diff --git a/roles/vhosts/acp_server_gemini/tasks/validate.yml b/roles/vhosts/acp_server_gemini/tasks/validate.yml
index eab7041..a1d0325 100644
--- a/roles/vhosts/acp_server_gemini/tasks/validate.yml
+++ b/roles/vhosts/acp_server_gemini/tasks/validate.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
     return_content: true
     status_code: [204, 405]
   register: acp_gemini_bridge_http
+  retries: 30
+  delay: 2
+  until: acp_gemini_bridge_http.status in [204, 405]
 
 - name: Show Gemini ACP adapter status
   ansible.builtin.command: systemctl status "{{ acp_gemini_service_name }}" --no-pager
diff --git a/roles/vhosts/acp_server_hermes/tasks/validate.yml b/roles/vhosts/acp_server_hermes/tasks/validate.yml
index 5ad84ca..d2a087b 100644
--- a/roles/vhosts/acp_server_hermes/tasks/validate.yml
+++ b/roles/vhosts/acp_server_hermes/tasks/validate.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
     return_content: true
     status_code: [204, 405]
   register: acp_hermes_bridge_http
+  retries: 30
+  delay: 2
+  until: acp_hermes_bridge_http.status in [204, 405]
 
 - name: Validate local Hermes ACP capabilities contract
   ansible.builtin.uri:
@@ -41,6 +44,9 @@
   register: acp_hermes_capabilities
   changed_when: false
   no_log: true
+  retries: 30
+  delay: 2
+  until: acp_hermes_capabilities.status == 200
 
 - name: Assert local Hermes ACP capabilities expose Hermes provider
   ansible.builtin.assert:
diff --git a/roles/vhosts/acp_server_opencode/tasks/validate.yml b/roles/vhosts/acp_server_opencode/tasks/validate.yml
index 4cbacaa..cf8ef70 100644
--- a/roles/vhosts/acp_server_opencode/tasks/validate.yml
+++ b/roles/vhosts/acp_server_opencode/tasks/validate.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
     return_content: true
     status_code: 200
   register: acp_opencode_adapter_http
+  retries: 30
+  delay: 2
+  until: acp_opencode_adapter_http.status == 200
 
 - name: Show OpenCode ACP status
   ansible.builtin.command: systemctl status "{{ acp_opencode_service_name }}" --no-pager