# spring-attic/spring-retry

Repository: https://github.com/spring-attic/spring-retry
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spring-retry
Language: Java
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-07-27T15:54:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 63, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5734, "days_push": 37, "days_rel": 86, "gap_med": 104.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2268, forks 536 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:32.902489+00:00)

## What it is
Spring Retry is a Java library providing declarative (@Retryable/@Recover annotations) and imperative (RetryTemplate) retry support for Spring applications, with configurable backoff policies and exception-based retry rules. It has been archived and superseded by the resilience features built into Spring Framework 7.

## Use cases
- retry failed remote calls in a spring service
- add automatic retry with exponential backoff to flaky operations
- declarative retry annotations for spring beans
- recover gracefully after retries are exhausted
- retry transient database or network errors in spring batch jobs
- imperative retry template for explicit retry logic

## When to choose
- you are on an older Spring stack (pre-Framework 7) that already uses Spring Batch or Spring Integration
- you need annotation-driven retry with AOP in a Spring application
- you want a battle-tested retry abstraction with pluggable backoff policies

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project on Spring Framework 7 or later, which has built-in resilience features
- you need a non-Spring Java project and prefer a standalone retry library
- you require actively maintained software with ongoing support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: middleware, error-handling, concurrency
- domain: developer-tools, backend, microservices
- platform: jvm, cross-platform
- tags: retry, spring, resilience, backoff, annotations, archived

## Member repositories
- spring-attic/spring-retry (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:32.902489+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:42:02.993611+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/spring-attic/spring-retry (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:32.902489+00:00, sha 72a98902cb79)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.