diff --git a/.github/workflows/retry.sh b/.github/workflows/retry.sh
index e478376caa..b3e0cc4de7 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/retry.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/retry.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-while ! $@; do "command failed, retrying ..."; sleep 1; done
+cmd=$@
 
+function elog() {
+	message=$1
+	printf "%(%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S)T | retry.sh $1\n"
+}
+
+declare -i iteration=0
+declare -i max_iterations=9
+for((iteration=1;iteration<=max_iterations;iteration++)); do
+	elog "iteration: $iteration/$max_iterations, cmd: $cmd"
+	if $cmd; then
+		exit 0
+	fi
+	elog "command failed, retrying ...";
+	sleep 1;
+done;
+
+elog "failed doing $max_iterations iterations of command: $cmd"
+exit 1