diff --git a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/constants.py b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/constants.py
index b65f18ca0a..eb419d989c 100644
--- a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/constants.py
+++ b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/constants.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 DEFAULT_PASSWORD = "1234"
 DEFAULT_API_KEY = "argilla.apikey"
 
-DEFAULT_DATABASE_SQLITE_TIMEOUT = 15
+DEFAULT_DATABASE_SQLITE_TIMEOUT = 5
 
 DEFAULT_DATABASE_POSTGRESQL_POOL_SIZE = 15
 DEFAULT_DATABASE_POSTGRESQL_MAX_OVERFLOW = 10
diff --git a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/contexts/datasets.py b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/contexts/datasets.py
index b95fcde5e1..7f5e49b6dd 100644
--- a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/contexts/datasets.py
+++ b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/contexts/datasets.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #  limitations under the License.
 import asyncio
+import backoff
 import copy
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import (
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@
 
 CREATE_DATASET_VECTOR_SETTINGS_MAX_COUNT = 5
 
+MAX_TIME_RETRY_SQLALCHEMY_ERROR = 15
+
 
 async def _touch_dataset_last_activity_at(db: AsyncSession, dataset: Dataset) -> None:
     await db.execute(
@@ -805,6 +808,7 @@ async def delete_record(db: AsyncSession, search_engine: "SearchEngine", record:
     return record
 
 
+@backoff.on_exception(backoff.expo, sqlalchemy.exc.SQLAlchemyError, max_time=MAX_TIME_RETRY_SQLALCHEMY_ERROR)
 async def create_response(
     db: AsyncSession, search_engine: SearchEngine, record: Record, user: User, response_create: ResponseCreate
 ) -> Response:
@@ -828,16 +832,18 @@ async def create_response(
         await db.flush([response])
         await _load_users_from_responses([response])
         await _touch_dataset_last_activity_at(db, record.dataset)
-        await search_engine.update_record_response(response)
         await db.refresh(record, attribute_names=[Record.responses_submitted.key])
         await distribution.update_record_status(db, record)
-        await search_engine.partial_record_update(record, status=record.status)
 
     await db.commit()
 
+    await search_engine.update_record_response(response)
+    await search_engine.partial_record_update(record, status=record.status)
+
     return response
 
 
+@backoff.on_exception(backoff.expo, sqlalchemy.exc.SQLAlchemyError, max_time=MAX_TIME_RETRY_SQLALCHEMY_ERROR)
 async def update_response(
     db: AsyncSession, search_engine: SearchEngine, response: Response, response_update: ResponseUpdate
 ):
@@ -854,16 +860,18 @@ async def update_response(
 
         await _load_users_from_responses(response)
         await _touch_dataset_last_activity_at(db, response.record.dataset)
-        await search_engine.update_record_response(response)
         await db.refresh(response.record, attribute_names=[Record.responses_submitted.key])
         await distribution.update_record_status(db, response.record)
-        await search_engine.partial_record_update(response.record, status=response.record.status)
 
     await db.commit()
 
+    await search_engine.update_record_response(response)
+    await search_engine.partial_record_update(response.record, status=response.record.status)
+
     return response
 
 
+@backoff.on_exception(backoff.expo, sqlalchemy.exc.SQLAlchemyError, max_time=MAX_TIME_RETRY_SQLALCHEMY_ERROR)
 async def upsert_response(
     db: AsyncSession, search_engine: SearchEngine, record: Record, user: User, response_upsert: ResponseUpsert
 ) -> Response:
@@ -886,29 +894,32 @@ async def upsert_response(
 
         await _load_users_from_responses(response)
         await _touch_dataset_last_activity_at(db, response.record.dataset)
-        await search_engine.update_record_response(response)
         await db.refresh(record, attribute_names=[Record.responses_submitted.key])
         await distribution.update_record_status(db, record)
-        await search_engine.partial_record_update(record, status=record.status)
 
     await db.commit()
 
+    await search_engine.update_record_response(response)
+    await search_engine.partial_record_update(record, status=record.status)
+
     return response
 
 
+@backoff.on_exception(backoff.expo, sqlalchemy.exc.SQLAlchemyError, max_time=MAX_TIME_RETRY_SQLALCHEMY_ERROR)
 async def delete_response(db: AsyncSession, search_engine: SearchEngine, response: Response) -> Response:
     async with db.begin_nested():
         response = await response.delete(db, autocommit=False)
 
         await _load_users_from_responses(response)
         await _touch_dataset_last_activity_at(db, response.record.dataset)
-        await search_engine.delete_record_response(response)
         await db.refresh(response.record, attribute_names=[Record.responses_submitted.key])
         await distribution.update_record_status(db, response.record)
-        await search_engine.partial_record_update(record=response.record, status=response.record.status)
 
     await db.commit()
 
+    await search_engine.delete_record_response(response)
+    await search_engine.partial_record_update(record=response.record, status=response.record.status)
+
     return response
 
 
diff --git a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/use_cases/responses/upsert_responses_in_bulk.py b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/use_cases/responses/upsert_responses_in_bulk.py
index 520194e46a..cb801365e7 100644
--- a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/use_cases/responses/upsert_responses_in_bulk.py
+++ b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/use_cases/responses/upsert_responses_in_bulk.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ async def execute(self, responses: List[ResponseUpsert], user: User) -> List[Res
                     raise errors.NotFoundError(f"Record with id `{item.record_id}` not found")
 
                 await authorize(user, RecordPolicy.create_response(record))
+
                 response = await datasets.upsert_response(self.db, self.search_engine, record, user, item)
             except Exception as err:
                 responses_bulk_items.append(ResponseBulk(item=None, error=ResponseBulkError(detail=str(err))))
diff --git a/argilla-server/tests/unit/commons/test_settings.py b/argilla-server/tests/unit/commons/test_settings.py
index 8215709b4a..1ef0b64849 100644
--- a/argilla-server/tests/unit/commons/test_settings.py
+++ b/argilla-server/tests/unit/commons/test_settings.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def test_settings_database_url(url: str, expected_url: str, monkeypatch):
 
 
 def test_settings_default_database_sqlite_timeout():
-    assert Settings().database_sqlite_timeout == 15
+    assert Settings().database_sqlite_timeout == 5
 
 
 def test_settings_database_sqlite_timeout(monkeypatch):