/** * PRNG-based functions providing enhanced versions of simple delay * formulas in order to spread out an array of failing operations * over more uniform time distributions. * * Jitter is introduced so that if, for example, twenty requests all * fail at the same time, that they won't all retry at the same time. * This should mitigate load on the server after failed requests and * lead towards more retry attempts succeeding faster than with the * naïve delay formulas. * @module state/data-layer/wpcom-http/pipeline/retry-on-failure/delays */ import { random } from 'lodash'; /** * Computes "decorrelated jitter" delay * @see https://www.awsarchitectureblog.com/2015/03/backoff.html * @param {number} baseDelay number of ms for initial delay * @param {number} retryCount attempt number for retry * @returns {number} ms delay until next attempt */ export const decorrelatedJitter = ( baseDelay, retryCount ) => { const delay = Math.round( ( baseDelay * Math.pow( 2, retryCount - 1 ) ) / 2 ); const jitter = delay + random( 0, delay ); return random( baseDelay, jitter * 3 ); };