A simple script to change the retry counts on certain activities in ADF pipelines.

Change_Adf_Retries.ps1

# Go to wherever the pipelines are.
$DownloadLocation = 'C:\temp\ADF\pipeline'
cd $DownloadLocation

# Just have a quick look.
$PipelinesContents = @()
foreach($PipelineFile in dir $DownloadLocation){
    $PipelineContents = Get-Content -Path $PipelineFile | ConvertFrom-Json -Depth 20
    $PipelinesContents += $PipelineContents
    $PipelineFile = $null
}
$PipelinesContents | SELECT @{label='folder';expression ={$_.properties.folder.name}},
Name,
@{label='Activity Types';expression ={$_.properties.activities.type}},
@{label='Retry';expression ={$_.properties.activities.policy.retry}}

# Do the thing.
$Pipelines = dir $DownloadLocation
foreach($PipelineFile in $Pipelines){
    $PipelineContents = Get-Content -Path $PipelineFile | ConvertFrom-Json -Depth 20

    if($PipelineContents){
        $PipelineContents.properties.activities.Where({ $_.type -in 'Copy', 'SqlServerStoredProcedure', 'WebActivity' })
        | SELECT @{label='FileName';expression ={$PipelineContents.name}}, name, type, @{label='retry';expression ={$_.policy.retry}}

        foreach($Activity in $PipelineContents.properties.activities.Where({ $_.type -in 'Copy', 'SqlServerStoredProcedure', 'WebActivity' }).Where({$_.policy.retry -eq 0}) ){
            $Activity | SELECT name, type, @{label='retry';expression ={$_.policy.retry}}
            $Activity.policy.retry = 3
        }
#
        # Save the results back to the file.
        $ModofiedPipeline = $PipelineContents | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 20
        Set-Content -Path $PipelineFile -Value $ModofiedPipeline
    }
    else{
        "Skipping $($PipelineContents.name)"
    }

    $PipelineFile = $null
}