diff --git a/deployment/ansible/playbooks/deploy-application-code.yml b/deployment/ansible/playbooks/deploy-application-code.yml
index a5d40a82..db9d4c01 100644
--- a/deployment/ansible/playbooks/deploy-application-code.yml
+++ b/deployment/ansible/playbooks/deploy-application-code.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,18 @@
         GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT: "0"
       vars:
         ansible_become: no
+      register: git_clone_result
+      retries: 5
+      delay: 10
+      until: git_clone_result is succeeded
+      ignore_errors: yes
+
+    - name: Fail if git clone failed after retries
+      fail:
+        msg: "Failed to clone repository after 5 retries. Gitea may be unreachable or overloaded. Last error: {{ git_clone_result.msg | default('Unknown error') }}"
+      when:
+        - not git_repo_exists.stat.exists
+        - git_clone_result is failed
 
     - name: Update repository (if exists)
       ansible.builtin.git:
@@ -81,6 +93,18 @@
         GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT: "0"
       vars:
         ansible_become: no
+      register: git_update_result
+      retries: 5
+      delay: 10
+      until: git_update_result is succeeded
+      ignore_errors: yes
+
+    - name: Fail if git update failed after retries
+      fail:
+        msg: "Failed to update repository after 5 retries. Gitea may be unreachable or overloaded. Last error: {{ git_update_result.msg | default('Unknown error') }}"
+      when:
+        - git_repo_exists.stat.exists
+        - git_update_result is failed
 
     - name: Set ownership of repository files
       file: