BackoffSettings

Holds the parameters used for exponential backoff logic.

The "total timeout" parameter has ultimate control over how long the logic should keep trying the remote call until it gives up completely. The higher the total timeout, the more retries can be attempted. The other settings are considered more advanced.

Retry delay and timeout start at specific values, and are tracked separately from each other. The very first call (before any retries) will use the initial timeout.

If the last remote call is a failure, then the retrier will wait for the current retry delay before attempting another call, and then the retry delay will be multiplied by the retry delay multiplier for the next failure. The timeout will not be affected, except in the case where the timeout would result in a deadline past the total timeout; in that circumstance, a new timeout value is computed which will terminate the call when the total time is up.

If the last remote call is a timeout, then the retrier will compute a new timeout and make another call. The new timeout is computed by multiplying the current timeout by the timeout multiplier, but if that results in a deadline after the total timeout, then a new timeout value is computed which will terminate the call when the total time is up.