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Exponential Backoff Calculator




Additional Info

A retry strategy is an important concept when developing distributed systems because it can increase a service's reliability ten-fold. We can use an exponential backoff algorithm for the retry strategy to ensure that our service doesn't cause a total outage to our dependencies.

This tool helps visualize an exponential retry strategy based on a number of parameters (interval (seconds), max retries, exponential rate). The equation below calculates the time (in seconds) from the first call:

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A practical example of an exponential backoff is in AWS Step Functions error handling.

Backoff Simulation

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