Retry Budget — 3

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Policy JSON

{
  "reliability": {
    "retry": {
      "max_retries": 3,
      "backoff": "exponential",
      "max_backoff_ms": 5000,
      "action_on_exhausted": "DENY"
    }
  }
}

policy = {
    "reliability": {
        "retry": {
            "max_retries": 3,
            "backoff": "exponential",
            "max_backoff_ms": 5000,
            "action_on_exhausted": "DENY",
        }
    }
}

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What It Does

• Retries failed requests up to 3 times on transient errors (429, 500, 502, 503, 504)
• Exponential backoff — waits 1s, 2s, 4s between retries (capped at 5s)
• Denies the request after all retries are exhausted
• Does not retry on client errors (400, 401, 403) — those indicate configuration issues, not transient failures

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Example

{
  "action": "DENY",
  "risk_score": 0.8,
  "reasons": ["retry_budget_exhausted"],
  "evidence": {
    "max_retries": 3,
    "attempts": 4,
    "backoff": "exponential",
    "total_wait_ms": 7000,
    "last_error": "rate_limit_exceeded",
    "last_status_code": 429
  }
}

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Install

# Install via CLI
tealtiger policy install retry-budget-3

# Or copy the JSON above into your tealtiger.config.json

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Customize

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Related

• Circuit Breaker — Standard — Trip the circuit on persistent failures
• Fallback Chain — Route to alternative providers
• RAG Application Starter — Includes retry and fallback configuration
• TealCircuit Documentation — Full API reference