diff --git a/recovery/elliptics_recovery/types/merge.py b/recovery/elliptics_recovery/types/merge.py
index ead5a3d3d..5d097d8d1 100755
--- a/recovery/elliptics_recovery/types/merge.py
+++ b/recovery/elliptics_recovery/types/merge.py
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ def _server_send(self, keys, addr, backend_id, responses):
         iterator = self.session.server_send(keys, flags, list(self.session.groups))
 
         timeouted_keys = []
+        index = -1
         for index, result in enumerate(iterator):
             status = result.response.status
             self._update_stats(start_time, index + 1, recovers_in_progress, status)
@@ -316,6 +317,10 @@ def _server_send(self, keys, addr, backend_id, responses):
                 r = (status, addr, backend_id)
                 responses[str(key)].append(r)
 
+        if index < 0:
+            log.error("Server-send operation failed: {0}/{1}".format(addr, backend_id))
+            timeouted_keys = keys
+
         return timeouted_keys
 
     def _remove_bad_keys(self, responses):
@@ -328,16 +333,23 @@ def _remove_bad_keys(self, responses):
                 if self._check_bad_key(response):
                     bad_keys.append((key, ) + response)
 
-        results = []
-        for k in bad_keys:
-            key, _, addr, backend_id = k
-            self.remove_session.set_direct_id(addr, backend_id)
-            result = self.remove_session.remove(elliptics.Id(key))
-            results.append(result)
-
-        for i, r in enumerate(results):
-            status = r.get()[0].status
-            log.info("Removing key: {0}, status: ".format(bad_keys[i], status))
+        for attempt in range(self.ctx.attempts):
+            if bad_keys:
+                results = []
+                for k in bad_keys:
+                    key, _, addr, backend_id = k
+                    self.remove_session.set_direct_id(addr, backend_id)
+                    result = self.remove_session.remove(elliptics.Id(key))
+                    results.append(result)
+
+                timeouted_keys = []
+                is_last_attempt = (attempt == self.ctx.attempts - 1)
+                for i, r in enumerate(results):
+                    status = r.get()[0].status
+                    log.info("Removing key: {0}, status: {1}, last attempt: {2}".format(bad_keys[i], status, is_last_attempt))
+                    if status == -errno.ETIMEDOUT:
+                        timeouted_keys.append(bad_keys[i])
+                bad_keys = timeouted_keys
 
     def _check_bad_key(self, response):
         status = response[0]