@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ import logging

 import json

 import requests

+from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter

+from requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry import Retry

+

 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

 url = 'https://review.opendev.org/projects/'

@@ -63,6 +66,12 @@ projects = sorted(filter(is_in_wanted_namespace, json.loads(r.text[4:])))

 logging.debug("Found %d projects" % len(projects))

 s = requests.Session()

+# sometimes gitea gives us a 500 error; retry sanely

+#  https://stackoverflow.com/a/35636367

+retries = Retry(total=3, backoff_factor=1,

+                status_forcelist=[ 500 ])

+s.mount('https://', HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retries))

+

 found_plugins = filter(functools.partial(has_devstack_plugin, s), projects)

 for project in found_plugins: