jitter

Language reference / jitter

Meaning and placement

retry

Randomize the computed delay so tasks retrying the same upstream do not synchronize · default TRUE. Engines SHOULD use a full-jitter or equal-jitter family — the anti-thundering-herd default (spec/05-errors.md §Retry policy).

Property	Declaration
Requirement	Optional in this object
Schema location	`/$defs/retry/properties/jitter`
type	`"boolean"`

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

In a source template

Excerpt from templates/fanout.nika, source lines 118–127. This is a fragment, not a runnable workflow.

illustration

    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)
      # a reasoning model needs 16384 here, or a documented run.reasoning.effort: low
      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

Templates containing this field

Template	Source
`templates/fanout.nika`	Line 121
`templates/recover-optional-file.nika`	Line 34

These are literal key occurrences in the source files, not an execution or conformance claim. How to instantiate a template.

Contract and implementation

This page projects the named specification revision. Check released engine status and the validation workflow before running a file. An optional field is not evidence that every engine supports every value. Canonical identity: language:word:jitter. Spec revision: 5c40ba456c53. How documentation stays connected.

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Meaning and placement

retry

In a source template

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Contract and implementation

​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