Retry/Backoff Ideas & Request Cancellation
Implement simple retry with exponential backoff (+ jitter) and cancel in-flight requests safely with AbortController.
Why backoff & cancel?
Goal: Retry failed requests politely and cancel safely.
- Exponential backoff
- Jitter (randomness)
- AbortController to cancel
Backoff essentials
Backoff = wait longer after each failure. Add jitter to avoid many clients retrying at the same exact times.
- Try 0.3s → 0.6s → 1.2s…
- Stop after N tries
- Show a Retry button
All lessons in this course
- Loading, Error, Empty States & Skeletons
- Retry/Backoff Ideas & Request Cancellation
- Intro to Fetch Helpers (No Heavy Libs)