diff --git a/service/worker/processor.go b/service/worker/processor.go
index a688539f530..d3eaa8498f4 100644
--- a/service/worker/processor.go
+++ b/service/worker/processor.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 package worker
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+	"math"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@@ -43,6 +45,32 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/yarpc/yarpcerrors"
 )
 
+type workerStatus int
+
+var errMaxAttemptReached = errors.New("Maximum attempts exceeded")
+
+const (
+	workerStatusRunning workerStatus = iota
+	workerStatusPendingRetry
+)
+
+const (
+	// below are the max retry count for worker
+
+	// [0, 0.6) percentage max retry count
+	retryCountInfinity int64 = math.MaxInt64 // using int64 max as infinity
+	// [0.6, 0.7) percentage max retry count
+	retryCount70PercentInRetry int64 = 256
+	// [0.7, 0.8) percentage max retry count
+	retryCount80PercentInRetry int64 = 128
+	// [0.8, 0.9) percentage max retry count
+	retryCount90PercentInRetry int64 = 64
+	// [0.9, 0.95) percentage max retry count
+	retryCount95PercentInRetry int64 = 32
+	// [0.95, 1] percentage max retry count
+	retryCount100PercentInRetry int64 = 8
+)
+
 type (
 	// DomainReplicator is the interface which can replicate the domain
 	DomainReplicator interface {
@@ -65,6 +93,11 @@ type (
 		metricsClient    metrics.Client
 		domainReplicator DomainReplicator
 		historyClient    history.Client
+
+		// worker in retry count is used by underlying processor when doing retry on a task
+		// this help the replicator / underlying processor understanding the overall
+		// situation and giveup retrying
+		workerInRetryCount int32
 	}
 )
 
@@ -97,9 +130,10 @@ func newReplicationTaskProcessor(currentCluster, sourceCluster, consumer string,
 			logging.TagSourceCluster:     sourceCluster,
 			logging.TagConsumerName:      consumer,
 		}),
-		metricsClient:    metricsClient,
-		domainReplicator: domainReplicator,
-		historyClient:    historyClient,
+		metricsClient:      metricsClient,
+		domainReplicator:   domainReplicator,
+		historyClient:      historyClient,
+		workerInRetryCount: 0,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -145,13 +179,52 @@ func (p *replicationTaskProcessor) Stop() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (p *replicationTaskProcessor) updateWorkerRetryStatus(isInRetry bool) {
+	if isInRetry {
+		atomic.AddInt32(&p.workerInRetryCount, 1)
+	} else {
+		atomic.AddInt32(&p.workerInRetryCount, -1)
+	}
+}
+
+// getRemainingRetryCount returns the max retry count at the moment
+func (p *replicationTaskProcessor) getRemainingRetryCount(remainingRetryCount int64) int64 {
+	workerInRetry := float64(atomic.LoadInt32(&p.workerInRetryCount))
+	numWorker := float64(p.config.ReplicatorConcurrency)
+	retryPercentage := workerInRetry / numWorker
+
+	min := func(i int64, j int64) int64 {
+		if i < j {
+			return i
+		}
+		return j
+	}
+
+	if retryPercentage < 0.6 {
+		return min(remainingRetryCount, retryCountInfinity)
+	}
+	if retryPercentage < 0.7 {
+		return min(remainingRetryCount, retryCount70PercentInRetry)
+	}
+	if retryPercentage < 0.8 {
+		return min(remainingRetryCount, retryCount80PercentInRetry)
+	}
+	if retryPercentage < 0.9 {
+		return min(remainingRetryCount, retryCount90PercentInRetry)
+	}
+	if retryPercentage < 0.95 {
+		return min(remainingRetryCount, retryCount95PercentInRetry)
+	}
+	return min(remainingRetryCount, retryCount100PercentInRetry)
+}
+
 func (p *replicationTaskProcessor) processorPump() {
 	defer p.shutdownWG.Done()
 
 	var workerWG sync.WaitGroup
-	for i := 0; i < p.config.ReplicatorConcurrency; i++ {
+	for workerID := 0; workerID < p.config.ReplicatorConcurrency; workerID++ {
 		workerWG.Add(1)
-		go p.worker(&workerWG)
+		go p.messageProcessLoop(&workerWG, workerID)
 	}
 
 	select {
@@ -166,7 +239,7 @@ func (p *replicationTaskProcessor) processorPump() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (p *replicationTaskProcessor) worker(workerWG *sync.WaitGroup) {
+func (p *replicationTaskProcessor) messageProcessLoop(workerWG *sync.WaitGroup, workerID int) {
 	defer workerWG.Done()
 
 	for {
@@ -176,44 +249,70 @@ func (p *replicationTaskProcessor) worker(workerWG *sync.WaitGroup) {
 				p.logger.Info("Worker for replication task processor shutting down.")
 				return // channel closed
 			}
+			p.processWithRetry(msg, workerID)
+		case <-p.consumer.Closed():
+			p.logger.Info("Consumer closed. Processor shutting down.")
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
 
-			var err error
-		ProcessRetryLoop:
-			for {
-				select {
-				case <-p.shutdownCh:
-					return
-				default:
-					op := func() error {
-						return p.process(msg)
-					}
-					err = backoff.Retry(op, replicationTaskRetryPolicy, p.isTransientRetryableError)
-					if err != nil && p.isTransientRetryableError(err) {
-						// Keep on retrying transient errors for ever
-						continue ProcessRetryLoop
-					}
+func (p *replicationTaskProcessor) processWithRetry(msg kafka.Message, workerID int) {
+	var err error
+
+	isInRetry := false
+	remainingRetryCount := retryCountInfinity
+	defer func() {
+		if isInRetry {
+			p.updateWorkerRetryStatus(false)
+		}
+	}()
+
+ProcessRetryLoop:
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-p.shutdownCh:
+			return
+		default:
+			op := func() error {
+				remainingRetryCount--
+				if remainingRetryCount <= 0 {
+					return errMaxAttemptReached
 				}
 
-				break ProcessRetryLoop
+				errMsg := p.process(msg)
+				if errMsg != nil && p.isTransientRetryableError(errMsg) {
+					// Keep on retrying transient errors for ever
+					if !isInRetry {
+						isInRetry = true
+						p.updateWorkerRetryStatus(true)
+					}
+					remainingRetryCount = p.getRemainingRetryCount(remainingRetryCount)
+				}
+				return errMsg
 			}
 
-			if err == nil {
-				// Successfully processed replication task.  Ack message to move the cursor forward.
-				msg.Ack()
-			} else {
-				// Task still failed after all retries.  This is most probably due to a bug in replication code.
-				// Nack the task to move it to DLQ to not block replication for other workflow executions.
-				p.logger.WithFields(bark.Fields{
-					logging.TagErr:          err,
-					logging.TagPartitionKey: msg.Partition(),
-					logging.TagOffset:       msg.Offset(),
-				}).Error("Error processing replication task.")
-				msg.Nack()
+			err = backoff.Retry(op, replicationTaskRetryPolicy, p.isTransientRetryableError)
+			if err != nil && p.isTransientRetryableError(err) {
+				// Keep on retrying transient errors for ever
+				continue ProcessRetryLoop
 			}
-		case <-p.consumer.Closed():
-			p.logger.Info("Consumer closed. Processor shutting down.")
-			return
 		}
+		break ProcessRetryLoop
+	}
+
+	if err == nil {
+		// Successfully processed replication task.  Ack message to move the cursor forward.
+		msg.Ack()
+	} else {
+		// Task still failed after all retries.  This is most probably due to a bug in replication code.
+		// Nack the task to move it to DLQ to not block replication for other workflow executions.
+		p.logger.WithFields(bark.Fields{
+			logging.TagErr:          err,
+			logging.TagPartitionKey: msg.Partition(),
+			logging.TagOffset:       msg.Offset(),
+		}).Error("Error processing replication task.")
+		msg.Nack()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -337,9 +436,9 @@ func (p *replicationTaskProcessor) isTransientRetryableError(err error) bool {
 		return true
 	case *shared.RetryTaskError:
 		return true
+	default:
+		return false
 	}
-
-	return false
 }
 
 func deserialize(payload []byte) (*replicator.ReplicationTask, error) {