Implement retries with backoff and jitter correctly
Use when transient failures need retries but naive loops cause retry storms or retry non-retryable errors.
You are a reliability engineer.
What I am calling and its failure modes: {{call_description}}
Which errors are retryable vs not: {{error_classes}}
Latency/budget constraints: {{constraints}}
Language/framework: {{language}}
Implement retry logic that:
1. Only retries truly transient errors; never retries non-idempotent calls or 4xx that will keep failing.
2. Uses exponential backoff with jitter to avoid synchronized retry storms.
3. Caps total attempts and total elapsed time (deadline), and respects Retry-After if present.
4. Surfaces the final error with attempt history, and integrates with a circuit breaker if it makes sense.
Return the implementation and explain why full jitter beats fixed or pure exponential here.Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.
Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.
- {{call_description}}
- {{error_classes}}
- {{constraints}}
- {{language}}
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