In an aspect, a scheduled entity obtains a first set of indications associated with a beam failure recovery procedure, starts at least one of a first timer or a second timer based on the obtained first set of indications, and detects a radio link failure when the first timer expires or when the second timer expires. In some aspects, the scheduled entity starts at least one of the first timer or the second timer when N out-of-sync indications are obtained over a network configured time window, the N out-of-sync indications including aperiodic out-of-sync indications from the first set of indications and out-of-sync indications associated with a radio link monitoring procedure. In some aspects, the scheduled entity starts at least the second timer when the first set of indications includes a single aperiodic out-of-sync indication.