retry-escalates-to-permanent-failure

Status: IN

Retry logic converts transient failures to permanent outcomes: exponential backoff with jitter spaces out attempts to prevent thundering herd, but after exhausting retries the failure is made permanent and final — no infinite retry loop, no silent swallow of the underlying error.

Justifications

Backoff prevents cascading load; finite retry count ensures eventual resolution (success or permanent failure) rather than indefinite limbo

Depends on (SL): notif-exponential-backoff-with-jitter, retry-converts-timeout-to-failure

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