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How do you design a scalable retry mechanism for network requests in Swift?

Updated May 17, 2026

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A scalable retry system uses exponential backoff, jitter, and idempotent operations.

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Retries must avoid overwhelming backend systems. Exponential backoff increases delay, jitter prevents synchronized retries, and idempotency ensures repeated requests do not cause duplicate effects.

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