diff --git a/controller/cache/cache.go b/controller/cache/cache.go
index f22160bf7a5f4..47fcbc075b68b 100644
--- a/controller/cache/cache.go
+++ b/controller/cache/cache.go
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ const (
 	// EnvClusterCacheWatchResyncDuration is the env variable that holds cluster cache watch re-sync duration
 	EnvClusterCacheWatchResyncDuration = "ARGOCD_CLUSTER_CACHE_WATCH_RESYNC_DURATION"
 
+	// EnvClusterRetryTimeoutDuration is the env variable that holds cluster retry duration when sync error happens
+	EnvClusterSyncRetryTimeoutDuration = "ARGOCD_CLUSTER_SYNC_RETRY_TIMEOUT_DURATION"
+
 	// EnvClusterCacheListPageSize is the env variable to control size of the list page size when making K8s queries
 	EnvClusterCacheListPageSize = "ARGOCD_CLUSTER_CACHE_LIST_PAGE_SIZE"
 
@@ -65,6 +68,9 @@ var (
 	// for before relisting & restarting the watch
 	clusterCacheWatchResyncDuration = 10 * time.Minute
 
+	// clusterSyncRetryTimeoutDuration controls the sync retry duration when cluster sync error happens
+	clusterSyncRetryTimeoutDuration = 10 * time.Second
+
 	// The default limit of 50 is chosen based on experiments.
 	clusterCacheListSemaphoreSize int64 = 50
 
@@ -83,6 +89,7 @@ var (
 func init() {
 	clusterCacheResyncDuration = env.ParseDurationFromEnv(EnvClusterCacheResyncDuration, clusterCacheResyncDuration, 0, math.MaxInt64)
 	clusterCacheWatchResyncDuration = env.ParseDurationFromEnv(EnvClusterCacheWatchResyncDuration, clusterCacheWatchResyncDuration, 0, math.MaxInt64)
+	clusterSyncRetryTimeoutDuration = env.ParseDurationFromEnv(EnvClusterSyncRetryTimeoutDuration, clusterSyncRetryTimeoutDuration, 0, math.MaxInt64)
 	clusterCacheListPageSize = env.ParseInt64FromEnv(EnvClusterCacheListPageSize, clusterCacheListPageSize, 0, math.MaxInt64)
 	clusterCacheListSemaphoreSize = env.ParseInt64FromEnv(EnvClusterCacheListSemaphore, clusterCacheListSemaphoreSize, 0, math.MaxInt64)
 	clusterCacheAttemptLimit = int32(env.ParseInt64FromEnv(EnvClusterCacheAttemptLimit, 1, 1, math.MaxInt32))
@@ -341,6 +348,7 @@ func (c *liveStateCache) getCluster(server string) (clustercache.ClusterCache, e
 		clustercache.SetListSemaphore(semaphore.NewWeighted(clusterCacheListSemaphoreSize)),
 		clustercache.SetListPageSize(clusterCacheListPageSize),
 		clustercache.SetWatchResyncTimeout(clusterCacheWatchResyncDuration),
+		clustercache.SetClusterSyncRetryTimeout(clusterSyncRetryTimeoutDuration),
 		clustercache.SetResyncTimeout(clusterCacheResyncDuration),
 		clustercache.SetSettings(cacheSettings.clusterSettings),
 		clustercache.SetNamespaces(cluster.Namespaces),