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canton_core/
retry.rs

1//! Opt-in retry with exponential backoff.
2//!
3//! Retries fire only on [`crate::Error::is_retriable`] errors, up to a bounded
4//! number of attempts. Callers build the request once (so a retried command
5//! keeps the same `command_id` and stays de-duplication-safe) and pass an
6//! operation that re-runs the RPC.
7
8use std::future::Future;
9use std::time::Duration;
10
11use crate::Result;
12
13/// Retry policy for unary calls.
14///
15/// Start from [`RetryConfig::default`] and adjust with the fluent setters;
16/// `#[non_exhaustive]` so fields can be added without a breaking change.
17#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
18#[non_exhaustive]
19pub struct RetryConfig {
20    /// Maximum number of attempts (including the first). `1` disables retrying.
21    pub max_attempts: u32,
22    /// Backoff before the first retry.
23    pub initial_backoff: Duration,
24    /// Upper bound the backoff doubles towards.
25    pub max_backoff: Duration,
26    /// Optional per-attempt timeout. When set, an attempt that exceeds it is
27    /// cancelled and treated as a retriable timeout (bounding a hung call
28    /// independently of the channel-level timeout).
29    pub attempt_timeout: Option<Duration>,
30}
31
32impl Default for RetryConfig {
33    fn default() -> Self {
34        Self {
35            max_attempts: 3,
36            initial_backoff: Duration::from_millis(100),
37            max_backoff: Duration::from_secs(5),
38            attempt_timeout: None,
39        }
40    }
41}
42
43impl RetryConfig {
44    /// Set the maximum number of attempts (including the first).
45    #[must_use]
46    pub fn with_max_attempts(mut self, max_attempts: u32) -> Self {
47        self.max_attempts = max_attempts;
48        self
49    }
50
51    /// Set the initial backoff before the first retry.
52    #[must_use]
53    pub fn with_initial_backoff(mut self, initial_backoff: Duration) -> Self {
54        self.initial_backoff = initial_backoff;
55        self
56    }
57
58    /// Set the ceiling the backoff doubles towards.
59    #[must_use]
60    pub fn with_max_backoff(mut self, max_backoff: Duration) -> Self {
61        self.max_backoff = max_backoff;
62        self
63    }
64
65    /// Set a per-attempt timeout: an attempt exceeding it is cancelled and
66    /// retried (as a timeout) rather than blocking on the channel-level timeout.
67    #[must_use]
68    pub fn with_attempt_timeout(mut self, attempt_timeout: Duration) -> Self {
69        self.attempt_timeout = Some(attempt_timeout);
70        self
71    }
72}
73
74/// Run `op`, retrying on retriable errors per `config`. With no `config`, runs
75/// `op` exactly once.
76///
77/// # Errors
78/// Returns the last error from `op` once attempts are exhausted or a
79/// non-retriable error is hit.
80pub async fn run_with_retry<T, F, Fut>(config: Option<&RetryConfig>, mut op: F) -> Result<T>
81where
82    F: FnMut() -> Fut,
83    Fut: Future<Output = Result<T>>,
84{
85    let Some(config) = config else {
86        return op().await;
87    };
88
89    let mut attempt = 1u32;
90    let mut backoff = config.initial_backoff;
91    loop {
92        // Bound the attempt if a per-attempt timeout is configured; a timeout is
93        // a retriable outcome (the op is retried like any transient failure).
94        let outcome = match config.attempt_timeout {
95            Some(timeout) => match tokio::time::timeout(timeout, op()).await {
96                Ok(result) => result,
97                Err(_) => Err(crate::Error::Timeout),
98            },
99            None => op().await,
100        };
101        match outcome {
102            Ok(value) => return Ok(value),
103            Err(err) if err.is_retriable() && attempt < config.max_attempts => {
104                // Canton attaches a `RetryInfo` recommendation to retryable
105                // errors; when the server asks for a longer pause than the
106                // local schedule, honour it (it knows why it rejected us).
107                let delay = err
108                    .retry_delay()
109                    .map_or(backoff, |server| server.max(backoff));
110                tokio::time::sleep(with_jitter(delay)).await;
111                backoff = (backoff * 2).min(config.max_backoff);
112                attempt += 1;
113            }
114            Err(err) => return Err(err),
115        }
116    }
117}
118
119/// Equal jitter (×0.5–1.5) on a backoff delay, so retries from many clients
120/// failing at once do not re-arrive in lockstep (thundering herd). Uses the
121/// clock's sub-second nanos as a cheap entropy source — no RNG dependency.
122fn with_jitter(backoff: Duration) -> Duration {
123    let nanos = std::time::SystemTime::now()
124        .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
125        .map_or(0, |d| d.subsec_nanos());
126    let factor = 0.5 + f64::from(nanos % 1024) / 1024.0;
127    backoff.mul_f64(factor)
128}
129
130#[cfg(test)]
131#[allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
132mod tests {
133    use super::*;
134    use crate::Error;
135    use std::cell::Cell;
136
137    fn fast() -> RetryConfig {
138        RetryConfig::default()
139            .with_initial_backoff(Duration::from_millis(1))
140            .with_max_backoff(Duration::from_millis(1))
141    }
142
143    #[tokio::test]
144    async fn retries_retriable_errors_then_succeeds() {
145        let calls = Cell::new(0);
146        let result: Result<u32> = run_with_retry(Some(&fast()), || {
147            calls.set(calls.get() + 1);
148            let n = calls.get();
149            async move { if n < 3 { Err(Error::Timeout) } else { Ok(n) } }
150        })
151        .await;
152
153        assert_eq!(result.unwrap(), 3);
154        assert_eq!(calls.get(), 3);
155    }
156
157    #[tokio::test(start_paused = true)]
158    async fn a_server_recommended_delay_stretches_the_backoff() {
159        // The op fails once with a Canton-style status carrying
160        // `RetryInfo { retry_delay: 3s }`, far above the local 1ms schedule.
161        // With the paused clock, the elapsed time measures the actual sleep.
162        let delay = Duration::from_secs(3);
163        let status = {
164            use tonic_types::{ErrorDetails, StatusExt as _};
165            let mut details = ErrorDetails::new();
166            details.set_retry_info(Some(delay));
167            tonic::Status::with_error_details(tonic::Code::Unavailable, "wait", details)
168        };
169
170        let started = tokio::time::Instant::now();
171        let calls = Cell::new(0);
172        let result: Result<u32> = run_with_retry(Some(&fast()), || {
173            calls.set(calls.get() + 1);
174            let n = calls.get();
175            let err = Error::from(status.clone());
176            async move { if n == 1 { Err(err) } else { Ok(n) } }
177        })
178        .await;
179
180        assert_eq!(result.unwrap(), 2);
181        // Jitter scales by 0.5–1.5, so 1.5s is the guaranteed floor.
182        assert!(
183            started.elapsed() >= delay / 2,
184            "the server's delay must be honoured, slept only {:?}",
185            started.elapsed()
186        );
187    }
188
189    #[tokio::test]
190    async fn does_not_retry_non_retriable_errors() {
191        let calls = Cell::new(0);
192        let result: Result<u32> = run_with_retry(Some(&fast()), || {
193            calls.set(calls.get() + 1);
194            async move { Err(Error::InvalidRequest("nope".to_string())) }
195        })
196        .await;
197
198        assert!(result.is_err());
199        assert_eq!(calls.get(), 1, "non-retriable errors are not retried");
200    }
201
202    #[tokio::test]
203    async fn gives_up_after_max_attempts() {
204        let calls = Cell::new(0);
205        let result: Result<u32> = run_with_retry(Some(&fast()), || {
206            calls.set(calls.get() + 1);
207            async move { Err(Error::Timeout) }
208        })
209        .await;
210
211        assert!(result.is_err());
212        assert_eq!(calls.get(), 3, "stops at max_attempts");
213    }
214
215    #[tokio::test]
216    async fn attempt_timeout_bounds_a_hung_attempt() {
217        let calls = Cell::new(0);
218        let config = fast()
219            .with_max_attempts(2)
220            .with_attempt_timeout(Duration::from_millis(5));
221        let result: Result<u32> = run_with_retry(Some(&config), || {
222            calls.set(calls.get() + 1);
223            async move {
224                // Hangs well past the per-attempt timeout, so each attempt is
225                // cancelled and retried as a timeout.
226                tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(30)).await;
227                Ok(1)
228            }
229        })
230        .await;
231
232        assert!(result.is_err(), "every attempt times out");
233        assert_eq!(calls.get(), 2, "the hung attempt is bounded and retried");
234    }
235
236    #[tokio::test]
237    async fn without_config_runs_exactly_once() {
238        let calls = Cell::new(0);
239        let result: Result<u32> = run_with_retry(None, || {
240            calls.set(calls.get() + 1);
241            async move { Err(Error::Timeout) }
242        })
243        .await;
244
245        assert!(result.is_err());
246        assert_eq!(calls.get(), 1);
247    }
248}