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Retry Strategies

Retry without causing storms

Good retry strategies use exponential backoff with jitter, caps, and idempotent operations to avoid thundering herds and cascading failures.

Pick Backoff

Use exponential backoff with jitter; set sensible max attempts.

Protect Systems

Combine with timeouts and circuit breakers; avoid tight loops.

Log and Alert

Record retries and failures; alert on spikes.

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