Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described which may enable a user equipment (UE) and a base station to use outer-loop feedback support to reach a desired error rate for low latency communications. For example, a base station may transmit a proxy acknowledgement feedback configuration to a UE for communications associated with a low target error rate. In some cases, after receiving the communications from the base station, the UE may receive secondary communications from the base station. The UE may then decode the first and/or second communications according to the proxy acknowledgement feedback configuration and/or a normal acknowledgement feedback configuration and may determine a proxy acknowledgement feedback based on the decoding. Further, the UE may transmit the proxy and/or normal acknowledgement feedback to the base station, which may update outer-loop power settings for the low latency communications based on the acknowledgement feedback.