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 1af3e0fadfdfafdad8bc34b155888cd87787a718..8136097a5accf5a498f22ac815d2ddd73f16553a 100644 (file)
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ default:
   # See: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/settings.html#auto-cancel-redundant-pipelines
   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