Does anyone know if there is a way using the V3 pact_verifier_cli to wait or retry on the state change endpoints until the provider service is done starting up? I have tried setting an explicit

--request-timeout

value, but it's still failing, so I think the way my server must work is that while it's still setting up, it's returning 500s instead of hanging

No, there is nothing like that. Raise an issue for it at the Github repo https://github.com/pact-foundation/pact-reference

Great idea in general!

Okay, I went ahead and created a github issue describing what I was trying to do and the work-around I ended up having to do: https://github.com/pact-foundation/pact-reference/issues/197