diff --git a/tests/acceptance/pageObjects/FilesPageElement/filesList.js b/tests/acceptance/pageObjects/FilesPageElement/filesList.js
index 37c8299db1e..d941440cd2e 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/pageObjects/FilesPageElement/filesList.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/pageObjects/FilesPageElement/filesList.js
@@ -455,6 +455,9 @@ module.exports = {
         result => {
           result.value.forEach(element => {
             this.api.elementIdAttribute(element.ELEMENT, 'class', attr => {
+              if (parseInt(attr.status) < 0) {
+                return
+              }
               if (attr.value.indexOf('uk-invisible') >= 0) {
                 return
               }
@@ -483,6 +486,30 @@ module.exports = {
       return indicators
     },
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param {string} fileName
+     * @param {boolean} sharingIndicatorExpectedToBeVisible
+     * @returns {Array} array of sharing indicator
+     */
+    getShareIndicatorsForResourceWithRetry: async function(
+      fileName,
+      sharingIndicatorExpectedToBeVisible
+    ) {
+      let indicators = await this.getShareIndicatorsForResource(
+        fileName,
+        sharingIndicatorExpectedToBeVisible
+      )
+      if (!indicators.length) {
+        console.log('Share indicators not found on first try, Retrying again')
+        indicators = await this.getShareIndicatorsForResource(
+          fileName,
+          sharingIndicatorExpectedToBeVisible
+        )
+      }
+      return indicators
+    },
+
     setSort: async function(column, isDesc = false) {
       const columnSelector = util.format(
         this.elements.filesTableHeaderColumn.selector,
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/stepDefinitions/filesContext.js b/tests/acceptance/stepDefinitions/filesContext.js
index ad8afa1f8d5..a73a4eacb17 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/stepDefinitions/filesContext.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/stepDefinitions/filesContext.js
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ Then('the following resources should have share indicators on the webUI', async
   dataTable
 ) {
   for (const { fileName, expectedIndicators } of dataTable.hashes()) {
-    const indicatorsArray = await client.page.FilesPageElement.filesList().getShareIndicatorsForResource(
+    const indicatorsArray = await client.page.FilesPageElement.filesList().getShareIndicatorsForResourceWithRetry(
       fileName,
       true
     )