Exponential backoff

wikipedia:Exponential backoff

Do some asynchronous operation.

retries = 0

DO
    wait for (2^retries * 100) milliseconds

    status = Get the result of the asynchronous operation.

    IF status = SUCCESS
        retry = false
    ELSE IF status = NOT_READY
        retry = true
    ELSE IF status = THROTTLED
        retry = true
    ELSE
        Some other error occurred, so stop calling the API.
        retry = false
    END IF

    retries = retries + 1

WHILE (retry AND (retries < MAX_RETRIES))

See also

• Exponential backoff