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Exponential Backoff with Jitter for Cloud API Calls in Python

A Python snippet demonstrating exponential backoff with jitter for retrying transient cloud API failures, using a simulated client that has a configurable success rate.

retry backoff jitter
Python
import random
import time


def exponential_backoff_with_jitter(retries=5, base_delay=0.5, max_delay=4.0, jitter_factor=0.3):
    for attempt in range(1, retries + 1):
        delay = min(max_delay, base_delay * (2 ** (attempt - 1)))
        jitter = delay * random.uniform(-jitter_factor, jitter_factor)
        effect…
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How to Implement Retry with Exponential Backoff for Cloud API 429 Errors in Python

Implement a retry-with-backoff loop in Python to handle 429 throttling errors from cloud APIs, using exponential delay between attempts.

retry backoff 429
Python
import time
import random
import requests


def api_call(attempt):
    """Mock cloud API that returns 429 for the first two attempts."""
    if attempt < 2:
        return 429, "Too Many Requests"
    return 200, {"data": "success"}


def retry_with_backoff(api_func, max_retries=3, base_delay=0.1):
    for attempt in …
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