Check your Xpath that you are retrieving by, some Xpath needs to be reordered to help you get the right performance of the retrieve if it’s a complex XPath you need to simplify it, also is there a multi retrieve or loop inside the microflow? and check your server config of how much open connection you have to the DB maybe you need to increase them, and check the log if you are facing a deadlock error or not, as this long retrieve could be a result of more than one reason.