From f4d0fda2cb5aa9925f3b08c56fc883664cf3872d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Glenn Jocher <glenn.jocher@ultralytics.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:56:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Harden retry behavior in docker and links workflows (#24261)

---
 .github/workflows/docker.yml | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 .github/workflows/links.yml  |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index f4116d20da..7322ee2a0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -118,24 +118,42 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
 
       - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v4
+        uses: ultralytics/actions/retry@main
+        env:
+          DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          DOCKERHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+          run: |
+            if ! out=$(printf '%s' "$DOCKERHUB_TOKEN" | docker login -u "$DOCKERHUB_USERNAME" --password-stdin 2>&1); then
+              printf '%s\n' "$out" >&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            echo "Logged in to docker.io"
 
       - name: Login to GHCR
-        uses: docker/login-action@v4
+        uses: ultralytics/actions/retry@main
+        env:
+          GHCR_USERNAME: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          GHCR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets._GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
-          registry: ghcr.io
-          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
-          password: ${{ secrets._GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          run: |
+            if ! out=$(printf '%s' "$GHCR_TOKEN" | docker login ghcr.io -u "$GHCR_USERNAME" --password-stdin 2>&1); then
+              printf '%s\n' "$out" >&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            echo "Logged in to ghcr.io"
 
       - name: Login to NVIDIA NGC
-        uses: docker/login-action@v4
+        uses: ultralytics/actions/retry@main
+        env:
+          NVIDIA_NGC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NVIDIA_NGC_API_KEY }}
         with:
-          registry: nvcr.io
-          username: $oauthtoken
-          password: ${{ secrets.NVIDIA_NGC_API_KEY }}
+          run: |
+            if ! out=$(printf '%s' "$NVIDIA_NGC_API_KEY" | docker login nvcr.io -u '$oauthtoken' --password-stdin 2>&1); then
+              printf '%s\n' "$out" >&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            echo "Logged in to nvcr.io"
 
       - name: Retrieve Ultralytics version
         id: get_version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/links.yml b/.github/workflows/links.yml
index 23645a6559..2cf1059f3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/links.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
           timeout_minutes: 60
           retry_delay_seconds: 1800
           retries: 2
+          backoff: fixed
           run: |
             lychee \
             --scheme https \
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           timeout_minutes: 60
           retry_delay_seconds: 1800
           retries: 2
+          backoff: fixed
           run: |
             lychee \
             --scheme https \