diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/mpiit/data-router-reporter/mpiit-data-router-reporter-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/mpiit/data-router-reporter/mpiit-data-router-reporter-commands.sh
index eed75bd2638cb..9735e91e81cf8 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/mpiit/data-router-reporter/mpiit-data-router-reporter-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/mpiit/data-router-reporter/mpiit-data-router-reporter-commands.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-set -euxo pipefail; shopt -s inherit_errexit
+set -euo pipefail
 
 # Legacy backward compatibility. TODO: To be removed once all caller are migrated.
 : "${DR__RP__CR_COMP_NAME:=${REPORTPORTAL_CMP}}"
@@ -15,23 +15,37 @@ if [ -z "${OCP_VERSION}" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-DATAROUTER_RESULTS="${SHARED_DIR}/*.xml" \
-    REPORTPORTAL_LAUNCH_NAME="${DR__RP__CR_COMP_NAME}" \
-    REPORTPORTAL_LAUNCH_ATTRIBUTES="$(
-        jq -nc \
-            --arg jobName "${JOB_NAME}" \
-            --arg buildID "${BUILD_ID}" \
-            --arg ocpVer "${OCP_VERSION}" \
-            --arg crCompName "${DR__RP__CR_COMP_NAME}" \
-            --arg fipsEnabled "${FIPS_ENABLED}" \
-            '[
-                {key: "job_name", value: $jobName},
-                {key: "build_id", value: $buildID},
-                {key: "ocp_release", value: $ocpVer},
-                {key: "ComponentReadiness_ComponentName", value: $crCompName},
-                {key: "fips_enabled", value: $fipsEnabled}
-            ]'
-    )" \
-    datarouter-openshift-ci
+launch_attrs="$(
+    jq -nc \
+        --arg jobName "${JOB_NAME}" \
+        --arg buildID "${BUILD_ID}" \
+        --arg ocpVer "${OCP_VERSION}" \
+        --arg crCompName "${DR__RP__CR_COMP_NAME}" \
+        --arg fipsEnabled "${FIPS_ENABLED}" \
+        '[
+            {key: "job_name", value: $jobName},
+            {key: "build_id", value: $buildID},
+            {key: "ocp_release", value: $ocpVer},
+            {key: "ComponentReadiness_ComponentName", value: $crCompName},
+            {key: "fips_enabled", value: $fipsEnabled}
+        ]'
+)"
 
-true
\ No newline at end of file
+MAX_RETRIES=5
+RETRY_INTERVAL=120
+
+for (( attempt=1; attempt<=MAX_RETRIES; attempt++ )); do
+    if DATAROUTER_RESULTS="${SHARED_DIR}/*.xml" \
+        REPORTPORTAL_LAUNCH_NAME="${DR__RP__CR_COMP_NAME}" \
+        REPORTPORTAL_LAUNCH_ATTRIBUTES="${launch_attrs}" \
+        datarouter-openshift-ci; then
+        echo "INFO: Data Router upload succeeded on attempt ${attempt}"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    if (( attempt < MAX_RETRIES )); then
+        echo "WARNING: Data Router upload failed (attempt ${attempt}/${MAX_RETRIES}), retrying in ${RETRY_INTERVAL}s..."
+        sleep "${RETRY_INTERVAL}"
+    fi
+done
+echo "ERROR: Data Router upload failed after ${MAX_RETRIES} attempts"
+exit 1
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/mpiit/data-router-reporter/mpiit-data-router-reporter-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/mpiit/data-router-reporter/mpiit-data-router-reporter-ref.yaml
index c083e56d0f336..508e1e57f3a0d 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/mpiit/data-router-reporter/mpiit-data-router-reporter-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/mpiit/data-router-reporter/mpiit-data-router-reporter-ref.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ref:
   commands: mpiit-data-router-reporter-commands.sh
   grace_period: 10m
   timeout: 30m
+  best_effort: true
   resources:
     limits:
       cpu: 400m