3 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d1558859..3ca49048c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Current Master
 
 - Fix nonce calculation bug that would sometimes generate very wrong nonces.
+- Give up resubmitting a transaction after 3500 blocks.
 
 ## 3.9.10 2017-8-23
 
diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
index 6f49c9633..fb3be6073 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ module.exports = class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
           err: undefined,
         })
       },
+      giveUpOnTransaction: (txId) => {
+        const msg = `Gave up submitting after 3500 blocks un-mined.`
+        this.setTxStatusFailed(txId, msg)
+      },
     })
     this.query = new EthQuery(this.provider)
     this.txProviderUtil = new TxProviderUtil(this.provider)
@@ -451,4 +455,4 @@ module.exports = class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
     })
     this.memStore.updateState({ unapprovedTxs, selectedAddressTxList })
   }
-}
-\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/pending-tx-tracker.js b/app/scripts/lib/pending-tx-tracker.js
index 19720db3f..b90851b58 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/pending-tx-tracker.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/pending-tx-tracker.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const EventEmitter = require('events')
 const EthQuery = require('ethjs-query')
 const sufficientBalance = require('./util').sufficientBalance
+const RETRY_LIMIT = 3500 // Retry 3500 blocks, or about 1 day.
 /*
 
   Utility class for tracking the transactions as they
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ module.exports = class PendingTransactionTracker extends EventEmitter {
     this.getBalance = config.getBalance
     this.getPendingTransactions = config.getPendingTransactions
     this.publishTransaction = config.publishTransaction
+    this.giveUpOnTransaction = config.giveUpOnTransaction
   }
 
   //  checks if a signed tx is in a block and
@@ -100,6 +102,10 @@ module.exports = class PendingTransactionTracker extends EventEmitter {
     if (balance === undefined) return
     if (!('retryCount' in txMeta)) txMeta.retryCount = 0
 
+    if (txMeta.retryCount > RETRY_LIMIT) {
+      return this.giveUpOnTransaction(txMeta.id)
+    }
+
     // if the value of the transaction is greater then the balance, fail.
     if (!sufficientBalance(txMeta.txParams, balance)) {
       const insufficientFundsError = new Error('Insufficient balance during rebroadcast.')
@@ -160,4 +166,4 @@ module.exports = class PendingTransactionTracker extends EventEmitter {
     }
     nonceGlobalLock.releaseLock()
   }
-}
-\ No newline at end of file
+}