diff --git a/doc/admin-guide/plugins/origin_server_auth.en.rst b/doc/admin-guide/plugins/origin_server_auth.en.rst
index 959f463786a..0278c625e89 100644
--- a/doc/admin-guide/plugins/origin_server_auth.en.rst
+++ b/doc/admin-guide/plugins/origin_server_auth.en.rst
@@ -198,3 +198,10 @@ The ``gcp_auth.config`` config file could look like this::
 
     session_token=<access_id>
     version=gcpv1
+
+Retrying config loading
+=======================
+
+If the specified configuration file cannot be opened or is missing required options, ATS will attempt to reload the file repeatedly with exponential backoff.
+
+If the configuration file includes an `expiration` parameter and the file has exceeded its expiration time, ATS will retry loading the file every minute for a duration of 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, the file must be manually reloaded.
diff --git a/plugins/origin_server_auth/origin_server_auth.cc b/plugins/origin_server_auth/origin_server_auth.cc
index 55350b082c5..ec9b28cb422 100644
--- a/plugins/origin_server_auth/origin_server_auth.cc
+++ b/plugins/origin_server_auth/origin_server_auth.cc
@@ -420,6 +420,12 @@ class S3Config
     return _conf_reload_count++;
   }
 
+  int
+  incr_invalid_file_count()
+  {
+    return _invalid_file_count++;
+  }
+
   // Setters
   void
   set_secret(const char *s)
@@ -510,6 +516,12 @@ class S3Config
     _conf_reload_count = 0;
   }
 
+  void
+  reset_invalid_file_count()
+  {
+    _invalid_file_count = 0;
+  }
+
   // Parse configs from an external file
   bool parse_config(const std::string &filename);
 
@@ -568,6 +580,7 @@ class S3Config
   long      _expiration          = 0;
   char     *_conf_fname          = nullptr;
   int       _conf_reload_count   = 0;
+  int       _invalid_file_count  = 0;
 };
 
 bool
@@ -1087,9 +1100,12 @@ config_reloader(TSCont cont, TSEvent /* event ATS_UNUSED */, void *edata)
   S3Config *file_config = gConfCache.get(s3->conf_fname());
 
   if (!file_config || !file_config->valid()) {
-    TSError("[%s] invalid configuration. Check mandatory fields.", PLUGIN_NAME);
+    TSError("[%s] invalid configuration. Check mandatory fields. Scheduling reload", PLUGIN_NAME);
+    long delay = 1 << s3->incr_invalid_file_count();
+    s3->schedule_conf_reload(delay);
     return TS_ERROR;
   }
+  s3->reset_invalid_file_count();
 
   {
     std::unique_lock lock(s3->reload_mutex);