status=abandon sender=#{sender_id} obj=#{obj_str} failed_urls='[#{failed_urls.join(', ')}]'"
+        raise MaxRetriesReached
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    # based on Sidekiq::Middleware::Server::RetryJobs#seconds_to_delay
+    def seconds_to_delay(count)
+      ((count + 3)**4) + (rand(30) * (count + 1))
+    end
+
+    # send job to the dead job queue
+    class MaxRetriesReached < RuntimeError
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/workers/send_private.rb b/app/workers/send_private.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f87d6b51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/send_private.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module Workers
+  class SendPrivate < SendBase
+    def perform(sender_id, obj_str, targets, retry_count=0)
+      targets_to_retry = DiasporaFederation::Federation::Sender.private(sender_id, obj_str, targets)
+
+      return if targets_to_retry.empty?
+
+      schedule_retry(retry_count + 1, sender_id, obj_str, targets_to_retry.keys) do |delay, new_retry_count|
+        Workers::SendPrivate.perform_in(delay, sender_id, obj_str, targets_to_retry, new_retry_count)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/workers/send_public.rb b/app/workers/send_public.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5022eac6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/send_public.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module Workers
+  class SendPublic < SendBase
+    def perform(sender_id, obj_str, urls, xml, retry_count=0)
+      urls_to_retry = DiasporaFederation::Federation::Sender.public(sender_id, obj_str, urls, xml)
+
+      return if urls_to_retry.empty?
+
+      schedule_retry(retry_count + 1, sender_id, obj_str, urls_to_retry) do |delay, new_retry_count|
+        Workers::SendPublic.perform_in(delay, sender_id, obj_str, urls_to_retry, xml, new_retry_count)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/workers/send_base_spec.rb b/spec/workers/send_base_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6515faf90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/workers/send_base_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+
+describe Workers::SendBase do
+  it "retries first time after at least 256 seconds" do
+    retry_delay = Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 1)
+    expect(retry_delay).to be >= 256
+    expect(retry_delay).to be < 316
+  end
+
+  it "increases the interval for each retry" do
+    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 2)).to be >= 625
+    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 3)).to be >= 1_296
+    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 4)).to be >= 2_401
+    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 5)).to be >= 4_096
+    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 6)).to be >= 6_561
+    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 7)).to be >= 10_000
+    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 8)).to be >= 14_641
+    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 9)).to be >= 20_736
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/workers/send_private_spec.rb b/spec/workers/send_private_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..947b6c8ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/workers/send_private_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+
+describe Workers::SendPrivate do
+  let(:sender_id) { "any_user@example.org" }
+  let(:obj_str) { "status_message@guid" }
+  let(:targets) {
+    {
+      "https://example.org/receive/user/guid" => "<xml>post</xml>",
+      "https://example.com/receive/user/guid" => "<xml>post2</xml>"
+    }
+  }
+  let(:failing_targets) { {"https://example.org/receive/user/guid" => "<xml>post</xml>"} }
+
+  it "succeeds if all urls were successful" do
+    expect(DiasporaFederation::Federation::Sender).to receive(:private).with(
+      sender_id, obj_str, targets
+    ).and_return({})
+    expect(Workers::SendPrivate).not_to receive(:perform_in)
+
+    Workers::SendPrivate.new.perform(sender_id, obj_str, targets)
+  end
+
+  it "retries failing urls" do
+    expect(DiasporaFederation::Federation::Sender).to receive(:private).with(
+      sender_id, obj_str, targets
+    ).and_return(failing_targets)
+    expect(Workers::SendPrivate).to receive(:perform_in).with(
+      kind_of(Fixnum), sender_id, obj_str, failing_targets, 1
+    )
+
+    Workers::SendPrivate.new.perform(sender_id, obj_str, targets)
+  end
+
+  it "does not retry failing urls if max retries is reached" do
+    expect(DiasporaFederation::Federation::Sender).to receive(:private).with(
+      sender_id, obj_str, targets
+    ).and_return(failing_targets)
+    expect(Workers::SendPrivate).not_to receive(:perform_in)
+
+    expect {
+      Workers::SendPrivate.new.perform(sender_id, obj_str, targets, 9)
+    }.to raise_error Workers::SendBase::MaxRetriesReached
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/workers/send_public_spec.rb b/spec/workers/send_public_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bb7eb9c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/workers/send_public_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+
+describe Workers::SendPublic do
+  let(:sender_id) { "any_user@example.org" }
+  let(:obj_str) { "status_message@guid" }
+  let(:urls) { ["https://example.org/receive/public", "https://example.com/receive/public"] }
+  let(:xml) { "<xml>post</xml>" }
+
+  it "succeeds if all urls were successful" do
+    expect(DiasporaFederation::Federation::Sender).to receive(:public).with(
+      sender_id, obj_str, urls, xml
+    ).and_return([])
+    expect(Workers::SendPublic).not_to receive(:perform_in)
+
+    Workers::SendPublic.new.perform(sender_id, obj_str, urls, xml)
+  end
+
+  it "retries failing urls" do
+    failing_urls = [urls.at(0)]
+    expect(DiasporaFederation::Federation::Sender).to receive(:public).with(
+      sender_id, obj_str, urls, xml
+    ).and_return(failing_urls)
+    expect(Workers::SendPublic).to receive(:perform_in).with(
+      kind_of(Fixnum), sender_id, obj_str, failing_urls, xml, 1
+    )
+
+    Workers::SendPublic.new.perform(sender_id, obj_str, urls, xml)
+  end
+
+  it "does not retry failing urls if max retries is reached" do
+    failing_urls = [urls.at(0)]
+    expect(DiasporaFederation::Federation::Sender).to receive(:public).with(
+      sender_id, obj_str, urls, xml
+    ).and_return(failing_urls)
+    expect(Workers::SendPublic).not_to receive(:perform_in)
+
+    expect {
+      Workers::SendPublic.new.perform(sender_id, obj_str, urls, xml, 9)
+    }.to raise_error Workers::SendBase::MaxRetriesReached
+  end
+end