diff --git a/jobs-service/jobs-service-common/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/service/scheduler/BaseTimerJobScheduler.java b/jobs-service/jobs-service-common/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/service/scheduler/BaseTimerJobScheduler.java
index ac080cdb82..49e777ba8c 100644
--- a/jobs-service/jobs-service-common/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/service/scheduler/BaseTimerJobScheduler.java
+++ b/jobs-service/jobs-service-common/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/service/scheduler/BaseTimerJobScheduler.java
@@ -343,7 +343,8 @@ private PublisherBuilder<JobDetails> handleRetry(CompletionStage<JobDetails> fut
                                 .build())
                         .map(jobRepository::save)
                         .flatMapCompletionStage(p -> p))
-                .peek(job -> LOGGER.debug("Retry executed {}", job));
+                .peek(job -> LOGGER.debug("Retry executed {}", job))
+                .onError(errorHandler -> LOGGER.error("Failed to retrieve job due to {}", errorHandler.getMessage()));
     }
 
     private PointInTimeTrigger getRetryTrigger() {
diff --git a/jobs-service/jobs-service-common/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/service/scheduler/JobSchedulerManager.java b/jobs-service/jobs-service-common/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/service/scheduler/JobSchedulerManager.java
index b0bd05feac..2211c3aeef 100644
--- a/jobs-service/jobs-service-common/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/service/scheduler/JobSchedulerManager.java
+++ b/jobs-service/jobs-service-common/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/service/scheduler/JobSchedulerManager.java
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ enum LoadJobErrorStrategy {
     }
 
     private void startJobsLoadingFromRepositoryTask() {
+        LOGGER.info(
+                "Starting with configuration: schedulerChunkInMinutes={}, loadJobIntervalInMinutes={}, loadJobFromCurrentTimeIntervalInMinutes={}, loadJobRetries={}, loadJobErrorStrategy={}",
+                schedulerChunkInMinutes, loadJobIntervalInMinutes, loadJobFromCurrentTimeIntervalInMinutes, loadJobRetries, loadJobErrorStrategy);
         //guarantee it starts the task just in case it is not already active
         initialLoading.set(true);
         if (periodicTimerIdForLoadJobs.get() < 0) {
@@ -129,6 +132,13 @@ private void startJobsLoadingFromRepositoryTask() {
                         schedulerChunkInMinutes);
                 loadJobIntervalInMinutes = schedulerChunkInMinutes;
             }
+            if (loadJobFromCurrentTimeIntervalInMinutes < loadJobIntervalInMinutes) {
+                LOGGER.warn("The loadJobFromCurrentTimeIntervalInMinutes value ({}) is smaller than loadJobIntervalInMinutes ({}). " +
+                        "This can potentially lead to overdue timers not getting rescheduled during the periodic job loading.",
+                        loadJobFromCurrentTimeIntervalInMinutes,
+                        loadJobIntervalInMinutes);
+
+            }
             //first execution
             vertx.runOnContext(this::loadJobDetails);
             //next executions to run periodically
@@ -198,6 +208,15 @@ private boolean isNotScheduled(JobDetails jobDetails) {
         Date triggerFireTime = jobDetails.getTrigger().hasNextFireTime();
         ZonedDateTime nextFireTime = triggerFireTime != null ? DateUtil.instantToZonedDateTime(triggerFireTime.toInstant()) : null;
         boolean scheduled = scheduler.scheduled(jobDetails.getId()).isPresent();
+        // cancel an overdue timer to have it rescheduled
+        if (!initialLoading.get() && nextFireTime != null && nextFireTime.isBefore(DateUtil.now())) {
+            LOGGER.debug("Job found, id: {}, nextFireTime: {}, created: {}, status: {} is overdue and will be rescheduled", jobDetails.getId(),
+                    nextFireTime,
+                    jobDetails.getCreated(),
+                    jobDetails.getStatus());
+            scheduler.cancel(jobDetails.getId());
+            return true;
+        }
         LOGGER.debug("Job found, id: {}, nextFireTime: {}, created: {}, status: {}, already scheduled: {}", jobDetails.getId(),
                 nextFireTime,
                 jobDetails.getCreated(),
diff --git a/jobs-service/jobs-service-common/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/service/scheduler/impl/TimerDelegateJobScheduler.java b/jobs-service/jobs-service-common/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/service/scheduler/impl/TimerDelegateJobScheduler.java
index 6b30c30b0b..b64bd87b95 100644
--- a/jobs-service/jobs-service-common/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/service/scheduler/impl/TimerDelegateJobScheduler.java
+++ b/jobs-service/jobs-service-common/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/service/scheduler/impl/TimerDelegateJobScheduler.java
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ public TimerDelegateJobScheduler(ReactiveJobRepository jobRepository,
             @ConfigProperty(name = "kogito.jobs-service.forceExecuteExpiredJobsOnServiceStart", defaultValue = "true") boolean forceExecuteExpiredJobsOnServiceStart,
             JobExecutorResolver jobExecutorResolver, VertxTimerServiceScheduler delegate) {
         super(jobRepository, backoffRetryMillis, maxIntervalLimitToRetryMillis, schedulerChunkInMinutes, forceExecuteExpiredJobs, forceExecuteExpiredJobsOnServiceStart);
+        LOGGER.info(
+                "Creating JobScheduler with backoffRetryMillis={}, maxIntervalLimitToRetryMillis={}, schedulerChunkInMinutes={}, forceExecuteExpiredJobs={}, forceExecuteExpiredJobsOnServiceStart={}",
+                backoffRetryMillis, maxIntervalLimitToRetryMillis, schedulerChunkInMinutes, forceExecuteExpiredJobs, forceExecuteExpiredJobsOnServiceStart);
         this.jobExecutorResolver = jobExecutorResolver;
         this.delegate = delegate;
     }
diff --git a/jobs-service/kogito-addons-jobs-service/kogito-addons-quarkus-jobs/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/embedded/EmbeddedJobExecutor.java b/jobs-service/kogito-addons-jobs-service/kogito-addons-quarkus-jobs/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/embedded/EmbeddedJobExecutor.java
index 347eedcb69..ead3bbf2a2 100644
--- a/jobs-service/kogito-addons-jobs-service/kogito-addons-quarkus-jobs/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/embedded/EmbeddedJobExecutor.java
+++ b/jobs-service/kogito-addons-jobs-service/kogito-addons-quarkus-jobs/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jobs/embedded/EmbeddedJobExecutor.java
@@ -56,7 +56,15 @@ public Uni<JobExecutionResponse> execute(JobDetails jobDetails) {
         InVMRecipient recipient = (InVMRecipient) recipientModel.getRecipient();
         String timerId = recipient.getPayload().getData().timerId();
         String processInstanceId = recipient.getPayload().getData().processInstanceId();
-        Optional<Process<? extends Model>> process = processes.processByProcessInstanceId(processInstanceId);
+        Optional<Process<? extends Model>> process;
+        try {
+            process = processes.processByProcessInstanceId(processInstanceId);
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            return Uni.createFrom().failure(
+                    new JobExecutionException(jobDetails.getId(),
+                            "Unexpected error when executing Embedded request for job: " + jobDetails.getId() + ". " + ex.getMessage(),
+                            ex));
+        }
         if (process.isEmpty()) {
             return Uni.createFrom().item(
                     JobExecutionResponse.builder()