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Exponential backoff is a strategy in which the client progressively lengthens the waiting interval when retrying failed requests, mainly addressing two types of problems: rate limiting (HTTP 429) and brief unavailability of downstream services; compared with fixed-interval retries, it can significantly reduce pressure on services that are already overloaded.
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