diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index e21f760a8..007ca3e05 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -9,9 +9,15 @@ void createCluster(String CLUSTER_SUFFIX) {
             gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file $CLIENT_SECRET_FILE
             gcloud config set project $GCP_PROJECT
             ret_num=0
-            while [ \${ret_num} -lt 15 ]; do
+            while [ \${ret_num} -lt 5 ]; do
                 ret_val=0
-                gcloud container clusters list --filter $CLUSTER_NAME-${CLUSTER_SUFFIX} --zone $region --format='csv[no-heading](name)' | xargs gcloud container clusters delete --zone $region --quiet || true
+                if [[ \${ret_num} -gt 1 ]]; then
+                    kubectl cluster-info || true
+                    kubectl config current-context || true
+                    kubectl --request-timeout 60 get nodes -v=9 || true
+                    ping -c 10 \$(gcloud container clusters list --filter="name=$CLUSTER_NAME-${CLUSTER_SUFFIX}" '--format=csv[no-heading](MASTER_IP)') || true
+                fi
+                gcloud container clusters list --filter="name=$CLUSTER_NAME-${CLUSTER_SUFFIX}" --zone $region --format='csv[no-heading](name)' | xargs gcloud container clusters delete --zone $region --quiet || true
                 gcloud container clusters create $CLUSTER_NAME-${CLUSTER_SUFFIX} \
                     --zone $region \
                     --cluster-version=1.31 \
@@ -29,11 +35,12 @@ void createCluster(String CLUSTER_SUFFIX) {
                     --logging=NONE \
                     --no-enable-managed-prometheus \
                     --quiet && \
+                if [[ \${ret_num} -gt 1 ]]; then gcloud container clusters get-credentials  $CLUSTER_NAME-${CLUSTER_SUFFIX} --zone $region; fi && \
                 kubectl create clusterrolebinding cluster-admin-binding --clusterrole cluster-admin --user jenkins@"$GCP_PROJECT".iam.gserviceaccount.com || ret_val=\$?
                 if [ \${ret_val} -eq 0 ]; then break; fi
                 ret_num=\$((ret_num + 1))
             done
-            if [ \${ret_num} -eq 15 ]; then
+            if [ \${ret_num} -eq 5 ]; then 
                 gcloud container clusters list --filter $CLUSTER_NAME-${CLUSTER_SUFFIX} --zone $region --format='csv[no-heading](name)' | xargs gcloud container clusters delete --zone $region --quiet || true
                 exit 1
             fi