diff --git a/orca-keel/src/test/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/keel/task/ImportDeliveryConfigTaskTest.java b/orca-keel/src/test/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/keel/task/ImportDeliveryConfigTaskTest.java
index bb4e5876254..a932fac6243 100644
--- a/orca-keel/src/test/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/keel/task/ImportDeliveryConfigTaskTest.java
+++ b/orca-keel/src/test/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/keel/task/ImportDeliveryConfigTaskTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock;
+import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.http.Fault;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.junit5.WireMockExtension;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.junit5.WireMockRuntimeInfo;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.retrofit.exceptions.SpinnakerRetrofitErrorHandler;
@@ -117,6 +118,10 @@ private static void simulateFault(String url, String body, HttpStatus httpStatus
             .willReturn(aResponse().withStatus(httpStatus.value()).withBody(body)));
   }
 
+  private static void simulateFault(String url, Fault fault) {
+    wireMock.givenThat(WireMock.post(urlPathEqualTo(url)).willReturn(aResponse().withFault(fault)));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testTaskResultWhenErrorBodyIsEmpty() {
 
@@ -207,4 +212,44 @@ public void testTaskResultWhenHttp5xxErrorIsThrown() {
 
     assertThat(result).isEqualTo(running);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testTaskResultWhenAPIFailsWithNetworkError() {
+
+    var mockResponseBody =
+        Map.of(
+            "name",
+            "keeldemo-manifest",
+            "application",
+            "keeldemo",
+            "artifacts",
+            Collections.emptySet(),
+            "environments",
+            Collections.emptySet());
+
+    contextMap.put("attempt", (Integer) contextMap.get("attempt") + 1);
+    contextMap.put(
+        "errorFromLastAttempt",
+        String.format(
+            "Network error talking to downstream service, attempt 1 of %s: Connection reset: Connection reset",
+            contextMap.get("maxRetries")));
+
+    TaskResult running = TaskResult.builder(ExecutionStatus.RUNNING).context(contextMap).build();
+
+    // Simulate network failure
+    simulateFault("/delivery-configs/", Fault.CONNECTION_RESET_BY_PEER);
+
+    when(scmService.getDeliveryConfigManifest(
+            (String) contextMap.get("repoType"),
+            (String) contextMap.get("projectKey"),
+            (String) contextMap.get("repositorySlug"),
+            (String) contextMap.get("directory"),
+            (String) contextMap.get("manifest"),
+            (String) contextMap.get("ref")))
+        .thenReturn(mockResponseBody);
+
+    var result = importDeliveryConfigTask.execute(stage);
+
+    assertThat(result).isEqualTo(running);
+  }
 }