Concept

exponential backoff

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• exponential backoff · Concept
• exponential backoff · Feature
• exponential backoff · Task
• Exponential backoff · Concept · Custom API feed response handling

Also called: exponential backoff algorithm, exponential backoff retry policy, exponential intervals plus randomness, truncated binary exponential backoff strategy

A delay mechanism that progressively increases the wait time between retry attempts when connection attempts fail.