diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberLane.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberLane.js
index 75bf09dc01e..905eda36a93 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberLane.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberLane.js
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ export type Lane = number;
 export type LaneMap<T> = Array<T>;
 
 import {
-  enableSchedulingProfiler,
-  enableUpdaterTracking,
   allowConcurrentByDefault,
+  enableRetryLaneExpiration,
+  enableSchedulingProfiler,
   enableTransitionTracing,
   enableUnifiedSyncLane,
+  enableUpdaterTracking,
 } from 'shared/ReactFeatureFlags';
 import {isDevToolsPresent} from './ReactFiberDevToolsHook';
 import {ConcurrentUpdatesByDefaultMode, NoMode} from './ReactTypeOfMode';
@@ -383,7 +384,7 @@ function computeExpirationTime(lane: Lane, currentTime: number) {
       // crashes. There must be some other underlying bug; not super urgent but
       // ideally should figure out why and fix it. Unfortunately we don't have
       // a repro for the crashes, only detected via production metrics.
-      return NoTimestamp;
+      return enableRetryLaneExpiration ? currentTime + 5000 : NoTimestamp;
     case SelectiveHydrationLane:
     case IdleHydrationLane:
     case IdleLane:
diff --git a/packages/shared/ReactFeatureFlags.js b/packages/shared/ReactFeatureFlags.js
index 0a532cf9296..7411bc7d9a9 100644
--- a/packages/shared/ReactFeatureFlags.js
+++ b/packages/shared/ReactFeatureFlags.js
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ export const passChildrenWhenCloningPersistedNodes = false;
 
 export const enableUseDeferredValueInitialArg = __EXPERIMENTAL__;
 
+/**
+ * Enables an expiration time for retry lanes to avoid starvation.
+ */
+export const enableRetryLaneExpiration = false;
+
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Chopping Block
 //
diff --git a/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.native-fb.js b/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.native-fb.js
index 9645e0fc953..0c04991e13b 100644
--- a/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.native-fb.js
+++ b/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.native-fb.js
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export const enableComponentStackLocations = false;
 export const enableLegacyFBSupport = false;
 export const enableFilterEmptyStringAttributesDOM = false;
 export const enableGetInspectorDataForInstanceInProduction = true;
+export const enableRetryLaneExpiration = false;
 
 export const createRootStrictEffectsByDefault = false;
 
diff --git a/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.native-oss.js b/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.native-oss.js
index eea399034b2..70105f99ce4 100644
--- a/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.native-oss.js
+++ b/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.native-oss.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export const enableComponentStackLocations = false;
 export const enableLegacyFBSupport = false;
 export const enableFilterEmptyStringAttributesDOM = false;
 export const enableGetInspectorDataForInstanceInProduction = false;
+export const enableRetryLaneExpiration = false;
 
 export const createRootStrictEffectsByDefault = false;
 export const enableUseRefAccessWarning = false;
diff --git a/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.test-renderer.js b/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.test-renderer.js
index 33db09795b2..1f1766c6178 100644
--- a/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.test-renderer.js
+++ b/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.test-renderer.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export const enableComponentStackLocations = true;
 export const enableLegacyFBSupport = false;
 export const enableFilterEmptyStringAttributesDOM = false;
 export const enableGetInspectorDataForInstanceInProduction = false;
+export const enableRetryLaneExpiration = false;
 
 export const createRootStrictEffectsByDefault = false;
 export const enableUseRefAccessWarning = false;
diff --git a/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.test-renderer.native.js b/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.test-renderer.native.js
index 96f7a0f8310..18fa67530ad 100644
--- a/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.test-renderer.native.js
+++ b/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.test-renderer.native.js
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export const enableUseEffectEventHook = false;
 export const enableClientRenderFallbackOnTextMismatch = true;
 export const createRootStrictEffectsByDefault = false;
 export const enableUseRefAccessWarning = false;
+export const enableRetryLaneExpiration = false;
 
 export const disableSchedulerTimeoutInWorkLoop = false;
 export const enableLazyContextPropagation = false;
diff --git a/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.test-renderer.www.js b/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.test-renderer.www.js
index 0b3301bc39e..c4131e3312c 100644
--- a/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.test-renderer.www.js
+++ b/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.test-renderer.www.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export const enableComponentStackLocations = true;
 export const enableLegacyFBSupport = false;
 export const enableFilterEmptyStringAttributesDOM = true;
 export const enableGetInspectorDataForInstanceInProduction = false;
+export const enableRetryLaneExpiration = false;
 
 export const createRootStrictEffectsByDefault = false;
 export const enableUseRefAccessWarning = false;
diff --git a/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.www-dynamic.js b/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.www-dynamic.js
index 1fb76bf4b31..b824c9ac832 100644
--- a/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.www-dynamic.js
+++ b/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.www-dynamic.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export const enableAsyncActions = __VARIANT__;
 export const alwaysThrottleRetries = __VARIANT__;
 export const enableDO_NOT_USE_disableStrictPassiveEffect = __VARIANT__;
 export const enableUseDeferredValueInitialArg = __VARIANT__;
+export const enableRetryLaneExpiration = __VARIANT__;
 
 // Enable this flag to help with concurrent mode debugging.
 // It logs information to the console about React scheduling, rendering, and commit phases.
diff --git a/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.www.js b/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.www.js
index d53742c5f5c..a597b8e9805 100644
--- a/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.www.js
+++ b/packages/shared/forks/ReactFeatureFlags.www.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export const {
   enableUseRefAccessWarning,
   enableLazyContextPropagation,
   enableUnifiedSyncLane,
+  enableRetryLaneExpiration,
   enableTransitionTracing,
   enableCustomElementPropertySupport,
   enableDeferRootSchedulingToMicrotask,