backoff_strategy

Language reference / backoff_strategy

Meaning and placement

retry

Which curve the delay follows between attempts · fixed · linear · exponential · default exponential. Each attempt waits backoff_ms flat, backoff_ms × attempt, or backoff_ms × 2^(attempt-1) capped at backoff_max_ms.

Property	Declaration
Requirement	Optional in this object
Schema location	`/$defs/retry/properties/backoff_strategy`
type	”string”
enum	[“fixed”, “linear”, “exponential”]

In the same object: backoff_max_ms · backoff_ms · jitter · max_attempts · on_codes Schema source (use the pointer above)

In a source template

Excerpt from templates/fanout.nika.yaml, source lines 121–130. This is a fragment, not a runnable workflow.

illustration

    timeout: "60s"                  # SLOT: per-iteration bound
    retry:
      max_attempts: 3
      backoff_strategy: exponential
      jitter: true
    on_error:
      recover: null                 # a failed item yields null at its index · the batch lives
    infer:                          # SLOT: the per-item job (any verb)
      max_tokens: 2000              # SLOT: the per-ITEM ceiling · think + answer · multiply by the fan width
      # The marker below is a VALUE, not a comment. The parser drops

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Template	Source
`templates/fanout.nika.yaml`	Line 124

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backoff_strategy

Meaning and placement

retry

In a source template

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​Meaning and placement

​retry

​In a source template

​Templates containing this field

​Contract and implementation

Meaning and placement

retry

In a source template

Templates containing this field

Contract and implementation