diff --git a/models/replication_job.go b/models/replication_job.go
index 4c3fc11d4..59c2ad375 100644
--- a/models/replication_job.go
+++ b/models/replication_job.go
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ const (
 	JobFinished string = "finished"
 	//JobCanceled ...
 	JobCanceled string = "canceled"
+	//JobRetrying indicate the job needs to be retried, it will be scheduled to the end of job queue by statemachine after an interval.
+	JobRetrying string = "retrying"
 	//JobContinue is the status returned by statehandler to tell statemachine to move to next possible state based on trasition table.
 	JobContinue string = "_continue"
 	//RepOpTransfer represents the operation of a job to transfer repository to a remote registry/harbor instance.