matthewmueller/x-ray

Feature request: retry

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#94 opened on Sep 17, 2015

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Description

Great project that has been incredibly useful!!!

I would like the ability to have X-Ray automatically retry when a connection times out, for the number of times I specify. Before the first retry, the configured .delay would be applied. Each subsequent try the delay time would be doubled until the maximum number of retries had been exceeded.

The API would simply be

xray.retry(maxAttempts)

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Implement a retry mechanism with exponential backoff. The retry function should accept maxAttempts, apply an initial delay from the existing `.delay` config, and double it on each retry. Ensure the retryState is preserved across attempts.
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javascript
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backend
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JavaScriptx ray library basics
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75