retry for quay transient errs

Signed-off-by: Mohammed Abdi <mohammed.munir.abdi@ibm.com>

Author: mamy-CS

.github/workflows/ci-pr-checks.yaml

@@ -121,20 +121,20 @@ jobs:
               return;
             }
             
-            // Check for /test-e2e-full comment trigger
+            // Check for /trigger-e2e-full comment trigger
             if (context.eventName === 'issue_comment') {
               const comment = context.payload.comment.body.trim();
               const issue = context.payload.issue;
 
-              // Only process /test-e2e-full comments on PRs
+              // Only process /trigger-e2e-full comments on PRs
               if (!issue.pull_request) {
                 console.log('Comment is not on a PR, skipping');
                 core.setOutput('run_full', 'false');
                 return;
               }
 
               // Check for valid command
-              const validCommands = ['/test-e2e-full'];
+              const validCommands = ['/trigger-e2e-full'];
               if (!validCommands.includes(comment)) {
                 console.log(`Comment "${comment}" is not a valid trigger command, skipping`);
                 core.setOutput('run_full', 'false');
@@ -233,8 +233,28 @@ jobs:
           echo "Building local image: $FULL_IMAGE"
           echo "Image will be loaded into Kind cluster (no push needed)"
           
-          # Build image locally (no push needed for Kind)
-          make docker-build IMG="$FULL_IMAGE"
+          # Build image locally with retry logic for transient registry errors (e.g., quay.io 500 errors)
+          MAX_ATTEMPTS=3
+          ATTEMPT=1
+          WAIT_TIME=5
+          
+          while [ $ATTEMPT -le $MAX_ATTEMPTS ]; do
+            echo "Build attempt $ATTEMPT of $MAX_ATTEMPTS..."
+            if make docker-build IMG="$FULL_IMAGE"; then
+              echo "Image built successfully on attempt $ATTEMPT"
+              break
+            fi
+            
+            if [ $ATTEMPT -lt $MAX_ATTEMPTS ]; then
+              echo "Build failed (possibly transient registry error). Retrying in ${WAIT_TIME}s..."
+              sleep $WAIT_TIME
+              WAIT_TIME=$((WAIT_TIME * 2))  # Exponential backoff
+            else
+              echo "Build failed after $MAX_ATTEMPTS attempts"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            ATTEMPT=$((ATTEMPT + 1))
+          done
           
           echo "image=$FULL_IMAGE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "image_tag=${IMAGE_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT