diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 464c0bf..3068e98 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -271,9 +271,9 @@ credentials and tick `Enable resending data to Windy` again.
 
 - You are done.
 
-As with Windy, three unexpected responses in a row switch resending off automatically and
-log the reason. The `Forwarding to Počasí Meteo` and `Forwarding status to Počasí Meteo`
-diagnostic sensors show the current state.
+As with Windy, three unexpected responses in a row switch resending off automatically, log
+the reason and raise a persistent notification. The `Forwarding to Počasí Meteo` and
+`Forwarding status to Počasí Meteo` diagnostic sensors show the current state.
 
 ## WSLink notes
 
diff --git a/custom_components/sws12500/const.py b/custom_components/sws12500/const.py
index 0ad3ca3..6534788 100644
--- a/custom_components/sws12500/const.py
+++ b/custom_components/sws12500/const.py
@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ WINDY_URL = "https://stations.windy.com/api/v2/observation/update"
 
 POCASI_CZ_URL: Final = "http://ms.pocasimeteo.cz"
 POCASI_CZ_SEND_MINIMUM: Final = 12  # minimal time to resend data
-POCASI_CZ_MAX_RETRIES: Final = 3  # failed sends in a row before resending is disabled
+# Failed sends in a row before resending is disabled. Timeouts are excluded on purpose -
+# a slow upstream is transient, see the TimeoutError branch in `PocasiPush`.
+POCASI_CZ_MAX_RETRIES: Final = 3
 
 # Pocasi Meteo accepts Ecowitt only as a POST in the Ecowitt protocol itself - the
 # station payload is forwarded verbatim rather than translated to PWS. Per their