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How Uber Protects Against Retry Storms

120 points · 49 comments · iscmt

  1. siscia · · focus · HN ↗
    It seems VERY cooperative.

    If you can afford that, with all the coordination costs that it comes from it, good.

    An alternative is just to let the downstream service own the retry logic. Too many requests? Just error out as soon as possible.

    Each team manages its budget and each other team adapts.

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