diff --git a/src/integration/blockchain/shared/evm/evm-client.ts b/src/integration/blockchain/shared/evm/evm-client.ts
index 974742d8a2..c2a3caa668 100644
--- a/src/integration/blockchain/shared/evm/evm-client.ts
+++ b/src/integration/blockchain/shared/evm/evm-client.ts
@@ -867,14 +867,14 @@ export abstract class EvmClient extends BlockchainClient {
     amount: number,
     nonce?: number,
   ): Promise<string> {
-    const gasLimit = +(await this.getTokenGasLimitForContact(contract, toAddress));
+    const token = await this.getTokenByContract(contract);
+    const targetAmount = EvmUtil.toWeiAmount(amount, token.decimals);
+
+    const gasLimit = +(await this.getTokenGasLimitForContact(contract, toAddress, targetAmount));
     const gasPrice = +(await this.getRecommendedGasPrice());
     const currentNonce = await this.getNonce(fromAddress);
     const txNonce = nonce ?? currentNonce;
 
-    const token = await this.getTokenByContract(contract);
-    const targetAmount = EvmUtil.toWeiAmount(amount, token.decimals);
-
     const tx = await contract.transfer(toAddress, targetAmount, { gasPrice, gasLimit, nonce: txNonce });
 
     if (txNonce >= currentNonce) this.setNonce(fromAddress, txNonce + 1);
diff --git a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/entities/__tests__/payout-order.entity.spec.ts b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/entities/__tests__/payout-order.entity.spec.ts
index 7592fd8b57..7d76a8ad9f 100644
--- a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/entities/__tests__/payout-order.entity.spec.ts
+++ b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/entities/__tests__/payout-order.entity.spec.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,23 @@ describe('PayoutOrder', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('#rollbackPayout(...)', () => {
+    it('clears payoutTxId and resets status to PayoutOrderStatus.PREPARATION_CONFIRMED for retry', () => {
+      const entity = createCustomPayoutOrder({
+        payoutTxId: 'PID_01',
+        status: PayoutOrderStatus.PAYOUT_PENDING,
+      });
+
+      expect(entity.payoutTxId).toBe('PID_01');
+      expect(entity.status).toBe(PayoutOrderStatus.PAYOUT_PENDING);
+
+      entity.rollbackPayout();
+
+      expect(entity.payoutTxId).toBeNull();
+      expect(entity.status).toBe(PayoutOrderStatus.PREPARATION_CONFIRMED);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('#complete(...)', () => {
     it('sets status to PayoutOrderStatus.COMPLETE', () => {
       const entity = createCustomPayoutOrder({
diff --git a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/entities/payout-order.entity.ts b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/entities/payout-order.entity.ts
index 5108e74076..7a4b9c0d8a 100644
--- a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/entities/payout-order.entity.ts
+++ b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/entities/payout-order.entity.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ export class PayoutOrder extends IEntity {
     return this;
   }
 
+  rollbackPayout(): this {
+    this.payoutTxId = null;
+    this.status = PayoutOrderStatus.PREPARATION_CONFIRMED;
+
+    return this;
+  }
+
   recordPayoutFee(payoutFeeAsset: Asset, payoutFeeAmount: number, payoutFeeAmountChf: number): this {
     this.payoutFeeAsset = payoutFeeAsset;
     this.payoutFeeAmount = payoutFeeAmount;
diff --git a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/interfaces/index.ts b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/interfaces/index.ts
index c44a554c69..3a4d795bc7 100644
--- a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/interfaces/index.ts
+++ b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/interfaces/index.ts
@@ -13,3 +13,8 @@ export interface FeeResult {
   asset: Asset;
   amount: number;
 }
+
+export type PayoutTxStatus =
+  | { state: 'pending' }
+  | { state: 'complete'; fee: number }
+  | { state: 'failed'; isOutOfGas: boolean };
diff --git a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/services/payout-evm.service.ts b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/services/payout-evm.service.ts
index d0c80227c6..d3a28ea29d 100644
--- a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/services/payout-evm.service.ts
+++ b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/services/payout-evm.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { EvmClient } from 'src/integration/blockchain/shared/evm/evm-client';
 import { EvmService } from 'src/integration/blockchain/shared/evm/evm.service';
 import { Asset } from 'src/shared/models/asset/asset.entity';
+import { PayoutTxStatus } from '../interfaces';
 
 export abstract class PayoutEvmService {
   private readonly client: EvmClient;
@@ -17,11 +18,18 @@ export abstract class PayoutEvmService {
     return this.client.sendTokenFromDex(address, tokenName, amount, nonce);
   }
 
-  async getPayoutCompletionData(txHash: string): Promise<[boolean, number]> {
-    const isComplete = await this.client.isTxComplete(txHash);
-    const payoutFee = isComplete ? await this.client.getTxActualFee(txHash) : 0;
+  async getPayoutCompletionData(txHash: string): Promise<PayoutTxStatus> {
+    const receipt = await this.client.getTxReceipt(txHash);
+    if (!receipt || receipt.confirmations <= 0) return { state: 'pending' };
 
-    return [isComplete, payoutFee];
+    if (receipt.status === 1) {
+      const fee = await this.client.getTxActualFee(txHash);
+      return { state: 'complete', fee };
+    }
+
+    const tx = await this.client.getTx(txHash);
+    const isOutOfGas = tx ? receipt.gasUsed.eq(tx.gasLimit) : false;
+    return { state: 'failed', isOutOfGas };
   }
 
   async getCurrentGasForCoinTransaction(): Promise<number> {
diff --git a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/base-coin.strategy.ts b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/base-coin.strategy.ts
index e3dc144e8c..4a1d127423 100644
--- a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/base-coin.strategy.ts
+++ b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/base-coin.strategy.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,4 @@ export class BaseCoinStrategy extends EvmStrategy {
   protected getFeeAsset(): Promise<Asset> {
     return this.assetService.getBaseCoin();
   }
-
-  protected async getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId: string): Promise<[boolean, number]> {
-    return this.baseService.getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/base-token.strategy.ts b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/base-token.strategy.ts
index f077615dee..31d752fd57 100644
--- a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/base-token.strategy.ts
+++ b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/base-token.strategy.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,4 @@ export class BaseTokenStrategy extends EvmStrategy {
   protected getFeeAsset(): Promise<Asset> {
     return this.assetService.getBaseCoin();
   }
-
-  protected async getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId: string): Promise<[boolean, number]> {
-    return this.baseService.getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/base/evm.strategy.ts b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/base/evm.strategy.ts
index 4a6e9f4fe0..d9d60acc45 100644
--- a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/base/evm.strategy.ts
+++ b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/base/evm.strategy.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { DfxLogger } from 'src/shared/services/dfx-logger';
 import { DisabledProcess, Process } from 'src/shared/services/process.service';
 import { AsyncCache, CacheItemResetPeriod } from 'src/shared/utils/async-cache';
 import { Util } from 'src/shared/utils/util';
-import { FeeResult } from 'src/subdomains/supporting/payout/interfaces';
+import { FeeResult, PayoutTxStatus } from 'src/subdomains/supporting/payout/interfaces';
 import { PriceCurrency, PriceValidity } from 'src/subdomains/supporting/pricing/services/pricing.service';
 import { PayoutOrder } from '../../../../entities/payout-order.entity';
 import { PayoutOrderRepository } from '../../../../repositories/payout-order.repository';
@@ -52,19 +52,34 @@ export abstract class EvmStrategy extends PayoutStrategy {
   async checkPayoutCompletionData(orders: PayoutOrder[]): Promise<void> {
     for (const order of orders) {
       try {
-        const [isComplete, payoutFee] = await this.getPayoutCompletionData(order.payoutTxId);
+        const status = await this.getPayoutCompletionData(order.payoutTxId);
 
-        if (isComplete) {
+        if (status.state === 'complete') {
           order.complete();
 
           const feeAsset = await this.feeAsset();
           const price = await this.pricingService.getPrice(feeAsset, PriceCurrency.CHF, PriceValidity.ANY);
-          order.recordPayoutFee(feeAsset, payoutFee, price.convert(payoutFee, Config.defaultVolumeDecimal));
+          order.recordPayoutFee(feeAsset, status.fee, price.convert(status.fee, Config.defaultVolumeDecimal));
 
           await this.payoutOrderRepo.save(order);
-        } else if (await this.canRetryFailedPayout(order)) {
-          // TX expired (not on-chain, not in mempool) - retry immediately, no gas costs incurred
-          this.logger.info(`Payout order ${order.id} has expired TX (${order.payoutTxId}), retrying immediately`);
+        } else if (status.state === 'failed' && !status.isOutOfGas) {
+          // Non-recoverable on-chain revert (paused contract, balance mismatch, etc.).
+          // Designate for investigation - processFailedOrders will mail and move to PayoutUncertain.
+          this.logger.error(`Payout order ${order.id} reverted on-chain (tx ${order.payoutTxId}, not OOG)`);
+          order.designatePayout();
+          await this.payoutOrderRepo.save(order);
+        } else if (await this.canRetryFailedPayout(order, status)) {
+          if (status.state === 'failed' && status.isOutOfGas) {
+            // OOG: free the spent nonce so the retry gets a fresh one
+            this.logger.warn(
+              `Payout order ${order.id} failed with out-of-gas (tx ${order.payoutTxId}), retrying with fresh nonce`,
+            );
+            order.rollbackPayout();
+            await this.payoutOrderRepo.save(order);
+          } else {
+            // TX expired (not on-chain, not in mempool) - retry immediately, no gas costs incurred
+            this.logger.info(`Payout order ${order.id} has expired TX (${order.payoutTxId}), retrying immediately`);
+          }
           await this.doPayout([order]);
         }
       } catch (e) {
@@ -73,7 +88,7 @@ export abstract class EvmStrategy extends PayoutStrategy {
     }
   }
 
-  protected async getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId: string): Promise<[boolean, number]> {
+  protected async getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId: string): Promise<PayoutTxStatus> {
     return this.payoutEvmService.getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId);
   }
 
@@ -83,11 +98,14 @@ export abstract class EvmStrategy extends PayoutStrategy {
     }
   }
 
-  override async canRetryFailedPayout(order: PayoutOrder): Promise<boolean> {
+  override async canRetryFailedPayout(order: PayoutOrder, status?: PayoutTxStatus): Promise<boolean> {
     if (!order.payoutTxId) return false;
 
-    if (Util.hoursDiff(order.updated) < 1) return false;
+    // OOG-mined: retry immediately, re-estimation should resolve the state divergence
+    if (status?.state === 'failed' && status.isOutOfGas) return true;
 
+    // Expired in mempool: retry after 1h cooldown
+    if (Util.hoursDiff(order.updated) < 1) return false;
     return this.payoutEvmService.isTxExpired(order.payoutTxId);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/gnosis-coin.strategy.ts b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/gnosis-coin.strategy.ts
index ef65303e90..c11fde54d7 100644
--- a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/gnosis-coin.strategy.ts
+++ b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/gnosis-coin.strategy.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,4 @@ export class GnosisCoinStrategy extends EvmStrategy {
   protected getFeeAsset(): Promise<Asset> {
     return this.assetService.getGnosisCoin();
   }
-
-  protected async getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId: string): Promise<[boolean, number]> {
-    return this.gnosisService.getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/gnosis-token.strategy.ts b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/gnosis-token.strategy.ts
index f614e636d8..8230636862 100644
--- a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/gnosis-token.strategy.ts
+++ b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/gnosis-token.strategy.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,4 @@ export class GnosisTokenStrategy extends EvmStrategy {
   protected getFeeAsset(): Promise<Asset> {
     return this.assetService.getGnosisCoin();
   }
-
-  protected async getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId: string): Promise<[boolean, number]> {
-    return this.gnosisService.getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/optimism-coin.strategy.ts b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/optimism-coin.strategy.ts
index 6e45107216..a2621bb579 100644
--- a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/optimism-coin.strategy.ts
+++ b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/optimism-coin.strategy.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,4 @@ export class OptimismCoinStrategy extends EvmStrategy {
   protected getFeeAsset(): Promise<Asset> {
     return this.assetService.getOptimismCoin();
   }
-
-  protected async getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId: string): Promise<[boolean, number]> {
-    return this.optimismService.getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/optimism-token.strategy.ts b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/optimism-token.strategy.ts
index dbd68ed3a8..04ab3efd68 100644
--- a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/optimism-token.strategy.ts
+++ b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/optimism-token.strategy.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,4 @@ export class OptimismTokenStrategy extends EvmStrategy {
   protected getFeeAsset(): Promise<Asset> {
     return this.assetService.getOptimismCoin();
   }
-
-  protected async getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId: string): Promise<[boolean, number]> {
-    return this.optimismService.getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/polygon-coin.strategy.ts b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/polygon-coin.strategy.ts
index d978238bb5..132fcee1a8 100644
--- a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/polygon-coin.strategy.ts
+++ b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/polygon-coin.strategy.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,4 @@ export class PolygonCoinStrategy extends EvmStrategy {
   protected getFeeAsset(): Promise<Asset> {
     return this.assetService.getPolygonCoin();
   }
-
-  protected async getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId: string): Promise<[boolean, number]> {
-    return this.polygonService.getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/polygon-token.strategy.ts b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/polygon-token.strategy.ts
index beb8c8ca28..5a029b7c4b 100644
--- a/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/polygon-token.strategy.ts
+++ b/src/subdomains/supporting/payout/strategies/payout/impl/polygon-token.strategy.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,4 @@ export class PolygonTokenStrategy extends EvmStrategy {
   protected getFeeAsset(): Promise<Asset> {
     return this.assetService.getPolygonCoin();
   }
-
-  protected async getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId: string): Promise<[boolean, number]> {
-    return this.polygonService.getPayoutCompletionData(payoutTxId);
-  }
 }