1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/import_export/file_importer.rb b/lib/gitlab/import_export/file_importer.rb
index 82d1e1805c5..eca6e5b6d51 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/import_export/file_importer.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/import_export/file_importer.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ module Gitlab
     class FileImporter
       include Gitlab::ImportExport::CommandLineUtil
 
+      MAX_RETRIES = 8
+
       def self.import(*args)
         new(*args).import
       end
@@ -14,7 +16,10 @@ module Gitlab
 
       def import
         FileUtils.mkdir_p(@shared.export_path)
-        decompress_archive
+
+        wait_for_archived_file do
+          decompress_archive
+        end
       rescue => e
         @shared.error(e)
         false
@@ -22,6 +27,17 @@ module Gitlab
 
       private
 
+      # Exponentially sleep until I/O finishes copying the file
+      def wait_for_archived_file
+        MAX_RETRIES.times do |retry_number|
+          break if File.exist?(@archive_file)
+
+          sleep(2**retry_number)
+        end
+
+        yield
+      end
+
       def decompress_archive
         result = untar_zxf(archive: @archive_file, dir: @shared.export_path)