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RUSTSEC-2025-0012: `backoff` is unmainted.

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by locating the Cargo manifest or lockfile entries for the backoff 0.4.0 crate and read the Rustsec advisory linked in the issue. Trace which stackablectl components use it, then verify the dependency is resolved safely and the relevant project checks pass after the maintenance change.

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Description

backoff is unmainted.

Details
Status unmaintained
Package backoff
Version 0.4.0
URL https://github.com/ihrwein/backoff/issues/66
Date 2025-03-04

The backoff crate is no longer actively maintained. For exponential backoffs/retrying, you can use the backon crate.

See advisory page for additional details.

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Rust
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Merged PRs (30d)
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