From c740d02821a9ad7b081723bf260bf74c16570698 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kylesoda <249518290+kylesoda@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:26:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add backoff package for retry logic and implement
 example usage in new backoff-test script

---
 go.mod                       |  2 ++
 go.sum                       |  4 +++
 scripts/backoff-test/main.go | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scripts/backoff-test/main.go

diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 96170be..04d49fa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-sql/civil v0.0.0-20220223132316-b832511892a9 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-sql/sqlexp v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7fecac7..8508679 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.10.0 h1:jjRCHsj6hBJhkmhznrCzoNpbA3zqy0fYiUcYZ
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.10.0/go.mod h1:Bze95FyfUr7x34QZrjL+XP+0qgp/zg8yS+TtBj1WA3k=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0 h1:GhI2A8MACjfegCPVq9f1FLvIBS+DrQ2KQBFZP1iFzXc=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Fr0507jx4eOXV7AlPV6AVZLYrLIuIeSOWtW57eE/O/4=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible h1:tNowT99t7UNflLxfYYSlKYsBpXdEet03Pg2g16Swow4=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QHaoyV4aDUVVkXQJJJ3NXXM=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3 h1:ZN+IMa753KfX5hd8vVaMixjnqRZ3y8CuJKRKj1xcsSM=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3/go.mod h1:rkhZdG3JZukswDf7f0cwqPNk4K0sa+F97BxZthm/crw=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
diff --git a/scripts/backoff-test/main.go b/scripts/backoff-test/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a454924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/backoff-test/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5"
+)
+
+func ExampleRetry() {
+	// Define an operation function that returns a value and an error.
+	// The value can be any type.
+	// We'll pass this operation to Retry function.
+	operation := func() (string, error) {
+		// An example request that may fail.
+		resp, err := http.Get("http://httpbin.org/get")
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+		// If we are being rate limited, return a RetryAfter to specify how long to wait.
+		// This will also reset the backoff policy.
+		if resp.StatusCode == 429 {
+			seconds, err := strconv.ParseInt(resp.Header.Get("Retry-After"), 10, 64)
+			if err == nil {
+				return "", backoff.RetryAfter(int(seconds))
+			}
+		}
+
+		// In case of non-retriable error, return Permanent error to stop retrying.
+		// For this HTTP example, client errors are non-retriable.
+		if resp.StatusCode >= 400 && resp.StatusCode < 500 {
+			return "", backoff.Permanent(errors.New("bad request"))
+		}
+
+		// Return successful response.
+		return "hello", nil
+	}
+
+	result, err := backoff.Retry(context.TODO(), operation, backoff.WithBackOff(backoff.NewExponentialBackOff()))
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error:", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Operation is successful after retries.
+
+	fmt.Println(result)
+	// Output: hello
+}
+
+func main() {
+	ExampleRetry()
+}