diff --git a/pageserver/src/http/openapi_spec.yml b/pageserver/src/http/openapi_spec.yml
index f5c1224f01..477a2d378d 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/http/openapi_spec.yml
+++ b/pageserver/src/http/openapi_spec.yml
@@ -93,9 +93,16 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
     delete:
       description: |
-        Attempts to delete specified tenant. 500 and 409 errors should be retried until 404 is retrieved.
+        Attempts to delete specified tenant. 500, 503 and 409 errors should be retried until 404 is retrieved.
         404 means that deletion successfully finished"
       responses:
         "400":
@@ -134,6 +141,13 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
 
   /v1/tenant/{tenant_id}/timeline:
     parameters:
@@ -178,6 +192,13 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
 
   /v1/tenant/{tenant_id}/timeline/{timeline_id}:
     parameters:
@@ -226,6 +247,13 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
     delete:
       description: "Attempts to delete specified timeline. 500 and 409 errors should be retried"
       responses:
@@ -265,13 +293,19 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/PreconditionFailedError"
-
         "500":
           description: Generic operation error
           content:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
 
   /v1/tenant/{tenant_id}/timeline/{timeline_id}/get_lsn_by_timestamp:
     parameters:
@@ -328,6 +362,13 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
   /v1/tenant/{tenant_id}/timeline/{timeline_id}/do_gc:
     parameters:
       - name: tenant_id
@@ -375,6 +416,13 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
   /v1/tenant/{tenant_id}/attach:
     parameters:
       - name: tenant_id
@@ -465,6 +513,13 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
 
   /v1/tenant/{tenant_id}/detach:
     parameters:
@@ -518,6 +573,13 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
 
   /v1/tenant/{tenant_id}/ignore:
     parameters:
@@ -560,6 +622,13 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
 
   /v1/tenant/{tenant_id}/load:
     parameters:
@@ -604,6 +673,13 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
 
   /v1/tenant/{tenant_id}/synthetic_size:
     parameters:
@@ -641,6 +717,12 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
 
   /v1/tenant/{tenant_id}/size:
     parameters:
@@ -704,6 +786,13 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
 
   /v1/tenant/{tenant_id}/timeline/:
     parameters:
@@ -780,6 +869,13 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
   /v1/tenant/:
     get:
       description: Get tenants list
@@ -810,6 +906,13 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
     post:
       description: |
         Create a tenant. Returns new tenant id on success.
@@ -860,6 +963,13 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
 
   /v1/tenant/config:
     put:
@@ -905,6 +1015,13 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
   /v1/tenant/{tenant_id}/config/:
     parameters:
       - name: tenant_id
@@ -954,6 +1071,13 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error"
+        "503":
+          description: Temporarily unavailable, please retry.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError"
+
 components:
   securitySchemes:
     JWT:
@@ -1220,6 +1344,13 @@ components:
       properties:
         msg:
           type: string
+    ServiceUnavailableError:
+      type: object
+      required:
+        - msg
+      properties:
+        msg:
+          type: string
     NotFoundError:
       type: object
       required: