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How Retry Storms Crash Services: Exponential Backoff and Jitter in C#
A database blip lasting four seconds can cascade into a 40-minute outage when retry loops amplify load. Without backoff, 5,000 clients each firing a thousand attempts per second overwhelm a service. Exponential backoff with jitter prevents synchronized retry waves and allows recovery.
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The piece is a sharp reminder that retry logic is a distributed systems hazard, not a safety net—most outages are prolonged by the code meant to handle them.
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