Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a radio resource control (RRC) configuration that indicates that hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback associated with a downlink HARQ process is disabled or enabled. The UE may receive a downlink control information (DCI) communication that overrides the RRC configuration. The UE may selectively transmit HARQ feedback, associated with the downlink HARQ process, for a downlink transmission based at least in part on the DCI communication. The UE may selectively initiate, based at least in part on selectively transmitting the HARQ feedback, physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring associated with the downlink HARQ process based at least in part on at least one of the RRC configuration or the DCI communication. Numerous other aspects are described.