diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/AtomicCounterBuilder.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/AtomicCounterBuilder.java
index 8819977bc5..1f5400aa1b 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/AtomicCounterBuilder.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/AtomicCounterBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.onosproject.store.service;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+
 /**
  * Builder for AtomicCounter.
  */
@@ -32,6 +34,24 @@ public interface AtomicCounterBuilder {
      */
     AtomicCounterBuilder withPartitionsDisabled();
 
+    /**
+     * Enables retries when counter operations fail.
+     * <p>
+     * Note: Use with caution. By default retries are disabled.
+     * </p>
+     * @return this AtomicCounterBuilder
+     */
+    AtomicCounterBuilder withRetryOnFailure();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the executor service to use for retrying failed operations.
+     * <p>
+     * Note: Must be set when retries are enabled
+     * </p>
+     * @return this AtomicCounterBuilder
+     */
+    AtomicCounterBuilder withRetryExecutor(ScheduledExecutorService executor);
+
     /**
      * Builds a AtomicCounter based on the configuration options
      * supplied to this builder.
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter.java
index a69c0cc63e..cdaf79233f 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter.java
@@ -16,10 +16,20 @@
 package org.onosproject.store.consistent.impl;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 
 import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncAtomicCounter;
 
+
+
+
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.*;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 
 /**
  * Default implementation for a distributed AsyncAtomicCounter backed by
@@ -31,10 +41,20 @@ public class DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter implements AsyncAtomicCounter {
 
     private final String name;
     private final Database database;
+    private final boolean retryOnFailure;
+    private final ScheduledExecutorService retryExecutor;
+    // TODO: configure delay via builder
+    private static final int DELAY_BETWEEN_RETRY_SEC = 1;
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
 
-    public DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter(String name, Database database) {
+    public DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter(String name,
+            Database database,
+            boolean retryOnException,
+            ScheduledExecutorService retryExecutor) {
         this.name = checkNotNull(name);
         this.database = checkNotNull(database);
+        this.retryOnFailure = retryOnException;
+        this.retryExecutor = retryExecutor;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -54,11 +74,70 @@ public class DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter implements AsyncAtomicCounter {
 
     @Override
     public CompletableFuture<Long> getAndAdd(long delta) {
-        return database.counterGetAndAdd(name, delta);
+        CompletableFuture<Long> result = database.counterGetAndAdd(name, delta);
+        if (!retryOnFailure) {
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        CompletableFuture<Long> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
+        return result.whenComplete((r, e) -> {
+            if (e != null) {
+                log.warn("getAndAdd failed due to {}. Will retry", e.getMessage());
+                retryExecutor.schedule(new RetryTask(database::counterGetAndAdd, delta, future),
+                                                     DELAY_BETWEEN_RETRY_SEC,
+                                                     TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            } else {
+                future.complete(r);
+            }
+         }).thenCompose(v -> future);
     }
 
     @Override
     public CompletableFuture<Long> addAndGet(long delta) {
-        return database.counterAddAndGet(name, delta);
+        CompletableFuture<Long> result = database.counterAddAndGet(name, delta);
+        if (!retryOnFailure) {
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        CompletableFuture<Long> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
+        return result.whenComplete((r, e) -> {
+            if (e != null) {
+                log.warn("addAndGet failed due to {}. Will retry", e.getMessage());
+                retryExecutor.schedule(new RetryTask(database::counterAddAndGet, delta, future),
+                                                     DELAY_BETWEEN_RETRY_SEC,
+                                                     TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            } else {
+                future.complete(r);
+            }
+        }).thenCompose(v -> future);
     }
-}
+
+    private class RetryTask implements Runnable {
+
+        private final BiFunction<String, Long, CompletableFuture<Long>> function;
+        private final Long delta;
+        private final CompletableFuture<Long> result;
+
+        public RetryTask(BiFunction<String, Long, CompletableFuture<Long>> function,
+                Long delta,
+                CompletableFuture<Long> result) {
+            this.function = function;
+            this.delta = delta;
+            this.result = result;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            function.apply(name, delta).whenComplete((r, e) -> {
+                if (e == null) {
+                    result.complete(r);
+                } else {
+                    log.warn("{} retry failed due to {}. Will try again...", function, e.getMessage());
+                    // TODO: Exponential backoff
+                    // TODO: limit retries
+                    retryExecutor.schedule(this, DELAY_BETWEEN_RETRY_SEC, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DefaultAtomicCounter.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DefaultAtomicCounter.java
index fee91fa7d9..18120bb8ef 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DefaultAtomicCounter.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DefaultAtomicCounter.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package org.onosproject.store.consistent.impl;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
@@ -36,8 +37,11 @@ public class DefaultAtomicCounter implements AtomicCounter {
 
     private final AsyncAtomicCounter asyncCounter;
 
-    public DefaultAtomicCounter(String name, Database database) {
-        asyncCounter = new DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter(name, database);
+    public DefaultAtomicCounter(String name,
+            Database database,
+            boolean retryOnException,
+            ScheduledExecutorService retryExecutor) {
+        asyncCounter = new DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter(name, database, retryOnException, retryExecutor);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DefaultAtomicCounterBuilder.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DefaultAtomicCounterBuilder.java
index c84cff0f45..97361db2f1 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DefaultAtomicCounterBuilder.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DefaultAtomicCounterBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.onosproject.store.consistent.impl;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+
 import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncAtomicCounter;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.AtomicCounter;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.AtomicCounterBuilder;
@@ -15,6 +17,8 @@ public class DefaultAtomicCounterBuilder implements AtomicCounterBuilder {
     private boolean partitionsEnabled = true;
     private final Database partitionedDatabase;
     private final Database inMemoryDatabase;
+    private boolean retryOnFailure = false;
+    private ScheduledExecutorService retryExecutor = null;
 
     public DefaultAtomicCounterBuilder(Database inMemoryDatabase, Database partitionedDatabase) {
         this.inMemoryDatabase = inMemoryDatabase;
@@ -36,13 +40,35 @@ public class DefaultAtomicCounterBuilder implements AtomicCounterBuilder {
 
     @Override
     public AtomicCounter build() {
+        validateInputs();
         Database database = partitionsEnabled ? partitionedDatabase : inMemoryDatabase;
-        return new DefaultAtomicCounter(name, database);
+        return new DefaultAtomicCounter(name, database, retryOnFailure, retryExecutor);
     }
 
     @Override
     public AsyncAtomicCounter buildAsyncCounter() {
+        validateInputs();
         Database database = partitionsEnabled ? partitionedDatabase : inMemoryDatabase;
-        return new DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter(name, database);
+        return new DefaultAsyncAtomicCounter(name, database, retryOnFailure, retryExecutor);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AtomicCounterBuilder withRetryOnFailure() {
+        retryOnFailure = true;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AtomicCounterBuilder withRetryExecutor(ScheduledExecutorService executor) {
+        this.retryExecutor = executor;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    private void validateInputs() {
+        if (retryOnFailure) {
+            if (retryExecutor == null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("RetryExecutor must be specified when retries are enabled");
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/core/impl/ConsistentApplicationIdStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/core/impl/ConsistentApplicationIdStore.java
index ef17efb252..ecfc3dcb90 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/core/impl/ConsistentApplicationIdStore.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/core/impl/ConsistentApplicationIdStore.java
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.store.core.impl;
 
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.groupedThreads;
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
 import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationIdStore;
 import org.onosproject.core.DefaultApplicationId;
 import org.onosproject.store.serializers.KryoNamespaces;
-import org.onosproject.store.service.AtomicCounter;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncAtomicCounter;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.ConsistentMap;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.Serializer;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.StorageService;
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures;
 
 /**
  * ApplicationIdStore implementation on top of {@code AtomicCounter}
@@ -53,10 +58,11 @@ public class ConsistentApplicationIdStore implements ApplicationIdStore {
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected StorageService storageService;
 
-    private AtomicCounter appIdCounter;
+    private AsyncAtomicCounter appIdCounter;
     private ConsistentMap<String, ApplicationId> registeredIds;
     private Map<String, ApplicationId> nameToAppIdCache = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
     private Map<Short, ApplicationId> idToAppIdCache = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
+    private ScheduledExecutorService executor;
 
     private static final Serializer SERIALIZER = Serializer.using(new KryoNamespace.Builder()
                                                                         .register(KryoNamespaces.API)
@@ -65,10 +71,13 @@ public class ConsistentApplicationIdStore implements ApplicationIdStore {
 
     @Activate
     public void activate() {
+        executor = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(groupedThreads("onos/store/appId", "retry-handler"));
         appIdCounter = storageService.atomicCounterBuilder()
                                       .withName("onos-app-id-counter")
                                       .withPartitionsDisabled()
-                                      .build();
+                                      .withRetryOnFailure()
+                                      .withRetryExecutor(executor)
+                                      .buildAsyncCounter();
 
         registeredIds = storageService.<String, ApplicationId>consistentMapBuilder()
                 .withName("onos-app-ids")
@@ -83,6 +92,7 @@ public class ConsistentApplicationIdStore implements ApplicationIdStore {
 
     @Deactivate
     public void deactivate() {
+        executor.shutdown();
         log.info("Stopped");
     }
 
@@ -118,7 +128,7 @@ public class ConsistentApplicationIdStore implements ApplicationIdStore {
         ApplicationId appId = nameToAppIdCache.computeIfAbsent(name, key -> {
             Versioned<ApplicationId> existingAppId = registeredIds.get(name);
             if (existingAppId == null) {
-                int id = (int) appIdCounter.incrementAndGet();
+                int id = Futures.getUnchecked(appIdCounter.incrementAndGet()).intValue();
                 DefaultApplicationId newAppId = new DefaultApplicationId(id, name);
                 existingAppId = registeredIds.putIfAbsent(name, newAppId);
                 if (existingAppId != null) {