diff --git a/src/SIL.Machine.AspNetCore/Configuration/IMachineBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/SIL.Machine.AspNetCore/Configuration/IMachineBuilderExtensions.cs
index b676afb68..d6969e479 100644
--- a/src/SIL.Machine.AspNetCore/Configuration/IMachineBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.Machine.AspNetCore/Configuration/IMachineBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public static IMachineBuilder AddClearMLService(this IMachineBuilder builder, st
         builder.Services
             .AddHttpClient("ClearML-NoRetry")
             .ConfigureHttpClient(httpClient => httpClient.BaseAddress = new Uri(connectionString));
-
+        builder.Services.AddSingleton<ClearMLHealthCheck>();
         builder.Services.AddHealthChecks().AddCheck<ClearMLHealthCheck>("ClearML Health Check");
 
         return builder;
diff --git a/src/SIL.Machine.AspNetCore/Services/ClearMLHealthCheck.cs b/src/SIL.Machine.AspNetCore/Services/ClearMLHealthCheck.cs
index 649efca04..2a9a63a8c 100644
--- a/src/SIL.Machine.AspNetCore/Services/ClearMLHealthCheck.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.Machine.AspNetCore/Services/ClearMLHealthCheck.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ public class ClearMLHealthCheck : IHealthCheck
     private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
     private readonly IOptionsMonitor<ClearMLOptions> _options;
     private readonly IClearMLAuthenticationService _clearMLAuthenticationService;
+    private int _numConsecutiveFailures;
+    private readonly AsyncLock _lock;
 
     public ClearMLHealthCheck(
         IClearMLAuthenticationService clearMLAuthenticationService,
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ IOptionsMonitor<ClearMLOptions> options
         _httpClient = httpClientFactory.CreateClient("ClearML-NoRetry");
         _options = options;
         _clearMLAuthenticationService = clearMLAuthenticationService;
+        _numConsecutiveFailures = 0;
+        _lock = new AsyncLock();
     }
 
     public async Task<HealthCheckResult> CheckHealthAsync(
@@ -28,11 +32,15 @@ public async Task<HealthCheckResult> CheckHealthAsync(
                 return HealthCheckResult.Unhealthy(
                     $"No ClearML agents are available for configured queue \"{_options.CurrentValue.Queue}\""
                 );
+            _numConsecutiveFailures = 0;
             return HealthCheckResult.Healthy("ClearML is available");
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
-            return HealthCheckResult.Unhealthy(exception: e);
+            _numConsecutiveFailures++;
+            return _numConsecutiveFailures > 3
+                ? HealthCheckResult.Unhealthy(exception: e)
+                : HealthCheckResult.Degraded(exception: e);
         }
     }