Techniques for automated query retry in a database platform include decoding, by at least one hardware processor, a query directed to database data. The query is received by a first management node from a client account of a database system. The method further includes configuring an execution of the query by a first computing node associated with the first management node. The method includes detecting the execution of the query results in a failed execution. The query is transferred from the first management node to a second management node based on the failed execution. The second management node is configured to process tasks that are internal to the database system. A retry execution of the query by a second computing node is configured. The second computing node is associated with the second management node. A cause of the failed execution is determined based on a result of the retry execution.