diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 1fd25b842017..2dd20d09e720 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ is collected by it.
 
 - Fix panics when parsing dereferencing invalid parsed url. {pull}34702[34702]
 - Fix retries to trigger on a down monitor with no previous state. {pull}36842[36842]
+- Fix monitor duration calculation with retries. {pull}36842[36842]
 
 *Metricbeat*
 
diff --git a/heartbeat/monitors/wrappers/summarizer/plugmondur.go b/heartbeat/monitors/wrappers/summarizer/plugmondur.go
index f677e57693f8..171e3870269b 100644
--- a/heartbeat/monitors/wrappers/summarizer/plugmondur.go
+++ b/heartbeat/monitors/wrappers/summarizer/plugmondur.go
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ type LightweightDurationPlugin struct {
 func (lwdsp *LightweightDurationPlugin) EachEvent(event *beat.Event, _ error) EachEventActions {
 	// Effectively only runs once, on the first event
 	if lwdsp.startedAt == nil {
-		now := time.Now()
-		lwdsp.startedAt = &now
+		lwdsp.setEventStartAt()
 	}
 	return 0
 }
@@ -44,7 +43,15 @@ func (lwdsp *LightweightDurationPlugin) BeforeSummary(event *beat.Event) BeforeS
 	return 0
 }
 
-func (lwdsp *LightweightDurationPlugin) BeforeRetry() {}
+func (lwdsp *LightweightDurationPlugin) BeforeRetry() {
+	// Reset event.startAt
+	lwdsp.startedAt = nil
+}
+
+func (lwdsp *LightweightDurationPlugin) setEventStartAt() {
+	now := time.Now()
+	lwdsp.startedAt = &now
+}
 
 // BrowserDurationPlugin handles the logic for writing the `monitor.duration.us` field
 // for browser monitors.
diff --git a/heartbeat/monitors/wrappers/summarizer/summarizer.go b/heartbeat/monitors/wrappers/summarizer/summarizer.go
index 9c3f1bd8abdf..cca3fada663a 100644
--- a/heartbeat/monitors/wrappers/summarizer/summarizer.go
+++ b/heartbeat/monitors/wrappers/summarizer/summarizer.go
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ func (s *Summarizer) Wrap(j jobs.Job) jobs.Job {
 				//    kibana queries
 				// 2. If the site error is very short 1s gives it a tiny bit of time to recover
 				delayedRootJob := func(event *beat.Event) ([]jobs.Job, error) {
+					time.Sleep(s.retryDelay)
 					for _, p := range s.plugins {
 						p.BeforeRetry()
 					}
-					time.Sleep(s.retryDelay)
 					return s.rootJob(event)
 				}
 
diff --git a/x-pack/heartbeat/heartbeat.yml b/x-pack/heartbeat/heartbeat.yml
index 76876b9c7ff5..d11f77e8b723 100644
--- a/x-pack/heartbeat/heartbeat.yml
+++ b/x-pack/heartbeat/heartbeat.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ heartbeat.config.monitors:
 heartbeat.monitors:
 - type: http
   # Set enabled to true (or delete the following line) to enable this monitor
-  enabled: false
+  enabled: true
   # ID used to uniquely identify this monitor in Elasticsearch even if the config changes
   id: my-monitor
   # Human readable display name for this service in Uptime UI and elsewhere
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ heartbeat.monitors:
   # List of URLs to query
   urls: ["http://localhost:9200"]
   # Configure task schedule
-  schedule: '@every 10s'
+  schedule: '@every 10000s'
+  max_attempts: 2
   # Total test connection and data exchange timeout
   #timeout: 16s
   # Name of corresponding APM service, if Elastic APM is in use for the monitored service.
@@ -98,9 +99,11 @@ setup.kibana:
 # Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.
 
 # ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ----------------------------
-output.elasticsearch:
-  # Array of hosts to connect to.
-  hosts: ["localhost:9200"]
+# output.elasticsearch:
+#   # Array of hosts to connect to.
+#   hosts: ["localhost:9200"]
+output.console:
+  pretty: true
 
   # Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
   #protocol: "https"