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When Do Retry, Backoff, and Jitter Work?

When Do Retry, Backoff, and Jitter Work?

Retries, meet your nemesis: server overload. Just hammering the "try again" button doesn’t solve it. Enter exponential backoff and jitter, the dynamic duo for taming sudden traffic spikes. But don’t pop the champagne just yet. When fresh requests keep pushing past capacity, this strategy crumbles, revealing the ugly truth—it’s no silver bullet for scaling woes.


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