Retry job in case of AWS Spot Instance interruption

(cherry picked from commit bbcce1bfc1243d74ff0ec736e7d370c4cb8591f2)

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ee186c9bd1dbbbef942ad2afbfbd2221769df7d4..9cc03082e5c337157ddfc6a6cf08e558c41f2b12 100644 (file)
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ variables:
 default:
   interruptible: true
 
+  # AWS can interrupt the spot instance anytime, so let's retry the job when
+  # the interruption event happens to avoid a pipeline failure.
+  retry:
+    max: 2
+    when:
+      - runner_system_failure
+
 stages:
   - precheck
   - build