Try this

src/documents/consumer.py

@@ -175,7 +175,12 @@ class ConsumerPluginMixin:
         self._send_progress(100, 100, ProgressStatusOptions.FAILED, message)
         self.log.error(log_message or message, exc_info=exc_info)
         # Move the file to the failed directory
-        if self.input_doc.original_file.exists():
+        if (
+            self.input_doc.original_file.exists()
+            and not Path(
+                settings.CONSUMPTION_FAILED_DIR / self.input_doc.original_file.name,
+            ).exists()
+        ):
             copy_file_with_basic_stats(
                 self.input_doc.original_file,
                 settings.CONSUMPTION_FAILED_DIR / self.input_doc.original_file.name,

src/documents/tasks.py

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ from documents.signals import document_updated
 from documents.signals.handlers import cleanup_document_deletion
 from documents.signals.handlers import run_workflows
 from documents.signals.handlers import send_websocket_document_updated
+from documents.utils import copy_file_with_basic_stats
 from documents.workflows.utils import get_workflows_for_trigger
 from paperless.config import AIConfig
 from paperless_ai.indexing import llm_index_add_or_update_document
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ from paperless_ai.indexing import update_llm_index
 _T = TypeVar("_T")
 IterWrapper = Callable[[Iterable[_T]], Iterable[_T]]
 
-
 if settings.AUDIT_LOG_ENABLED:
     from auditlog.models import LogEntry
 logger = logging.getLogger("paperless.tasks")
@@ -248,11 +248,13 @@ def retry_failed_file(task_id: str, clean: bool = False, skip_ocr: bool = False)
         if not failed_file.exists():
             logger.error(f"Failed file {failed_file} not found")
             return
+        working_copy = settings.SCRATCH_DIR / failed_file.name
+        copy_file_with_basic_stats(failed_file, working_copy)
 
         consume_file(
             ConsumableDocument(
                 source=DocumentSource.ConsumeFolder,
-                original_file=failed_file,
+                original_file=working_copy,
             ),
         )