diff --git a/src/utils.test.ts b/src/utils.test.ts
index e53f926a..58866118 100644
--- a/src/utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ describe('utils', () => {
       await expect(res).to.eventually.be.fulfilled
     })
 
+    it('should reset confirmation counter', async () => {
+      const stub = sandbox.stub(fetch, 'Promise').returns(successResp)
+      const confirmations = 3
+      const res = waitTillAvailable(url, { confirmations })
+      await tick(confirmations + 2) // wait extra rounds
+      expect(stub).to.have.callCount(confirmations)
+      await expect(res).to.eventually.be.fulfilled
+    })
+
     it('should bail when a request returns an unexpected status code', async () => {
       const stub = sandbox.stub(fetch, 'Promise').returns(failResp)
       const retries = 3
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 00b5ba26..afca4f4a 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ export const waitTillAvailable = async (url: string, opts?: WaitTillAvailableOpt
       try {
         const res = await fetch(url, fetchOptions)
         if (res.status !== options.status) {
+          confirmations = 0
           console.warn(`GET ${url} ${res.status} !== ${options.status}`)
           const err = new Error(`Wrong status code: ${res.status}`)
           // if we get a 404 or 503 we know some changes in either nginx or istio might still not be ready
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ export const waitTillAvailable = async (url: string, opts?: WaitTillAvailableOpt
         }
       } catch (e) {
         // Print system errors like ECONNREFUSED
+        confirmations = 0
         console.error(`Error in try #${attempt}: `, e.message)
         if (options.retries !== 0 && attempt === options.retries!) {
           bail(new Error(`Max retries (${options.retries}) has been reached!`))