Dev Tools · 1h ago
Exponential Backoff with Jitter Ends CI Retry Storms at Buildkite
Buildkite's CI agents caused retry storms after a 40-second metadata service blip stretched recovery to six minutes. Adding full jitter and a retry budget cut the 503 rate during recovery from minutes of saturation to seconds. The fix randomizes retry timing to prevent synchronized waves from overwhelming recovering services.
Meridian48 take
A textbook fix that many teams know but few implement until it bites them—Buildkite's post is a practical reminder that jitter isn't optional at scale.
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