From 7833bd3ecf75f07fe38f23d2b5600c0362939d65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viktor Barzin <viktorbarzin@meta.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:24:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add retry logic to Drone CI clone step for transient DNS
 failures

Disable the default clone and use a custom clone step with up to 5
retry attempts in both frontend and api pipelines. This prevents
builds from failing due to transient "Could not resolve host" errors.
---
 .drone.yml | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index e484ba4..9b85fb4 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ kind: pipeline
 type: kubernetes
 name: frontend
 
+clone:
+  disable: true
+
 concurrency:
   limit: 1
 
@@ -14,6 +17,19 @@ trigger:
     - push
 
 steps:
+  - name: clone
+    image: alpine/git
+    commands:
+      - |
+        for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+          git clone --depth=50 "$DRONE_REMOTE_URL" . && exit 0
+          echo "Clone attempt $i failed, retrying in 5s..."
+          sleep 5
+        done
+        echo "Clone failed after 5 attempts"
+        exit 1
+      - git checkout "$DRONE_COMMIT"
+
   - name: Run frontend tests
     image: node:24-alpine
     commands:
@@ -81,6 +97,9 @@ kind: pipeline
 type: kubernetes
 name: api
 
+clone:
+  disable: true
+
 concurrency:
   limit: 1
 
@@ -93,6 +112,19 @@ trigger:
     - push
 
 steps:
+  - name: clone
+    image: alpine/git
+    commands:
+      - |
+        for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+          git clone --depth=50 "$DRONE_REMOTE_URL" . && exit 0
+          echo "Clone attempt $i failed, retrying in 5s..."
+          sleep 5
+        done
+        echo "Clone failed after 5 attempts"
+        exit 1
+      - git checkout "$DRONE_COMMIT"
+
   - name: Cache test image
     image: plugins/docker
     settings: