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Retry with backoff

A request knocks at a closed service, waits twice as long each time, then gets through.

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Retry with backoff: a request knocks at a closed service, waits twice as long each time, then gets through.
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How it moves

  1. a request knocks at a closed service.
  2. each retry waits twice as long as the last.
  3. the service opens and the request gets through.

For developers

File size
2.6 KB gzipped
Motion
Plays once, 4.4 s, then holds
Reduced motion
Shows a still
File
retry-backoff.svg

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