MockResponse(
        code = 503,
        headers = headersOf("Retry-After", "0"),
        body = "please retry",
      ),
    )
    server.enqueue(
      MockResponse(body = "thank you for retrying"),
    )
    val request =
      Request(
        url = server.url("/"),
        body =
          object : RequestBody() {
            var attempt = 0

            this.treeHandle = null;

            // Optimization: Add connection retry for transient failures
            if (isRetryableException(e) && shouldRetryConnection()) {
                log.debug("Retrying tree connection after transient failure", e);
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(100); // Brief delay before retry

* Replace controller presence checking logic ([#36924](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/36924), [@krousey](https://github.com/krousey))
* Fix a bug in scheduler happening after retrying unsuccessful bindings ([#37293](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37293), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))