diff --git a/src/core/asl_log_store.c b/src/core/asl_log_store.c
index 955d2b6..c226a13 100644
--- a/src/core/asl_log_store.c
+++ b/src/core/asl_log_store.c
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 enum {
   AMDUAT_ASL_LOG_MAGIC_LEN = 8,
   AMDUAT_ASL_LOG_VERSION = 1,
   AMDUAT_ASL_LOG_CHUNK_MAX_ENTRIES = 1024u,
-  AMDUAT_ASL_LOG_MAX_RETRIES = 8u
+  AMDUAT_ASL_LOG_MAX_RETRIES = 8u,
+  AMDUAT_ASL_LOG_VERIFY_MAX_RETRIES = 6u,
+  AMDUAT_ASL_LOG_VERIFY_RETRY_US = 2000u
 };
 
 static const uint8_t k_amduat_asl_log_magic[AMDUAT_ASL_LOG_MAGIC_LEN] = {
@@ -656,21 +659,39 @@ amduat_asl_store_error_t amduat_asl_log_append(
       {
         amduat_artifact_t verify_artifact;
         amduat_asl_store_error_t verify_err;
+        uint32_t verify_attempt = 0u;
         char *new_ref_hex = NULL;
         (void)amduat_asl_ref_encode_hex(new_ref, &new_ref_hex);
-        verify_err = amduat_asl_store_get(log_store->store, new_ref,
-                                          &verify_artifact);
-        if (verify_err == AMDUAT_ASL_STORE_OK) {
-          amduat_artifact_free(&verify_artifact);
-        } else {
+        while (verify_attempt < AMDUAT_ASL_LOG_VERIFY_MAX_RETRIES) {
+          verify_err = amduat_asl_store_get(log_store->store, new_ref,
+                                            &verify_artifact);
+          if (verify_err == AMDUAT_ASL_STORE_OK) {
+            break;
+          }
+          if (verify_err != AMDUAT_ASL_STORE_ERR_NOT_FOUND ||
+              verify_attempt + 1u >= AMDUAT_ASL_LOG_VERIFY_MAX_RETRIES) {
+            break;
+          }
+          usleep(AMDUAT_ASL_LOG_VERIFY_RETRY_US);
+          verify_attempt++;
+        }
+        if (verify_err != AMDUAT_ASL_STORE_OK) {
           amduat_log(AMDUAT_LOG_ERROR,
-                     "asl_log_append: store_put verify get failed (log=%s pointer=%s attempt=%u err=%d new_ref=%s)",
+                     "asl_log_append: store_put verify get failed (log=%s pointer=%s attempt=%u verify_attempts=%u err=%d new_ref=%s)",
                      log_name != NULL ? log_name : "(null)",
                      pointer_name != NULL ? pointer_name : "(null)",
                      (unsigned)attempt,
+                     (unsigned)(verify_attempt + 1u),
                      (int)verify_err,
                      new_ref_hex != NULL ? new_ref_hex : "(hex-encode-failed)");
+          free(new_ref_hex);
+          if (head_exists) {
+            amduat_reference_free(&head_ref);
+          }
+          free(pointer_name);
+          return AMDUAT_ASL_STORE_ERR_IO;
         }
+        amduat_artifact_free(&verify_artifact);
         free(new_ref_hex);
       }