diff --git a/crates/script/src/progress.rs b/crates/script/src/progress.rs
index a0a5ba5609030..08a94ed02c53d 100644
--- a/crates/script/src/progress.rs
+++ b/crates/script/src/progress.rs
@@ -207,20 +207,30 @@ impl ScriptProgress {
         let mut tasks = futures::stream::iter(futs).buffer_unordered(10);
 
         let mut errors: Vec<String> = vec![];
+        let mut discarded_transactions = false;
 
         while let Some((tx_hash, result)) = tasks.next().await {
             match result {
                 Err(err) => {
-                    errors.push(format!("Failure on receiving a receipt for {tx_hash:?}:\n{err}"));
-
-                    seq_progress.inner.write().finish_tx_spinner(tx_hash);
+                    // Check if this is a retry error for pending receipts
+                    if err.to_string().contains("Received a pending receipt") {
+                        // We've already retried several times with sleep, but the receipt is still pending
+                        discarded_transactions = true;
+                        deployment_sequence.remove_pending(tx_hash);
+                        let msg = format!("Transaction {tx_hash:?} was discarded by RPC despite multiple retry attempts. It will be retried when using --resume.");
+                        seq_progress.inner.write().finish_tx_spinner_with_msg(tx_hash, &msg)?;
+                    } else {
+                        errors.push(format!("Failure on receiving a receipt for {tx_hash:?}:\n{err}"));
+                        seq_progress.inner.write().finish_tx_spinner(tx_hash);
+                    }
                 }
                 Ok(TxStatus::Dropped) => {
                     // We want to remove it from pending so it will be re-broadcast.
                     deployment_sequence.remove_pending(tx_hash);
-                    errors.push(format!("Transaction dropped from the mempool: {tx_hash:?}"));
-
-                    seq_progress.inner.write().finish_tx_spinner(tx_hash);
+                    discarded_transactions = true;
+                    
+                    let msg = format!("Transaction {tx_hash:?} dropped from the mempool. It will be retried when using --resume.");
+                    seq_progress.inner.write().finish_tx_spinner_with_msg(tx_hash, &msg)?;
                 }
                 Ok(TxStatus::Success(receipt)) => {
                     trace!(tx_hash=?tx_hash, "received tx receipt");
@@ -249,11 +259,18 @@ impl ScriptProgress {
         // print any errors
         if !errors.is_empty() {
             let mut error_msg = errors.join("\n");
-            if !deployment_sequence.pending.is_empty() {
-                error_msg += "\n\n Add `--resume` to your command to try and continue broadcasting
-        the transactions."
+            
+            // Add information about using --resume if necessary
+            if !deployment_sequence.pending.is_empty() || discarded_transactions {
+                error_msg += r#"
+
+Add `--resume` to your command to try and continue broadcasting the transactions. This will attempt to resend transactions that were discarded by the RPC."#;
             }
+            
             eyre::bail!(error_msg);
+        } else if discarded_transactions {
+            // If we have discarded transactions but no errors, still inform the user
+            sh_warn!("Some transactions were discarded by the RPC node. Use `--resume` to retry these transactions.")?;
         }
 
         Ok(())
diff --git a/crates/script/src/receipts.rs b/crates/script/src/receipts.rs
index 605cdf9ddb0de..93b9a69052256 100644
--- a/crates/script/src/receipts.rs
+++ b/crates/script/src/receipts.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,30 @@ pub async fn check_tx_status(
                 .get_receipt()
                 .await
             {
-                Ok(receipt) => Ok(receipt.into()),
+                Ok(receipt) => {
+                    // Check if the receipt is pending (missing block information)
+                    let is_pending = receipt.block_number.is_none() || receipt.block_hash.is_none() || receipt.transaction_index.is_none();
+                    
+                    if !is_pending {
+                        return Ok(receipt.into());
+                    }
+
+                    // Receipt is pending, try to sleep and retry a few times
+                    match provider.get_transaction_by_hash(hash).await {
+                        Ok(_) => {
+                            // Sleep for a short time to allow the transaction to be mined
+                            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
+                            // Transaction is still known to the node, retry
+                            Err(RetryError::Retry(eyre!(
+                                "Received a pending receipt for {hash}, but transaction is still known to the node, retrying"
+                            )))
+                        }
+                        Err(_) => {
+                            // Transaction is not known to the node, mark it as dropped
+                            Ok(TxStatus::Dropped)
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
                 Err(e) => match provider.get_transaction_by_hash(hash).await {
                     Ok(_) => match e {
                         PendingTransactionError::TxWatcher(WatchTxError::Timeout) => {