diff --git a/server-rs/crates/platform-tripo/src/common/client.rs b/server-rs/crates/platform-tripo/src/common/client.rs
index b0b8e558d..5c31a5bcc 100644
--- a/server-rs/crates/platform-tripo/src/common/client.rs
+++ b/server-rs/crates/platform-tripo/src/common/client.rs
@@ -74,20 +74,18 @@ impl TripoProviderClient {
         url: &TripoUrl,
     ) -> Result<TripoDownloadedArtifact, TripoError> {
         let total_attempts = self.artifact_retries.saturating_add(1);
-        let mut last_error = None;
+        let mut attempt = 1;
 
-        for attempt in 1..=total_attempts {
+        loop {
             match self.download_artifact_once(task_id, url).await {
                 Ok(downloaded) => return Ok(downloaded),
                 Err(error) if attempt < total_attempts && error.is_retryable() => {
-                    last_error = Some(error);
                     tokio::time::sleep(download_backoff(attempt)).await;
+                    attempt += 1;
                 }
                 Err(error) => return Err(error),
             }
         }
-
-        Err(last_error.expect("artifact download has at least one attempt"))
     }
 
     async fn download_artifact_once(