diff --git a/bottlecap/src/traces/stats_flusher.rs b/bottlecap/src/traces/stats_flusher.rs
index 0096df803..1d4b4ae4d 100644
--- a/bottlecap/src/traces/stats_flusher.rs
+++ b/bottlecap/src/traces/stats_flusher.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 use tokio::sync::OnceCell;
 
+use crate::FLUSH_RETRY_COUNT;
 use crate::config;
 use crate::lifecycle::invocation::processor::S_TO_MS;
 use crate::traces::http_client::HttpClient;
@@ -93,32 +94,36 @@ impl StatsFlusher {
 
         let stats_url = trace_stats_url(&self.config.site);
 
-        let start = std::time::Instant::now();
-
-        let resp = stats_utils::send_stats_payload_with_client(
-            serialized_stats_payload,
-            endpoint,
-            api_key.as_str(),
-            Some(&self.http_client),
-        )
-        .await;
-        let elapsed = start.elapsed();
-        debug!(
-            "STATS | Stats request to {} took {} ms",
-            stats_url,
-            elapsed.as_millis()
-        );
-        match resp {
-            Ok(()) => {
-                debug!("STATS | Successfully flushed stats");
-                None
-            }
-            Err(e) => {
-                // Network/server errors are temporary - return stats for retry
-                error!("STATS | Error sending stats: {e:?}");
-                Some(stats)
+        for attempt in 1..=FLUSH_RETRY_COUNT {
+            let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+            let resp = stats_utils::send_stats_payload_with_client(
+                serialized_stats_payload.clone(),
+                endpoint,
+                api_key.as_str(),
+                Some(&self.http_client),
+            )
+            .await;
+            let elapsed = start.elapsed();
+
+            match resp {
+                Ok(()) => {
+                    debug!(
+                        "STATS | Successfully flushed stats to {stats_url} in {} ms (attempt {attempt}/{FLUSH_RETRY_COUNT})",
+                        elapsed.as_millis()
+                    );
+                    return None;
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    debug!(
+                        "STATS | Failed to send stats to {stats_url} in {} ms (attempt {attempt}/{FLUSH_RETRY_COUNT}): {e:?}",
+                        elapsed.as_millis()
+                    );
+                }
             }
         }
+
+        error!("STATS | Exhausted all {FLUSH_RETRY_COUNT} attempts, returning stats for redrive");
+        Some(stats)
     }
 
     /// Flushes stats from the aggregator.
diff --git a/bottlecap/src/traces/trace_flusher.rs b/bottlecap/src/traces/trace_flusher.rs
index 7e43eab23..89f40050e 100644
--- a/bottlecap/src/traces/trace_flusher.rs
+++ b/bottlecap/src/traces/trace_flusher.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use libdd_common::Endpoint;
 use libdd_trace_utils::{
     config_utils::trace_intake_url_prefixed,
     send_data::SendData,
+    send_with_retry::{RetryBackoffType, RetryStrategy},
     trace_utils::{self},
     tracer_payload::TracerPayloadCollection,
 };
@@ -14,11 +15,25 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::task::JoinSet;
 use tracing::{debug, error};
 
+use crate::FLUSH_RETRY_COUNT;
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::lifecycle::invocation::processor::S_TO_MS;
 use crate::traces::http_client::HttpClient;
 use crate::traces::trace_aggregator_service::AggregatorHandle;
 
+/// Retry strategy for trace flushing using the shared `FLUSH_RETRY_COUNT`
+/// with no delay between attempts. In Lambda, every millisecond of wall-clock
+/// time matters, and the per-attempt request timeout already bounds how long
+/// each retry can take.
+fn trace_retry_strategy() -> RetryStrategy {
+    RetryStrategy::new(
+        u32::try_from(FLUSH_RETRY_COUNT).unwrap_or(3),
+        0,
+        RetryBackoffType::Constant,
+        None,
+    )
+}
+
 pub struct TraceFlusher {
     pub aggregator_handle: AggregatorHandle,
     pub config: Arc<Config>,
@@ -113,7 +128,11 @@ impl TraceFlusher {
             let traces_with_tags: Vec<_> = trace_builders
                 .into_iter()
                 .map(|info| {
-                    let trace = info.builder.with_api_key(api_key.as_str()).build();
+                    let trace = info
+                        .builder
+                        .with_api_key(api_key.as_str())
+                        .with_retry_strategy(trace_retry_strategy())
+                        .build();
                     (trace, info.header_tags)
                 })
                 .collect();
@@ -125,12 +144,16 @@ impl TraceFlusher {
                 let additional_traces: Vec<_> = traces_with_tags
                     .iter()
                     .filter_map(|(trace, tags)| match trace.get_payloads() {
-                        TracerPayloadCollection::V07(payloads) => Some(SendData::new(
-                            trace.len(),
-                            TracerPayloadCollection::V07(payloads.clone()),
-                            tags.to_tracer_header_tags(),
-                            &endpoint,
-                        )),
+                        TracerPayloadCollection::V07(payloads) => {
+                            let mut send_data = SendData::new(
+                                trace.len(),
+                                TracerPayloadCollection::V07(payloads.clone()),
+                                tags.to_tracer_header_tags(),
+                                &endpoint,
+                            );
+                            send_data.set_retry_strategy(trace_retry_strategy());
+                            Some(send_data)
+                        }
                         // All payloads in the extension are V07 (produced by
                         // collect_pb_trace_chunks), so this branch is unreachable.
                         _ => None,
@@ -174,12 +197,23 @@ impl TraceFlusher {
         debug!("TRACES | Flushing {} traces", coalesced_traces.len());
 
         for trace in &coalesced_traces {
-            let send_result = trace.send(&http_client).await.last_result;
-
-            if let Err(e) = send_result {
-                error!("TRACES | Request failed: {e:?}");
+            let result = trace.send(&http_client).await;
+
+            if let Err(e) = &result.last_result {
+                error!(
+                    "TRACES | Request failed after {} attempts ({} timeouts, {} network errors, {} status code errors): {e:?}",
+                    result.requests_count,
+                    result.errors_timeout,
+                    result.errors_network,
+                    result.errors_status_code,
+                );
                 return Some(coalesced_traces);
             }
+
+            debug!(
+                "TRACES | Successfully sent trace ({} attempts, {} bytes)",
+                result.requests_count, result.bytes_sent,
+            );
         }
 
         debug!("TRACES | Flushing took {} ms", start.elapsed().as_millis());