X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/1d1c8c8f1eda09f76a9a9730d64ae357840ffda9..763e5bd313592a1c1f161b80bc07c94a49f8fb91:/sdk/python/arvados/commands/_util.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/commands/_util.py b/sdk/python/arvados/commands/_util.py
index df7fdba5d9..17454b7d17 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/commands/_util.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/commands/_util.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import os
 import logging
 import signal
 from future.utils import listitems, listvalues
+import sys
 
 def _pos_int(s):
     num = int(s)
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@ def _pos_int(s):
     return num
 
 retry_opt = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
-retry_opt.add_argument('--retries', type=_pos_int, default=3, help="""
+retry_opt.add_argument('--retries', type=_pos_int, default=10, help="""
 Maximum number of times to retry server requests that encounter temporary
-failures (e.g., server down).  Default 3.""")
+failures (e.g., server down).  Default 10.""")
 
 def _ignore_error(error):
     return None