FlowchartRetry & error handlingMedium
Retry with exponential backoff
Retry strategy using exponential backoff with jitter and a hard cap on attempts.
What this diagram shows
Step 01
Classify the error
Transient failures are retried; non-retryable errors fail fast.
Step 02
Backoff with jitter
Each attempt waits longer than the last, with jitter to avoid thundering herds.
Step 03
Hard cap
After the attempt budget is exhausted the call fails and alerts fire.
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1graph TD2 Start((Start)) --> Call[Call downstream]3 Call -->|success| Done((Done))4 Call -->|transient error| Check{Attempt < max?}5 Check -->|yes| Wait[Wait 2^n * base + jitter]6 Wait --> Call7 Check -->|no| Fail[Fail and alert]8 Call -->|non-retryable| FailRelated
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