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How does Spring Boot behave during cascading retry storms?

Updated May 17, 2026

Short answer

Retry storms amplify load and worsen system failure.

Deep explanation

When multiple services retry failed requests simultaneously, downstream systems get overloaded further, causing exponential failure propagation. Without jitter or backoff, retries can collapse the system.

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