cenkalti/backoff

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A Go library implementing the exponential backoff algorithm with a Retry helper for retrying operations. It supports configurable retry limits, permanent errors, and context-based timeouts.

Use cases

• retry failed http requests with exponential backoff
• add retry logic to flaky network calls in go
• rate-limit retries when calling an unstable api
• retry database or service operations until success
• stop retrying on permanent client errors

When to choose

• you need battle-tested exponential backoff in a Go project
• you want fine-grained control over retry limits, timing, and error classification
• you need context-aware cancellation of retry loops

When to avoid

• you need retries in a language other than Go
• you want a full circuit-breaker or resilience framework rather than just backoff
• your retry policy requires distributed coordination across services

Facets

library · maturity stable

concurrency error-handling http-client developer-tools backend networking go cross-platform retry exponential-backoff resilience rate-limiting

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