diff --git a/e2e/test_operator_plugin/operator_plugin_test.go b/e2e/test_operator_plugin/operator_plugin_test.go
index 3363065b9..71f37c6eb 100644
--- a/e2e/test_operator_plugin/operator_plugin_test.go
+++ b/e2e/test_operator_plugin/operator_plugin_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	fdbv1beta2 "github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/v2/api/v1beta2"
@@ -249,6 +250,11 @@ var _ = Describe("Operator Plugin", Label("e2e", "pr"), func() {
 					false,
 				)
 				log.Println("stdout:", stdout, "stderr:", stderr)
+				if strings.Contains(stderr, "Error determining public address") {
+					Skip(
+						"plugin was not able to determine public address, this means that all coordinators are probably gone",
+					)
+				}
 				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
 				// Ensure the cluster is available again.
diff --git a/kubectl-fdb/cmd/recover_multi_region_cluster.go b/kubectl-fdb/cmd/recover_multi_region_cluster.go
index 9c4a60c7e..a15380c8a 100644
--- a/kubectl-fdb/cmd/recover_multi_region_cluster.go
+++ b/kubectl-fdb/cmd/recover_multi_region_cluster.go
@@ -732,6 +732,30 @@ func checkIfClusterIsUnavailableAndMajorityOfCoordinatorsAreUnreachable(
 	}
 
 	log.Println("Getting the status from:", clientPod.Name)
+	for retry := 0; retry < 5; retry++ {
+		err = getStatusAndCheckIfClusterShouldBeRecovered(ctx, kubeClient, config, clientPod)
+		if err == nil {
+			break
+		}
+
+		time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+	}
+
+	// If DNS is used for the cluster file, we could hit cases where no DNS entry can be resolved, in this case we could
+	// assume that the cluster is also down. The error from the client side is the following:
+	//  Error: error getting status: Error determining public address.
+	//  ERROR: Unable to bind to network (1512)
+	if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "Error determining public address") {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return err
+}
+
+func getStatusAndCheckIfClusterShouldBeRecovered(ctx context.Context,
+	kubeClient client.Client,
+	config *rest.Config,
+	clientPod *corev1.Pod) error {
 	status, err := getStatus(ctx, kubeClient, config, clientPod)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err