diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bdd39dccb62..5de89420f05 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ variables:
   before_script:
     - rustup show
     - cargo --version
+  retry:
+    max: 2
+    when:
+      - runner_system_failure
+      - unknown_failure
+      - api_failure
   tags:
     - linux-docker
 
@@ -63,28 +69,28 @@ cargo-check 0 3:
   <<:                              *docker-cache-status
   script:
     - time cargo check --target $CARGO_TARGET --locked --no-default-features --verbose --color=always
-    - sccache --stop-server
+    - sccache --show-stats
 
 cargo-check 1 3:
   stage:                           test
   <<:                              *docker-cache-status
   script:
     - time cargo check --target $CARGO_TARGET --locked --manifest-path util/io/Cargo.toml --no-default-features --verbose --color=always
-    - sccache --stop-server
+    - sccache --show-stats
 
 cargo-check 2 3:
   stage:                           test
   <<:                              *docker-cache-status
   script:
     - time cargo check --target $CARGO_TARGET --locked --manifest-path util/io/Cargo.toml --features "mio" --verbose --color=always
-    - sccache --stop-server
+    - sccache --show-stats
 
 cargo-check-evmbin:
   stage:                           test
   <<:                              *docker-cache-status
   script:
     - time cargo check -p evmbin --target $CARGO_TARGET --locked --verbose --color=always
-    - sccache -s
+    - sccache --show-stats
 
 cargo-check-benches:
   stage:                           test
@@ -94,8 +100,7 @@ cargo-check-benches:
         cargo check --all --benches --exclude ethash --target $CARGO_TARGET --locked --verbose --color=always;
         (cd ethash; time cargo check --benches --features bench --target $CARGO_TARGET --locked --verbose --color=always)
       )
-    - sccache -s
-  allow_failure:                   true # temp
+    - sccache --show-stats
 
 cargo-audit:
   stage:                           test
diff --git a/scripts/gitlab/build-linux.sh b/scripts/gitlab/build-linux.sh
index ea22857ce6a..21c455a088b 100755
--- a/scripts/gitlab/build-linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/gitlab/build-linux.sh
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ do
   then
       ./parity tools hash $binary > $binary.sha3
   else
-      echo "> ${binary} cannot be hashed with cross-compiled binary (keccak256)"
+      echo ">[WARN] ${binary} cannot be hashed with cross-compiled binary (keccak256)"
   fi
 done
 #show sccache statistics
-sccache --stop-server
+sccache --show-stats