Add configuration for retries to ProgramsApiConfig

openedx/core/djangoapps/programs/migrations/0005_programsapiconfig_max_retries.py

+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('programs', '0004_programsapiconfig_enable_certification'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='programsapiconfig',
+            name='max_retries',
+            field=models.PositiveIntegerField(default=11, help_text='When making requests to award certificates, make at most this many attempts to retry a failing request.', verbose_name='Maximum Certification Retries'),
+        ),
+    ]

openedx/core/djangoapps/programs/models.py

@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ class ProgramsApiConfig(ConfigurationModel):
         default=False
     )
 
+    max_retries = models.PositiveIntegerField(
+        verbose_name=_("Maximum Certification Retries"),
+        default=11,  # This gives about 30 minutes wait before the final attempt
+        help_text=_(
+            "When making requests to award certificates, make at most this many attempts "
+            "to retry a failing request."
+        )
+    )
+
     @property
     def internal_api_url(self):
         """