diff --git a/Developer.md b/Developer.md
index d20d474..25dcf6e 100644
--- a/Developer.md
+++ b/Developer.md
@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ print("Published:", job_id)
 ``` python
 import time
 from omniq.client import OmniqClient
+from omniq.types import JobCtx
 
-def handler(ctx):
+def handler(ctx: JobCtx):
     print("Processing:", ctx.job_id)
     time.sleep(2)
     print("Done")
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ The heartbeat call renews the lease of the currently running job.
 
 ## Handler Context
 
-### Inside handler(ctx):
+### Inside handler(ctx: JobCtx):
 
 | Field          | Description                                |
 |----------------|--------------------------------------------|
@@ -292,6 +293,7 @@ The heartbeat call renews the lease of the currently running job.
 | payload        | Deserialized payload                       |
 | payload_raw    | Raw JSON                                   |
 | attempt        | Current attempt number                     |
+| max_attempts   | Maximum number of attempts for the job     |
 | lock_until_ms  | Lease expiration timestamp                 |
 | lease_token    | Required token for ACK/heartbeat           |
 | gid            | Group identifier                           |
@@ -398,6 +400,8 @@ Can be used externally or inside a handler via ctx.exec.
 ## Parent/Child Flow
 
 ``` python
+from omniq.types import JobCtx
+
 remaining = ctx.exec.child_ack(completion_key)
 
 if remaining == 0:
@@ -406,7 +410,7 @@ if remaining == 0:
 **Returns:**
 - Pending children -> `> 0`
 - Last Child -> `0`
-- Counter error -> `1`
+- Counter error -> `-1`
 
 **Properties:**
 - Idempotent
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7ea38a3..ddac94b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -148,9 +148,10 @@ import time
 
 # importing the lib
 from omniq.client import OmniqClient
+from omniq.types import JobCtx
 
 # creating your handler (ctx will have all the job information and actions)
-def my_actions(ctx):
+def my_actions(ctx: JobCtx):
     print("Waiting 2 seconds")
     time.sleep(2)
     print("Done")
@@ -174,16 +175,27 @@ omniq.consume(
 
 ## Handler Context
 
-Inside `handler(ctx)`:
+Inside `handler(ctx: JobCtx)`:
 - `queue`
 - `job_id`
 - `payload_raw`
 - `payload`
 - `attempt`
+- `max_attempts`
 - `lock_until_ms`
 - `lease_token`
 - `gid`
-- `exec` - execution layer (`ctx.exex`)
+- `exec` - execution layer (`ctx.exec`)
+
+Example:
+
+```python
+from omniq.types import JobCtx
+
+def my_actions(ctx: JobCtx):
+    is_last_attempt = ctx.attempt >= ctx.max_attempts
+    print("Last attempt?", is_last_attempt)
+```
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -358,9 +370,10 @@ import time
 
 # importing the lib
 from omniq.client import OmniqClient
+from omniq.types import JobCtx
 
 # creating your handler (ctx will have all the job information and actions)
-def page_worker(ctx):
+def page_worker(ctx: JobCtx):
 
     page = ctx.payload["page"]
     # getting the unique key to track the childs
@@ -449,9 +462,10 @@ import time
 
 # importing the lib
 from omniq.client import OmniqClient
+from omniq.types import JobCtx
 
 # creating your handler (ctx will have all the job information and actions)
-def pause_unpause_example(ctx):
+def pause_unpause_example(ctx: JobCtx):
     print("Waiting 2 seconds")
 
     # checking if this queue it is paused (spoiler: it's not)
@@ -518,4 +532,4 @@ in the `/examples` folder.
 
 ## License
 
-See the repository license.
\ No newline at end of file
+See the repository license.
diff --git a/examples/childs/consumer1.py b/examples/childs/consumer1.py
index 7069c90..99524de 100644
--- a/examples/childs/consumer1.py
+++ b/examples/childs/consumer1.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # importing the lib
 from omniq.client import OmniqClient
+from omniq.types import JobCtx
 
 # creating your handler (ctx will have all the job information and actions)
-def document_worker(ctx):
+def document_worker(ctx: JobCtx):
     
     # getting the data from payload
     document_id = ctx.payload["document_id"]
diff --git a/examples/childs/consumer2.py b/examples/childs/consumer2.py
index bb54aca..1db02b5 100644
--- a/examples/childs/consumer2.py
+++ b/examples/childs/consumer2.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 # importing the lib
 from omniq.client import OmniqClient
+from omniq.types import JobCtx
 
 # creating your handler (ctx will have all the job information and actions)
-def page_worker(ctx):
+def page_worker(ctx: JobCtx):
 
     page = ctx.payload["page"]
     # getting the unique key to track the childs
@@ -16,8 +17,7 @@ def page_worker(ctx):
     # acking itself as a child the number of remaining jobs are returned so we can say when the last job was executed
     remaining = ctx.exec.child_ack(completion_key)
 
-    print(f"[page_worker] Page {page} done. Remaining={remaining}")
-    
+    print(f"[page_worker] Page {page} done. Remaining={remaining}")    
 
     # remaining will be 0 ONLY when this is the last job
     # will return > 0 when are still jobs to process
diff --git a/examples/max_attempts/consumer.py b/examples/max_attempts/consumer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25d77d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/max_attempts/consumer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import time
+
+# importing the lib
+from omniq.client import OmniqClient
+from omniq.types import JobCtx
+
+
+# creating your handler (ctx will have all the job information and actions)
+def fail_until_last_attempt(ctx: JobCtx):
+    is_last_attempt = ctx.attempt >= ctx.max_attempts
+
+    print(
+        f"[max_attempts] job_id={ctx.job_id} "
+        f"attempt={ctx.attempt}/{ctx.max_attempts} "
+        f"last_attempt={is_last_attempt}"
+    )
+
+    if not is_last_attempt:
+        print("[max_attempts] Failing on purpose to force a retry.")
+        raise RuntimeError("Intentional failure before the last attempt")
+
+    print("[max_attempts] Last attempt reached. Finishing successfully.")
+    time.sleep(1)
+
+
+# creating OmniQ passing redis information
+omniq = OmniqClient(
+    host="omniq-redis",
+    port=6379,
+)
+
+# creating the consumer that will listen and execute the actions in your handler
+omniq.consume(
+    queue="max-attempts",
+    handler=fail_until_last_attempt,
+    verbose=True,
+    drain=False,
+)
diff --git a/examples/max_attempts/publish.py b/examples/max_attempts/publish.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bda7dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/max_attempts/publish.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# importing the lib
+from omniq.client import OmniqClient
+
+# creating OmniQ passing redis information
+omniq = OmniqClient(
+    host="omniq-redis",
+    port=6379,
+)
+
+# publishing the job
+job_id = omniq.publish(
+    queue="max-attempts",
+    payload={"hello": "world"},
+    max_attempts=3,
+    backoff_ms=1_000,
+    timeout_ms=30_000,
+)
+
+print("OK", job_id)
diff --git a/examples/pause_resume/consumer-pause.py b/examples/pause_resume/consumer-pause.py
index 72040a3..fe989e1 100644
--- a/examples/pause_resume/consumer-pause.py
+++ b/examples/pause_resume/consumer-pause.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 # importing the lib
 from omniq.client import OmniqClient
+from omniq.types import JobCtx
 
 # creating your handler (ctx will have all the job information and actions)
-def pause_unpause_example(ctx):
+def pause_unpause_example(ctx: JobCtx):
     print("Waiting 2 seconds")
 
     # checking if this queue it is paused (spoiler: it's not)
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ def pause_unpause_example(ctx):
     print("Is paused", is_paused)
     time.sleep(2)
 
-
     print("Pausing")
 
     # pausing this queue (this job it's and others active jobs will be not affected but not new job will be start until queue is resumed)
diff --git a/examples/simple/consumer.py b/examples/simple/consumer.py
index b37650f..a84e1d4 100644
--- a/examples/simple/consumer.py
+++ b/examples/simple/consumer.py
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 # importing the lib
 from omniq.client import OmniqClient
+from omniq.types import JobCtx
 
 # creating your handler (ctx will have all the job information and actions)
-def my_actions(ctx):
+def my_actions(ctx: JobCtx):
+    is_last_attempt = ctx.attempt >= ctx.max_attempts
+    print("Last attempt?", is_last_attempt)
     print("Waiting 2 seconds")
     time.sleep(2)
     print("Done")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 48907f1..23eaa52 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "omniq"
-version = "3.0.0"
+version = "3.1.0"
 authors = [
   { name="Not Empty Foundation", email="dev@not-empty.org" },
 ]
diff --git a/src/omniq/_ops.py b/src/omniq/_ops.py
index 1afa8dd..346296f 100644
--- a/src/omniq/_ops.py
+++ b/src/omniq/_ops.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def reserve(self, *, queue: str, now_ms_override: int = 0) -> ReserveResult:
         if res[0] == "PAUSED":
             return ReservePaused()
 
-        if res[0] != "JOB" or len(res) < 7:
+        if res[0] != "JOB" or len(res) < 8:
             raise RuntimeError(f"Unexpected RESERVE response: {res}")
 
         return ReserveJob(
@@ -153,8 +153,9 @@ def reserve(self, *, queue: str, now_ms_override: int = 0) -> ReserveResult:
             payload=str(res[2]),
             lock_until_ms=int(res[3]),
             attempt=int(res[4]),
-            gid=str(res[5] or ""),
-            lease_token=str(res[6] or ""),
+            max_attempts=int(res[5]),
+            gid=str(res[6] or ""),
+            lease_token=str(res[7] or ""),
         )
 
     def heartbeat(self, *, queue: str, job_id: str, lease_token: str, now_ms_override: int = 0) -> int:
diff --git a/src/omniq/client.py b/src/omniq/client.py
index 3305fe4..f0a6dcf 100644
--- a/src/omniq/client.py
+++ b/src/omniq/client.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from ._ops import OmniqOps
 from .scripts import load_scripts, default_scripts_dir
 from .transport import RedisConnOpts, build_redis_client, RedisLike
-from .types import ReserveResult, AckFailResult
+from .types import ReserveResult, AckFailResult, JobCtx
 from .helper import queue_base
 
 def _safe_close_redis(r: Any) -> None:
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def consume(
         self,
         *,
         queue: str,
-        handler: Callable[[Any], None],
+        handler: Callable[[JobCtx], None],
         poll_interval_s: float = 0.05,
         promote_interval_s: float = 1.0,
         promote_batch: int = 1000,
diff --git a/src/omniq/consumer.py b/src/omniq/consumer.py
index c946e24..f49f222 100644
--- a/src/omniq/consumer.py
+++ b/src/omniq/consumer.py
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ def on_sigint(signum, frame):
                 payload_raw=res.payload,
                 payload=payload_obj,
                 attempt=res.attempt,
+                max_attempts=res.max_attempts,
                 lock_until_ms=res.lock_until_ms,
                 lease_token=res.lease_token,
                 gid=res.gid,
diff --git a/src/omniq/core/scripts/reserve.lua b/src/omniq/core/scripts/reserve.lua
index 3e17f22..9b8268e 100644
--- a/src/omniq/core/scripts/reserve.lua
+++ b/src/omniq/core/scripts/reserve.lua
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ local function lease_job(job_id)
   if timeout_ms <= 0 then timeout_ms = 60000 end
 
   local attempt = to_i(redis.call("HGET", k_job, "attempt")) + 1
+  local max_attempts = to_i(redis.call("HGET", k_job, "max_attempts"))
   local lock_until = now_ms + timeout_ms
 
   local payload = redis.call("HGET", k_job, "payload") or ""
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ local function lease_job(job_id)
     "last_reserve_ms", tostring(now_ms)
   )
 
-  return {"JOB", job_id, payload, tostring(lock_until), tostring(attempt), gid, lease_token}
+  return {"JOB", job_id, payload, tostring(lock_until), tostring(attempt), tostring(max_attempts), gid, lease_token}
 end
 
 local function try_ungrouped()
@@ -184,4 +185,4 @@ else
   redis.call("SET", k_rr, "0")
 end
 
-return res
\ No newline at end of file
+return res
diff --git a/src/omniq/types.py b/src/omniq/types.py
index 0a8ba9b..5d0a0ec 100644
--- a/src/omniq/types.py
+++ b/src/omniq/types.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple, Union, Literal, List
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple, Union, Literal, List
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from .exec import Exec
 
 PayloadT = Union[Dict[str, Any], list, str]
 
@@ -10,10 +13,11 @@ class JobCtx:
     payload_raw: str
     payload: PayloadT
     attempt: int
+    max_attempts: int
     lock_until_ms: int
     lease_token: str
+    exec: "Exec"
     gid: str = ""
-    exec: Any = None
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class ReservePaused:
@@ -26,6 +30,7 @@ class ReserveJob:
     payload: str
     lock_until_ms: int
     attempt: int
+    max_attempts: int
     gid: str
     lease_token: str