diff --git a/standalone/src/init.ts b/standalone/src/init.ts
index 603b5d181..1ff94d22d 100644
--- a/standalone/src/init.ts
+++ b/standalone/src/init.ts
@@ -269,8 +269,7 @@ export default async function init(cfg: InitConfig) {
             store.dispatch(getCallsConfig()),
         ]);
     } catch (err) {
-        logErr('failed to fetch channel data', err);
-        return;
+        throw new Error(`failed to fetch channel data: ${err}`);
     }
 
     const iceConfigs = [...iceServers(store.getState())];
@@ -357,9 +356,8 @@ export default async function init(cfg: InitConfig) {
     try {
         await cfg.initCb(store, theme, channelID);
     } catch (err) {
-        logErr('initCb failed', err);
         window.callsClient?.destroy();
-        return;
+        throw new Error(`initCb failed: ${err}`);
     }
 
     logDebug(`${cfg.name} init completed in ${Math.round(performance.now() - initStartTime)}ms`);
diff --git a/standalone/src/recording/index.tsx b/standalone/src/recording/index.tsx
index 0ffed4da8..25cc2c3af 100644
--- a/standalone/src/recording/index.tsx
+++ b/standalone/src/recording/index.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {logErr} from 'plugin/log';
 import {pluginId} from 'plugin/manifest';
 import {voiceConnectedProfilesInChannel, voiceChannelCallStartAt} from 'plugin/selectors';
 import {Store} from 'plugin/types/mattermost-webapp';
-import {getProfilesByIds, getPluginPath, fetchTranslationsFile, setCallsGlobalCSSVars} from 'plugin/utils';
+import {getProfilesByIds, getPluginPath, fetchTranslationsFile, setCallsGlobalCSSVars, runWithRetry} from 'plugin/utils';
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import {IntlProvider} from 'react-intl';
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ async function fetchProfileImages(profiles: UserProfile[]) {
     const promises = [];
     for (const profile of profiles) {
         promises.push(
-            fetch(`${getPluginPath()}/bot/users/${profile.id}/image`,
-                Client4.getOptions({method: 'get'})).then((res) => {
-                if (!res.ok) {
-                    throw new Error('fetch failed');
-                }
-                return res.blob();
-            }).then((data) => {
-                profileImages[profile.id] = URL.createObjectURL(data);
-            }).catch((err) => {
-                logErr(err);
-            }));
+            runWithRetry(() => {
+                return fetch(`${getPluginPath()}/bot/users/${profile.id}/image`, Client4.getOptions({method: 'get'})).then((res) => {
+                    if (!res.ok) {
+                        throw new Error('image fetch failed');
+                    }
+                    return res.blob();
+                }).then((data) => {
+                    profileImages[profile.id] = URL.createObjectURL(data);
+                });
+            }),
+        );
     }
 
     try {
@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ async function fetchProfileImages(profiles: UserProfile[]) {
 
 async function initRecordingStore(store: Store, channelID: string) {
     try {
-        const channel = await Client4.doFetch(
-            `${getPluginPath()}/bot/channels/${channelID}`,
-            {method: 'get'},
-        );
+        const channel = await runWithRetry(() => {
+            return Client4.doFetch(`${getPluginPath()}/bot/channels/${channelID}`, {method: 'get'});
+        });
 
         store.dispatch(
             {
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ async function initRecording(store: Store, theme: Theme, channelID: string) {
     let messages;
     if (locale !== 'en') {
         try {
-            messages = await fetchTranslationsFile(locale);
+            messages = await runWithRetry(() => fetchTranslationsFile(locale));
         } catch (err) {
             logErr('failed to fetch translations files', err);
         }
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@ async function wsHandlerRecording(store: Store, ev: WebSocketMessage<WebsocketEv
         const data = ev.data as UserConnectedData;
 
         try {
-            const profiles = await getProfilesByIds(store.getState(), [data.userID]);
+            const profiles = await runWithRetry(() => getProfilesByIds(store.getState(), [data.userID]));
             store.dispatch({
                 type: RECEIVED_CALL_PROFILE_IMAGES,
                 data: {
@@ -153,11 +152,11 @@ function deinitRecording() {
     delete window.callsClient;
 }
 
-init({
+runWithRetry(() => init({
     name: 'recording',
     reducer: recordingReducer,
     initStore: initRecordingStore,
     initCb: initRecording,
     wsHandler: wsHandlerRecording,
     closeCb: deinitRecording,
-});
+}));
diff --git a/webapp/src/utils.test.ts b/webapp/src/utils.test.ts
index 1d2916496..fbfe1eafb 100644
--- a/webapp/src/utils.test.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/utils.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import {
     getWSConnectionURL,
     shouldRenderDesktopWidget,
     toHuman,
+    sleep,
+    runWithRetry,
+    maxAttemptsReachedErr,
 } from './utils';
 
 describe('utils', () => {
@@ -197,5 +200,45 @@ describe('utils', () => {
             expect(callStartedTimestampFn(intl, testCase.input)).toEqual(testCase.expected);
         }));
     });
+
+    describe('sleep', () => {
+        test('1s', async () => {
+            const sleepTimeMs = 500;
+            const start = Date.now();
+            await sleep(sleepTimeMs);
+            expect(Date.now() - start).toBeGreaterThan(sleepTimeMs);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('runWithRetry', () => {
+        const failsN = (n: number) => {
+            let failures = 0;
+            return () => {
+                if (failures === n) {
+                    return 45;
+                }
+                failures++;
+                throw new Error('request failed');
+            };
+        };
+
+        test('single failure', async () => {
+            expect(await runWithRetry(failsN(1))).toEqual(45);
+        });
+
+        test('multiple failures', async () => {
+            expect(await runWithRetry(failsN(4))).toEqual(45);
+        });
+
+        test('with custom retry time', async () => {
+            const start = Date.now();
+            expect(await runWithRetry(failsN(1), 500)).toEqual(45);
+            expect(Date.now() - start).toBeGreaterThan(500);
+        });
+
+        test('maximum attempts reached', async () => {
+            await expect(runWithRetry(failsN(3), 10, 3)).rejects.toEqual(maxAttemptsReachedErr);
+        });
+    });
 });
 
diff --git a/webapp/src/utils.ts b/webapp/src/utils.ts
index 5e1b70fcb..6900c3a4d 100644
--- a/webapp/src/utils.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/utils.ts
@@ -477,3 +477,26 @@ export function userAgent(): string {
 export function isDesktopApp(): boolean {
     return userAgent().indexOf('Mattermost') !== -1 && userAgent().indexOf('Electron') !== -1;
 }
+
+export function sleep(ms: number) {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+}
+
+export const maxAttemptsReachedErr = new Error('maximum retry attempts reached');
+
+export async function runWithRetry(fn: () => any, retryIntervalMs = 100, maxAttempts = 10) {
+    for (let i = 1; i < maxAttempts + 1; i++) {
+        try {
+            // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
+            return await fn();
+        } catch (err) {
+            const waitMs = Math.floor((retryIntervalMs * i) + (Math.random() * retryIntervalMs));
+            logErr(err);
+            logDebug(`run failed (${i}), retrying in ${waitMs}ms`);
+            // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
+            await sleep(waitMs);
+        }
+    }
+
+    throw maxAttemptsReachedErr;
+}