diff --git a/operators/pkg/forge/containers.go b/operators/pkg/forge/containers.go
index 8d62bcfac..01e70d3f2 100644
--- a/operators/pkg/forge/containers.go
+++ b/operators/pkg/forge/containers.go
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ const (
 	HealthzEndpoint = "/healthz"
 	// CrownLabsUserID -> used as UID and GID for containers security context.
 	CrownLabsUserID = int64(1010)
+	// SubmissionJobMaxRetries -> max number of retries for submission jobs.
+	SubmissionJobMaxRetries = 10
 
 	containersTerminationGracePeriod = 10
 )
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ func PodSpec(instance *clv1alpha2.Instance, environment *clv1alpha2.Environment,
 // SubmissionJobSpec returns the job spec for the submission job.
 func SubmissionJobSpec(instance *clv1alpha2.Instance, environment *clv1alpha2.Environment, opts *ContainerEnvOpts) batchv1.JobSpec {
 	return batchv1.JobSpec{
+		BackoffLimit: pointer.Int32(SubmissionJobMaxRetries),
 		Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
 			Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 				Containers: []corev1.Container{
diff --git a/operators/pkg/forge/containers_test.go b/operators/pkg/forge/containers_test.go
index c60a7244e..e75adee13 100644
--- a/operators/pkg/forge/containers_test.go
+++ b/operators/pkg/forge/containers_test.go
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Containers and Deployment spec forging", func() {
 
 		It("should return the correct podSpecification", func() {
 			Expect(actual).To(Equal(batchv1.JobSpec{
+				BackoffLimit: pointer.Int32Ptr(forge.SubmissionJobMaxRetries),
 				Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
 					Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 						Containers: []corev1.Container{
diff --git a/provisioning/containers/utils/content-uploader/entrypoint.sh b/provisioning/containers/utils/content-uploader/entrypoint.sh
index fe8a2bb11..9235252ad 100644
--- a/provisioning/containers/utils/content-uploader/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/provisioning/containers/utils/content-uploader/entrypoint.sh
@@ -20,4 +20,10 @@ cd "$SOURCE_PATH"
 zip "/tmp/$FILENAME.zip" -r .
 
 echo "Uploading archive..."
-curl -v --fail --request POST --form "binfile=@\"/tmp/$FILENAME.zip\"" --form "filename=$FILENAME.zip" "$DESTINATION_URL"
+HTTP_CODE=$(curl -v --request --fail POST --form "binfile=@\"/tmp/$FILENAME.zip\"" --form "filename=$FILENAME.zip" "$DESTINATION_URL" --write-out "%{http_code}")
+
+# return non zero if HTTP_CODE is less than 200 or greater equal than 300
+if [ "$HTTP_CODE" -lt "200" ] || [ "$HTTP_CODE" -ge "300" ]; then
+  echo "Upload failed with HTTP code $HTTP_CODE"
+  exit 1
+fi