diff --git a/src/util/recorder.ts b/src/util/recorder.ts
index 360f8153..5c2c96e0 100644
--- a/src/util/recorder.ts
+++ b/src/util/recorder.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { Crawler } from "../crawler.js";
 import { getProxyDispatcher } from "./proxy.js";
 import { ScopedSeed } from "./seeds.js";
 import EventEmitter from "events";
+import { DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES } from "./constants.js";
 
 const MAX_BROWSER_DEFAULT_FETCH_SIZE = 5_000_000;
 const MAX_TEXT_REWRITE_SIZE = 25_000_000;
@@ -1510,6 +1511,8 @@ class AsyncFetcher {
 
   manualRedirect = false;
 
+  maxRetries = DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES;
+
   constructor({
     reqresp,
     expectedSize = -1,
@@ -1555,122 +1558,165 @@ class AsyncFetcher {
         }
       }
 
-      const body = await this._doFetch();
-      fetched = "fetched";
+      let retries = 0;
 
-      const responseRecord = createResponse(reqresp, pageid, body);
-      const requestRecord = createRequest(reqresp, responseRecord, pageid);
+      while (retries <= this.maxRetries) {
+        try {
+          reqresp.truncated = undefined;
+          const body = await this._doFetch();
+          fetched = "fetched";
 
-      const serializer = new WARCSerializer(responseRecord, {
-        gzip,
-        maxMemSize: this.maxFetchSize,
-      });
+          const responseRecord = createResponse(reqresp, pageid, body);
+          const requestRecord = createRequest(reqresp, responseRecord, pageid);
 
-      try {
-        let readSize = await serializer.digestRecord();
-        if (serializer.httpHeadersBuff) {
-          readSize -= serializer.httpHeadersBuff.length;
-        }
-        reqresp.readSize = readSize;
-        // set truncated field and recompute header buff
-        if (reqresp.truncated) {
-          responseRecord.warcHeaders.headers.set(
-            "WARC-Truncated",
-            reqresp.truncated,
+          const serializer = new WARCSerializer(responseRecord, {
+            gzip,
+            maxMemSize: this.maxFetchSize,
+          });
+
+          try {
+            let readSize = await serializer.digestRecord();
+            if (serializer.httpHeadersBuff) {
+              readSize -= serializer.httpHeadersBuff.length;
+            }
+            reqresp.readSize = readSize;
+            // set truncated field and recompute header buff
+            if (reqresp.truncated) {
+              const retry = retries < this.maxRetries;
+              logger.warn(
+                "Response truncated",
+                { url, retry, ...logDetails },
+                "recorder",
+              );
+              // if retries available, just retry
+              if (retry) {
+                void serializer.externalBuffer?.purge();
+                retries++;
+                continue;
+              }
+              responseRecord.warcHeaders.headers.set(
+                "WARC-Truncated",
+                reqresp.truncated,
+              );
+              // todo: keep this internal in warcio after adding new header
+              serializer.warcHeadersBuff = encoder.encode(
+                responseRecord.warcHeaders.toString(),
+              );
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            const retry = retries < this.maxRetries;
+            logger.error(
+              "Error reading + digesting payload",
+              { url, retry, ...formatErr(e), ...logDetails },
+              "recorder",
+            );
+            if (retry) {
+              void serializer.externalBuffer?.purge();
+              retries++;
+              continue;
+            }
+          }
+
+          if (
+            reqresp.readSize === reqresp.expectedSize ||
+            reqresp.expectedSize < 0
+          ) {
+            logger.debug(
+              "Async fetch: streaming done",
+              {
+                size: reqresp.readSize,
+                expected: reqresp.expectedSize,
+                networkId,
+                url,
+                ...logDetails,
+              },
+              "recorder",
+            );
+          } else {
+            logger.warn(
+              "Async fetch: possible response size mismatch",
+              {
+                type: this.constructor.name,
+                size: reqresp.readSize,
+                expected: reqresp.expectedSize,
+                url,
+                retry:
+                  retries < this.maxRetries &&
+                  (status === 206 || status === 200),
+                ...logDetails,
+              },
+              "recorder",
+            );
+            if (status === 206 || status === 200) {
+              void serializer.externalBuffer?.purge();
+              await crawlState.removeDupe(ASYNC_FETCH_DUPE_KEY, url, status);
+              if (retries < this.maxRetries) {
+                retries++;
+                continue;
+              }
+              return "notfetched";
+            }
+          }
+
+          const externalBuffer: TempFileBuffer =
+            serializer.externalBuffer as TempFileBuffer;
+
+          if (externalBuffer) {
+            const { currSize, buffers, fh } = externalBuffer;
+
+            // if fully buffered in memory, then populate the payload to return to browser
+            if (buffers && buffers.length && !fh) {
+              reqresp.payload = Buffer.concat(buffers, currSize);
+              externalBuffer.buffers = [reqresp.payload];
+            } else if (fh) {
+              logger.debug(
+                "Large payload written to WARC, but not returned to browser (would require rereading into memory)",
+                {
+                  url,
+                  actualSize: reqresp.readSize,
+                  maxSize: this.maxFetchSize,
+                },
+                "recorder",
+              );
+            }
+          }
+
+          if (Object.keys(reqresp.extraOpts).length) {
+            responseRecord.warcHeaders.headers.set(
+              "WARC-JSON-Metadata",
+              JSON.stringify(reqresp.extraOpts),
+            );
+          }
+
+          recorder.writer.writeRecordPair(
+            responseRecord,
+            requestRecord,
+            serializer,
           );
-          // todo: keep this internal in warcio after adding new header
-          serializer.warcHeadersBuff = encoder.encode(
-            responseRecord.warcHeaders.toString(),
-          );
-        }
-      } catch (e) {
-        logger.error(
-          "Error reading + digesting payload",
-          { url, ...formatErr(e), ...logDetails },
-          "recorder",
-        );
-      }
 
-      if (
-        reqresp.readSize === reqresp.expectedSize ||
-        reqresp.expectedSize < 0
-      ) {
-        logger.debug(
-          "Async fetch: streaming done",
-          {
-            size: reqresp.readSize,
-            expected: reqresp.expectedSize,
-            networkId,
-            url,
-            ...logDetails,
-          },
-          "recorder",
-        );
-      } else {
-        logger.warn(
-          "Async fetch: possible response size mismatch",
-          {
-            type: this.constructor.name,
-            size: reqresp.readSize,
-            expected: reqresp.expectedSize,
-            url,
-            ...logDetails,
-          },
-          "recorder",
-        );
-        if (status === 206 || status === 200) {
-          void serializer.externalBuffer?.purge();
-          await crawlState.removeDupe(ASYNC_FETCH_DUPE_KEY, url, status);
-          return "notfetched";
-        }
-      }
-
-      const externalBuffer: TempFileBuffer =
-        serializer.externalBuffer as TempFileBuffer;
-
-      if (externalBuffer) {
-        const { currSize, buffers, fh } = externalBuffer;
-
-        // if fully buffered in memory, then populate the payload to return to browser
-        if (buffers && buffers.length && !fh) {
-          reqresp.payload = Buffer.concat(buffers, currSize);
-          externalBuffer.buffers = [reqresp.payload];
-        } else if (fh) {
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+        } catch (e: any) {
+          await crawlState.removeDupe(ASYNC_FETCH_DUPE_KEY, url!, status);
+          if (e.message === "response-filtered-out") {
+            throw e;
+          }
+          const retry = retries < this.maxRetries;
           logger.debug(
-            "Large payload written to WARC, but not returned to browser (would require rereading into memory)",
-            { url, actualSize: reqresp.readSize, maxSize: this.maxFetchSize },
+            "Streaming Fetch Error",
+            { url, networkId, retry, ...formatErr(e), ...logDetails },
             "recorder",
           );
+          if (retry) {
+            retries++;
+            continue;
+          }
+          // indicate response is ultimately not valid
+          reqresp.status = 0;
+          reqresp.errorText = e.message;
         }
+        // if we get here, successful (or out of retries), break out of loop
+        break;
       }
-
-      if (Object.keys(reqresp.extraOpts).length) {
-        responseRecord.warcHeaders.headers.set(
-          "WARC-JSON-Metadata",
-          JSON.stringify(reqresp.extraOpts),
-        );
-      }
-
-      recorder.writer.writeRecordPair(
-        responseRecord,
-        requestRecord,
-        serializer,
-      );
-
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    } catch (e: any) {
-      await crawlState.removeDupe(ASYNC_FETCH_DUPE_KEY, url!, status);
-      if (e.message === "response-filtered-out") {
-        throw e;
-      }
-      logger.debug(
-        "Streaming Fetch Error",
-        { url, networkId, ...formatErr(e), ...logDetails },
-        "recorder",
-      );
-      // indicate response is ultimately not valid
-      reqresp.status = 0;
-      reqresp.errorText = e.message;
     } finally {
       recorder.addPageRecord(reqresp);
       // exclude direct fetch request with fake id
@@ -1811,6 +1857,8 @@ class ResponseStreamAsyncFetcher extends AsyncFetcher {
     super(opts);
     this.cdp = opts.cdp;
     this.requestId = opts.requestId;
+    // can't retry this type of fetch
+    this.maxRetries = 0;
   }
 
   async _doFetch() {