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SDK Should wrap HTTP 504 Gateway Timeout into RetryException

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
api, backend

Research direction

Start at the DbxClientV2 request configuration and trace how transient errors are classified, especially where HTTP 504 becomes BadResponseCodeException. Confirm that 504 can use the existing optional automatic-retry behavior and verify the request no longer fails with BadResponseCodeException when retries are enabled.

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Description

The DbxClientV2 request configuration supports automatic retries on transient errors, such as due to rate limiting.

Sometimes Dropbox API returns an error HTTP 504 Gateway Timeout. This will fail the request with BadResponseCodeException .

It would make sense to interpret HTTP 504 also as a transient error, and support optional automatic retries.

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