diff --git a/flytepropeller/pkg/controller/nodes/node_exec_context.go b/flytepropeller/pkg/controller/nodes/node_exec_context.go
index ba43d1ba77..b69f098ea5 100644
--- a/flytepropeller/pkg/controller/nodes/node_exec_context.go
+++ b/flytepropeller/pkg/controller/nodes/node_exec_context.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/io"
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/ioutils"
+	"github.com/flyteorg/flytepropeller/pkg/controller/config"
 
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flytepropeller/events"
 	eventsErr "github.com/flyteorg/flytepropeller/events/errors"
@@ -286,10 +287,25 @@ func (c *nodeExecutor) BuildNodeExecutionContext(ctx context.Context, executionC
 
 	s := nl.GetNodeExecutionStatus(ctx, currentNodeID)
 
-	// a node is not considered interruptible if the system failures have exceeded the configured threshold
-	if interruptible && s.GetSystemFailures() >= c.interruptibleFailureThreshold {
-		interruptible = false
-		c.metrics.InterruptedThresholdHit.Inc(ctx)
+	if config.GetConfig().NodeConfig.IgnoreRetryCause {
+		// For the unified retry behavior we execute the last interruptibleFailureThreshold attempts on a non
+		// interruptible machine
+		currentAttempt := s.GetAttempts() + 1 + s.GetSystemFailures()
+		maxAttempts := uint32(config.GetConfig().NodeConfig.DefaultMaxAttempts)
+		if n.GetRetryStrategy() != nil && n.GetRetryStrategy().MinAttempts != nil && *n.GetRetryStrategy().MinAttempts != 0 {
+			maxAttempts = uint32(*n.GetRetryStrategy().MinAttempts)
+		}
+
+		if interruptible && currentAttempt >= maxAttempts-c.interruptibleFailureThreshold {
+			interruptible = false
+			c.metrics.InterruptedThresholdHit.Inc(ctx)
+		}
+	} else {
+		// Else a node is not considered interruptible if the system failures have exceeded the configured threshold
+		if interruptible && s.GetSystemFailures() >= c.interruptibleFailureThreshold {
+			interruptible = false
+			c.metrics.InterruptedThresholdHit.Inc(ctx)
+		}
 	}
 
 	rawOutputPrefix := c.defaultDataSandbox