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Google SRE Book: Addressing Cascading Failures
Documents retry traffic as a possible positive-feedback source during failures and recommends randomized exponential backoff for scheduled retries.
Pattern Decisions This Source Supports
| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retry | Choose retry when a specific failed operation can plausibly succeed if attempted again under the same scope. | Retry repeats the same failed operation against the same request scope unless users explicitly edit that scope first. | Google SRE documents retry traffic as a possible contributor to cascading failures and recommends randomized exponential backoff. |
Evidence Role
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Publisher: Google SRE. Last checked: .