diff --git a/veza-backend-api/internal/monitoring/metrics.go b/veza-backend-api/internal/monitoring/metrics.go
index 87c083341..a2a570b82 100644
--- a/veza-backend-api/internal/monitoring/metrics.go
+++ b/veza-backend-api/internal/monitoring/metrics.go
@@ -210,6 +210,27 @@ var (
 		},
 		[]string{"reason"}, // ClamAV, validation, quota, etc.
 	)
+
+	// v0.701: Transfer Retry Metrics
+	TransferRetryTotal = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Name: "veza_transfer_retry_total",
+		Help: "Total number of transfer retry attempts",
+	})
+
+	TransferRetrySuccess = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Name: "veza_transfer_retry_success_total",
+		Help: "Total number of successful transfer retries",
+	})
+
+	TransferRetryFailures = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Name: "veza_transfer_retry_failures_total",
+		Help: "Total number of failed transfer retries",
+	})
+
+	TransferRetryPermanent = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Name: "veza_transfer_retry_permanent_failures_total",
+		Help: "Total number of permanently failed transfers (max retries exceeded)",
+	})
 )
 
 // Middleware pour enregistrer les métriques HTTP
@@ -325,3 +346,9 @@ func RecordPlaylistCreated() {
 func RecordUploadFailed(reason string) {
 	UploadsFailedTotal.WithLabelValues(reason).Inc()
 }
+
+// v0.701: Transfer Retry Metrics
+func RecordTransferRetry()          { TransferRetryTotal.Inc() }
+func RecordTransferRetrySuccess()    { TransferRetrySuccess.Inc() }
+func RecordTransferRetryFailure()    { TransferRetryFailures.Inc() }
+func RecordTransferRetryPermanent()   { TransferRetryPermanent.Inc() }