diff --git a/.github/actions/redirection-verification/action.yaml b/.github/actions/redirection-verification/action.yaml
index d1c73293db..a27e6cdf78 100644
--- a/.github/actions/redirection-verification/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/redirection-verification/action.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ inputs:
   environment-url:
     description: 'Pull Request Environment URL'
     required: true
+  number_retries:
+    description: 'The number of attempts we should make to contact the target environment URL. 1 second delay between attempt.'
+    required: false
+    default: '100'
 
 ####
 #outputs:
diff --git a/.github/actions/redirection-verification/index.js b/.github/actions/redirection-verification/index.js
index 7a740801e7..e4d58c5b89 100644
--- a/.github/actions/redirection-verification/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/redirection-verification/index.js
@@ -35,55 +35,89 @@ function linkify(path,url) {
  * @type {string}
  */
 axios.defaults.baseURL = core.getInput('environment-url')
+//axios.defaults.baseURL = 'https://httpstat.us/random/200,500-504,500-504,500-504'
+const retries = Number(core.getInput('number_retries'))
+//const retries = Number('100')
+function sleep(ms) {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    setTimeout(resolve, ms);
+  });
+}
 
-try {
-  /**
-   * @todo Can we get the full workspace path to this file?
-   * @type {*}
-   */
-  const yamlData = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync('./.platform/routes.yaml', 'utf8'));
-  /**
-   * @todo the key (docs.upsun.com) here should be a variable that is set somewhere else
-   * @type {Record<string, string[]> | _.LodashAt | ((request: string) => (string[] | null)) | string[]}
-   */
-  const anchors = yamlData['https://docs.upsun.com/'].redirects.paths
-
-  const RedirectKeys = Object.keys(anchors).filter((path)=>{
+const verifyTargetResponse = async(count = 0) => {
+  try {
+    const axiosResponse = await axios.get('/');
+    core.notice('Target URL finally responded with a 200. Proceeding.')
+    return axiosResponse;
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error || error.status != 200) {
+      core.info(`At attempt ${count}, target url responded with status ${error.status}, retrying...`)
+      if (count++ < retries) {
+        await sleep(1000);
+        return verifyTargetResponse(count);
+      } else {
+        core.setFailed(`Max number of retries (${retries}) reached. Aborting.`)
+      };
+    } else {
+      core.setFailed(`Action failed with error ${error}`)
+    };
+  };
+};
+
+const verify = async () => {
+  let targetReady = await verifyTargetResponse();
+  core.info('Target URL ready. Beginning verification.')
+  try {
     /**
-     * @todo the piece we're using to identify our contracts (/anchors/) should be a variable
+     * @todo Can we get the full workspace path to this file?
+     * @type {*}
      */
-    return path.startsWith('/anchors/')
-  })
-
-  const validateRedirects = RedirectKeys.map(async (path, index, array) => {
-    //console.log(`I'm going to test ${path} to see if it goes to ${anchors[path].to}`)
-
-    try {
-      const response = await axios.head(path);
-      //core.info(`Response for our check of ${path} is ${response.status}`)
-      return response
-    } catch (reqerr) {
-      //core.warning(`issue encountered with path ${path}!!! Returned status is ${reqerr.status}`)
-      let row = [{data: linkify(path, axios.defaults.baseURL)},{data: linkify( anchors[path].to, axios.defaults.baseURL) }]
-      tableData.push(row)
-    }
-  });
-
-
-  Promise.all(validateRedirects).then(() => {
-    if(tableData.length > 1) {
-
-      core.error('There was an error with one or more redirects.')
-
-      core.summary.addTable(tableData)
-
-      core.summary.write()
-      core.setFailed('There was an error with one or more contracted redirects.')
-    } else  {
-      core.notice('All contracted redirections are valid.')
-    }
-  });
-
-} catch (error) {
-  core.setFailed(`Action failed with error ${error}`)
+    const yamlData = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync('./.platform/routes.yaml', 'utf8'));
+    /**
+     * @todo the key (docs.upsun.com) here should be a variable that is set somewhere else
+     * @type {Record<string, string[]> | _.LodashAt | ((request: string) => (string[] | null)) | string[]}
+     */
+    const anchors = yamlData['https://docs.upsun.com/'].redirects.paths
+
+    const RedirectKeys = Object.keys(anchors).filter((path)=>{
+      /**
+       * @todo the piece we're using to identify our contracts (/anchors/) should be a variable
+       */
+      return path.startsWith('/anchors/')
+    })
+
+    const validateRedirects = RedirectKeys.map(async (path, index, array) => {
+      //console.log(`I'm going to test ${path} to see if it goes to ${anchors[path].to}`)
+
+      try {
+        const response = await axios.head(path);
+        core.debug(`Response for our check of ${path} is ${response.status}`)
+        return response
+      } catch (reqerr) {
+        //core.warning(`issue encountered with path ${path}!!! Returned status is ${reqerr.status}`)
+        let row = [{data: linkify(path, axios.defaults.baseURL)},{data: linkify( anchors[path].to, axios.defaults.baseURL) }]
+        tableData.push(row)
+      }
+    });
+
+
+    Promise.all(validateRedirects).then(() => {
+      if(tableData.length > 1) {
+
+        core.error('There was an error with one or more redirects.')
+
+        core.summary.addTable(tableData)
+
+        core.summary.write()
+        core.setFailed('There was an error with one or more contracted redirects.')
+      } else  {
+        core.notice('All contracted redirections are valid.')
+      }
+    });
+
+  } catch (error) {
+    core.setFailed(`Action failed with error ${error}`)
+  }
 }
+
+verify();