diff --git a/app/Jobs/ProcessApps.php b/app/Jobs/ProcessApps.php
index 862a4bdb3..8cb16a15f 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/ProcessApps.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/ProcessApps.php
@@ -21,21 +21,16 @@ class ProcessApps implements ShouldQueue, ShouldBeUnique
     use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
 
     /**
-     * Bound total attempts so a failed job stops after three retries across
-     * worker restarts, independent of the broker's reserved-job recovery path.
+     * Most failures here are GitHub rate-limit responses; retries inside the
+     * same window do not help, so a single attempt is enough.
      */
-    public int $tries = 3;
-
-    /** @var array<int, int> seconds between retries */
-    public array $backoff = [30, 60, 120];
-
-    public int $timeout = 60;
+    public int $tries = 1;
 
     /**
-     * Expire the ShouldBeUnique lock after 1 hour so a crashed worker does
-     * not permanently block future ProcessApps dispatches.
+     * Expire the ShouldBeUnique lock after 10 minutes so a crashed worker
+     * does not permanently block future ProcessApps dispatches.
      */
-    public int $uniqueFor = 3600;
+    public int $uniqueFor = 600;
 
     /**
      * Create a new job instance.
diff --git a/app/Jobs/UpdateApps.php b/app/Jobs/UpdateApps.php
index 7911cc824..118844dab 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/UpdateApps.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/UpdateApps.php
@@ -19,25 +19,18 @@ class UpdateApps implements ShouldQueue, ShouldBeUnique
     use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
 
     /**
-     * Bound total attempts so a failed job stops after three retries across
-     * worker restarts, independent of the broker's reserved-job recovery path.
+     * Most failures here are GitHub rate-limit responses; retries inside the
+     * same window do not help, so a single attempt is enough. The throttle
+     * loop in handle() means the job is intentionally long-running, so we
+     * leave $timeout unset and let the operator's worker config govern.
      */
-    public int $tries = 3;
-
-    /** @var array<int, int> seconds between retries */
-    public array $backoff = [30, 60, 120];
+    public int $tries = 1;
 
     /**
-     * Per-attempt wall-clock ceiling. Heavy users with many apps may need
-     * a larger value; 60s covers the typical Heimdall deployment.
+     * Expire the ShouldBeUnique lock after 10 minutes so a crashed worker
+     * does not permanently block future UpdateApps dispatches.
      */
-    public int $timeout = 60;
-
-    /**
-     * Expire the ShouldBeUnique lock after 1 hour so a crashed worker does
-     * not permanently block future UpdateApps dispatches.
-     */
-    public int $uniqueFor = 3600;
+    public int $uniqueFor = 600;
 
     /**
      * Create a new job instance.