From ccef7063ecbf4f00cfd14a4ebdbcae034c4963e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bertiethorpe <bertie443@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:01:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add retry logic to CI tofu apply

---
 .github/workflows/stackhpc.yml | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/stackhpc.yml b/.github/workflows/stackhpc.yml
index cb4e865b2..60c05389e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stackhpc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stackhpc.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,12 @@ jobs:
           . venv/bin/activate
           . environments/.stackhpc/activate
           cd "$STACKHPC_TF_DIR"
-          tofu apply -auto-approve -var-file="${{ env.CI_CLOUD }}.tfvars"
+          max_retries=3
+          delay=30
+          for i in $(seq 1 $max_retries); do
+            tofu apply -auto-approve -var-file="${{ env.CI_CLOUD }}.tfvars" && break
+            [ "$i" -lt "$max_retries" ] && sleep $delay || exit 1
+          done
 
       - name: Delete infrastructure if provisioning failed
         run: |