diff --git a/examples/typescript/cp/cp-example.ts b/examples/typescript/cp/cp-example.ts
index 92b81711c1..dada9b737d 100644
--- a/examples/typescript/cp/cp-example.ts
+++ b/examples/typescript/cp/cp-example.ts
@@ -11,4 +11,11 @@ const container = 'nginx';
 const srcPath = './test.txt';
 const targetPath = '/tmp';
 
+// Simple copy without retries (default behavior)
 await cp.cpFromPod(namespace, pod, container, srcPath, targetPath);
+
+// For large files or unreliable connections, use retries:
+// - maxTries > 0: Retry up to N times
+// - maxTries < 0: Retry indefinitely
+// await cp.cpFromPod(namespace, pod, container, srcPath, targetPath, undefined, 10);
+// await cp.cpToPod(namespace, pod, container, srcPath, targetPath, 10);
diff --git a/src/cp.ts b/src/cp.ts
index f8920e908d..6e7495da63 100644
--- a/src/cp.ts
+++ b/src/cp.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,127 @@
+import { PassThrough, Readable } from 'stream';
 import { WritableStreamBuffer } from 'stream-buffers';
 import tar from 'tar-fs';
 
 import { KubeConfig } from './config.js';
 import { Exec } from './exec.js';
 
+/**
+ * TarPipe wraps the tar stream from a pod with retry capabilities.
+ * When a read error occurs during transfer, it can resume from the last successful byte position.
+ */
+class TarPipe extends Readable {
+    private src: {
+        namespace: string;
+        podName: string;
+        containerName: string;
+        srcPath: string;
+        cwd?: string;
+    };
+    private execInstance: Exec;
+    private maxTries: number;
+    private bytesRead: number = 0;
+    private retries: number = 0;
+    private currentReader: Readable | null = null;
+    private errStream: WritableStreamBuffer | null = null;
+
+    constructor(
+        namespace: string,
+        podName: string,
+        containerName: string,
+        srcPath: string,
+        execInstance: Exec,
+        maxTries: number,
+        cwd?: string,
+    ) {
+        super();
+        this.src = { namespace, podName, containerName, srcPath, cwd };
+        this.execInstance = execInstance;
+        this.maxTries = maxTries;
+        this.initReadFrom(0);
+    }
+
+    private initReadFrom(offset: number): void {
+        let command: string[];
+        if (this.maxTries !== 0 && offset > 0) {
+            // Use shell command with tail to resume from specific byte position
+            // tail -c+N is 1-indexed, so we add 1 to the 0-indexed offset
+            const tarCmd = this.src.cwd
+                ? `tar cf - -C ${this.src.cwd} ${this.src.srcPath}`
+                : `tar cf - ${this.src.srcPath}`;
+            command = ['sh', '-c', `${tarCmd} | tail -c+${offset + 1}`];
+        } else {
+            command = ['tar', 'cf', '-'];
+            if (this.src.cwd) {
+                command.push('-C', this.src.cwd);
+            }
+            command.push(this.src.srcPath);
+        }
+
+        const writerStream = new PassThrough();
+
+        this.errStream = new WritableStreamBuffer();
+        this.currentReader = writerStream;
+
+        // Set up stream event handlers
+        writerStream.on('data', (chunk: Buffer) => {
+            this.bytesRead += chunk.length;
+            if (!this.push(chunk)) {
+                writerStream.pause();
+            }
+        });
+
+        writerStream.on('end', () => {
+            this.push(null); // Signal end of stream
+        });
+
+        writerStream.on('error', (err: Error) => {
+            this.handleError(err);
+        });
+
+        // Start exec
+        this.execInstance
+            .exec(
+                this.src.namespace,
+                this.src.podName,
+                this.src.containerName,
+                command,
+                writerStream,
+                this.errStream,
+                null,
+                false,
+                async () => {
+                    if (this.errStream && this.errStream.size()) {
+                        const errMsg = this.errStream.getContentsAsString();
+                        this.handleError(new Error(`Error from pod - details: \n ${errMsg}`));
+                    }
+                },
+            )
+            .catch((err: Error) => {
+                this.handleError(err);
+            });
+    }
+
+    private handleError(err: Error): void {
+        if (this.maxTries < 0 || this.retries < this.maxTries) {
+            this.retries++;
+            console.error(
+                `Resuming copy at ${this.bytesRead} bytes, retry ${this.retries}/${this.maxTries < 0 ? '∞' : this.maxTries}`,
+            );
+            // Resume from the current byte position (bytesRead is the next byte to read)
+            this.initReadFrom(this.bytesRead);
+        } else {
+            console.error(`Dropping out copy after ${this.retries} retries`);
+            this.destroy(err);
+        }
+    }
+
+    _read(): void {
+        if (this.currentReader) {
+            this.currentReader.resume();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 export class Cp {
     public execInstance: Exec;
     public constructor(config: KubeConfig, execInstance?: Exec) {
@@ -17,6 +135,9 @@ export class Cp {
      * @param {string} srcPath - The source path in the pod
      * @param {string} tgtPath - The target path in local
      * @param {string} [cwd] - The directory that is used as the parent in the pod when downloading
+     * @param {number} [maxTries=0] - Set number of retries to complete a copy operation from a container.
+     *                                 Specify 0 to disable or any negative value for infinite retrying.
+     *                                 The default is 0 (no retry).
      */
     public async cpFromPod(
         namespace: string,
@@ -25,29 +146,63 @@ export class Cp {
         srcPath: string,
         tgtPath: string,
         cwd?: string,
+        maxTries: number = 0,
     ): Promise<void> {
-        const command = ['tar', 'cf', '-'];
-        if (cwd) {
-            command.push('-C', cwd);
+        if (maxTries === 0) {
+            // Original implementation without retry
+            const command = ['tar', 'cf', '-'];
+            if (cwd) {
+                command.push('-C', cwd);
+            }
+            command.push(srcPath);
+            const writerStream = tar.extract(tgtPath);
+            const errStream = new WritableStreamBuffer();
+            await this.execInstance.exec(
+                namespace,
+                podName,
+                containerName,
+                command,
+                writerStream,
+                errStream,
+                null,
+                false,
+                async () => {
+                    if (errStream.size()) {
+                        throw new Error(
+                            `Error from cpFromPod - details: \n ${errStream.getContentsAsString()}`,
+                        );
+                    }
+                },
+            );
+        } else {
+            // Implementation with retry using TarPipe
+            const tarPipe = new TarPipe(
+                namespace,
+                podName,
+                containerName,
+                srcPath,
+                this.execInstance,
+                maxTries,
+                cwd,
+            );
+            const writerStream = tar.extract(tgtPath);
+
+            return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+                tarPipe.on('error', (err: Error) => {
+                    reject(err);
+                });
+
+                writerStream.on('error', (err: Error) => {
+                    reject(err);
+                });
+
+                writerStream.on('finish', () => {
+                    resolve();
+                });
+
+                tarPipe.pipe(writerStream);
+            });
         }
-        command.push(srcPath);
-        const writerStream = tar.extract(tgtPath);
-        const errStream = new WritableStreamBuffer();
-        this.execInstance.exec(
-            namespace,
-            podName,
-            containerName,
-            command,
-            writerStream,
-            errStream,
-            null,
-            false,
-            async () => {
-                if (errStream.size()) {
-                    throw new Error(`Error from cpFromPod - details: \n ${errStream.getContentsAsString()}`);
-                }
-            },
-        );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -56,6 +211,9 @@ export class Cp {
      * @param {string} containerName - The name of the container in the pod to exec the command inside.
      * @param {string} srcPath - The source path in local
      * @param {string} tgtPath - The target path in the pod
+     * @param {number} [maxTries=0] - Set number of retries to complete a copy operation to a container.
+     *                                 Specify 0 to disable or any negative value for infinite retrying.
+     *                                 The default is 0 (no retry).
      */
     public async cpToPod(
         namespace: string,
@@ -63,24 +221,74 @@ export class Cp {
         containerName: string,
         srcPath: string,
         tgtPath: string,
+        maxTries: number = 0,
     ): Promise<void> {
-        const command = ['tar', 'xf', '-', '-C', tgtPath];
-        const readStream = tar.pack(srcPath);
-        const errStream = new WritableStreamBuffer();
-        this.execInstance.exec(
-            namespace,
-            podName,
-            containerName,
-            command,
-            null,
-            errStream,
-            readStream,
-            false,
-            async () => {
-                if (errStream.size()) {
-                    throw new Error(`Error from cpToPod - details: \n ${errStream.getContentsAsString()}`);
+        if (maxTries === 0) {
+            // Original implementation without retry
+            const command = ['tar', 'xf', '-', '-C', tgtPath];
+            const readStream = tar.pack(srcPath);
+            const errStream = new WritableStreamBuffer();
+            await this.execInstance.exec(
+                namespace,
+                podName,
+                containerName,
+                command,
+                null,
+                errStream,
+                readStream,
+                false,
+                async () => {
+                    if (errStream.size()) {
+                        throw new Error(
+                            `Error from cpToPod - details: \n ${errStream.getContentsAsString()}`,
+                        );
+                    }
+                },
+            );
+        } else {
+            // Implementation with retry
+            let retries = 0;
+            let lastError: Error | null = null;
+
+            while (maxTries < 0 || retries <= maxTries) {
+                try {
+                    const command = ['tar', 'xf', '-', '-C', tgtPath];
+                    const readStream = tar.pack(srcPath);
+                    const errStream = new WritableStreamBuffer();
+
+                    await this.execInstance.exec(
+                        namespace,
+                        podName,
+                        containerName,
+                        command,
+                        null,
+                        errStream,
+                        readStream,
+                        false,
+                        async () => {
+                            if (errStream.size()) {
+                                throw new Error(
+                                    `Error from cpToPod - details: \n ${errStream.getContentsAsString()}`,
+                                );
+                            }
+                        },
+                    );
+                    // Success - exit the retry loop
+                    return;
+                } catch (err) {
+                    lastError = err as Error;
+                    if (maxTries < 0 || retries < maxTries) {
+                        retries++;
+                        console.error(
+                            `Retrying cpToPod, attempt ${retries}/${maxTries < 0 ? '∞' : maxTries}: ${lastError.message}`,
+                        );
+                    } else {
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
-            },
-        );
+            }
+
+            throw new Error(`cpToPod failed after ${retries} retries: ${lastError?.message}`);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/cp_test.ts b/src/cp_test.ts
index fb38247df3..cfa32b0583 100644
--- a/src/cp_test.ts
+++ b/src/cp_test.ts
@@ -106,5 +106,43 @@ describe('Cp', () => {
             await cp.cpToPod(namespace, pod, container, srcPath, tgtPath);
             verify(fakeWebSocketInterface.connect(`${path}?${queryStr}`, null, anyFunction())).called();
         });
+
+        it('should run extract tar command with retries parameter', async () => {
+            const kc = new KubeConfig();
+            const fakeWebSocketInterface: WebSocketInterface = mock(WebSocketHandler);
+            const fakeWebSocket: WebSocket.WebSocket = mock(WebSocket) as WebSocket.WebSocket;
+            const callAwaiter: CallAwaiter = new CallAwaiter();
+            const exec = new Exec(kc, instance(fakeWebSocketInterface));
+            const cp = new Cp(kc, exec);
+
+            const namespace = 'somenamespace';
+            const pod = 'somepod';
+            const container = 'container';
+            const srcPath = 'testdata/archive.txt';
+            const tgtPath = '/';
+            const maxTries = 3;
+            const cmdArray = ['tar', 'xf', '-', '-C', tgtPath];
+            const path = `/api/v1/namespaces/${namespace}/pods/${pod}/exec`;
+
+            const query = {
+                stdout: false,
+                stderr: true,
+                stdin: true,
+                tty: false,
+                command: cmdArray,
+                container,
+            };
+            const queryStr = querystring.stringify(query);
+
+            const fakeConn: WebSocket.WebSocket = instance(fakeWebSocket);
+            when(fakeWebSocketInterface.connect(`${path}?${queryStr}`, null, anyFunction())).thenResolve(
+                fakeConn,
+            );
+            when(fakeWebSocket.send(anything())).thenCall(callAwaiter.resolveCall('send'));
+            when(fakeWebSocket.close()).thenCall(callAwaiter.resolveCall('close'));
+
+            await cp.cpToPod(namespace, pod, container, srcPath, tgtPath, maxTries);
+            verify(fakeWebSocketInterface.connect(`${path}?${queryStr}`, null, anyFunction())).called();
+        });
     });
 });