Interop client that is resilient to server restarts
diff --git a/test/cpp/interop/stress_test.cc b/test/cpp/interop/stress_test.cc
index d9e3fd2..f0e9e32 100644
--- a/test/cpp/interop/stress_test.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/interop/stress_test.cc
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@
              "The choices are: 0 (GPR_LOG_SEVERITY_DEBUG), 1 "
              "(GPR_LOG_SEVERITY_INFO) and 2 (GPR_LOG_SEVERITY_ERROR)");
 
+DEFINE_bool(do_not_abort_on_transient_failures, true,
+            "If set to 'true', abort() is not called in case of transient "
+            "failures like temporary connection failures.");
+
 using grpc::testing::kTestCaseList;
 using grpc::testing::MetricsService;
 using grpc::testing::MetricsServiceImpl;
@@ -189,6 +193,12 @@
   gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "test_cases : %s", FLAGS_test_cases.c_str());
   gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "sleep_duration_ms: %d", FLAGS_sleep_duration_ms);
   gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "test_duration_secs: %d", FLAGS_test_duration_secs);
+  gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "num_channels_per_server: %d",
+          FLAGS_num_channels_per_server);
+  gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "num_stubs_per_channel: %d", FLAGS_num_stubs_per_channel);
+  gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "log_level: %d", FLAGS_log_level);
+  gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "do_not_abort_on_transient_failures: %s",
+          FLAGS_do_not_abort_on_transient_failures ? "true" : "false");
 
   int num = 0;
   for (auto it = addresses.begin(); it != addresses.end(); it++) {
@@ -272,7 +282,7 @@
            stub_idx++) {
         StressTestInteropClient* client = new StressTestInteropClient(
             ++thread_idx, *it, channel, test_selector, FLAGS_test_duration_secs,
-            FLAGS_sleep_duration_ms);
+            FLAGS_sleep_duration_ms, FLAGS_do_not_abort_on_transient_failures);
 
         bool is_already_created = false;
         // QpsGauge name