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Retry & Timeout

Retry & Timeout

Section titled “Retry & Timeout”

@retry — Automatic Retries

Section titled “@retry — Automatic Retries”

Automatically retry a request when it fails with a 5xx server error.

Basic Retry

Section titled “Basic Retry”
@retry 3
@name Flaky Endpoint
GET {{baseUrl}}/unstable-endpoint

This retries up to 3 times on 5xx errors.

Retry with Delay

Section titled “Retry with Delay”

Add a delay (in milliseconds) between retries:

@retry 5 delay 1000
@name Critical Payment
POST {{baseUrl}}/payment
Content-Type: application/json


{
  "amount": 99.99
}

This retries up to 5 times, waiting 1 second between each attempt.

@timeout — Request Timeout

Section titled “@timeout — Request Timeout”

Set a maximum time (in milliseconds) for a request to complete:

@timeout 5000
@name Slow Report
GET {{baseUrl}}/heavy-report

If the request takes longer than 5 seconds, it will be aborted.

Combining with @config

Section titled “Combining with @config”

You can set default retry and timeout values in @config:

@config
timeout: 5000
retries: 2


###
@name Normal Request
GET {{baseUrl}}/users


###
@timeout 30000
@name Very Slow Request
GET {{baseUrl}}/export

The first request uses the config defaults (5s timeout, 2 retries). The second overrides the timeout to 30 seconds.

Next Steps

Section titled “Next Steps”