DemoUsers's answer doesn't work with Zepto, since this in the error function is pointing to Window. (And that way of using 'this' is not secure enough as you don't know how they implement ajax or no need to.)
// enhance the original "$.ajax" with a retry mechanism
$.ajax = (($oldAjax) => {
// on fail, retry by creating a new Ajax deferred
function check(a,b,c){
var shouldRetry = b != 'success' && b != 'parsererror';
if( shouldRetry && --this.retries > 0 )
setTimeout(() => { $.ajax(this) }, this.retryInterval || 100);
}
return settings => $oldAjax(settings).always(check)
})($.ajax);
// now we can use the "retries" property if we need to retry on fail
$.ajax({
type : 'GET',
url : 'http://www.whatever123.gov',
timeout : 2000,
retries : 3, // <-------- Optional
retryInterval : 2000 // <-------- Optional
})
// Problem: "fail" will only be called once, and not for each retry
.fail(()=>{
console.log('failed')
});