Retrying Failed Sync Attempts and Backoff Strategy

By default, Argo CD does not retry a failed sync. If an automated sync fails, the application stays OutOfSync and Argo CD does not attempt the sync again until the next commit or a manual sync. To get automatic retries, you define a retry strategy. Here is an example that retries the sync up to 10 times with a backoff strategy:

apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
  name: todo-app
  namespace: argocd
spec:
  destination:
    namespace: default
    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
  project: default
  source:
    path: manifests
    repoURL: $GITLAB_URL
    targetRevision: main
  syncPolicy:
    automated:
      prune: true
      selfHeal: true
      allowEmpty: false
    # This is the retry configuration
    retry:
      limit: 10
      backoff:
        duration: 10s
        factor: 3
        maxDuration:

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