package backoff import ( "math/rand" "time" ) // Backoff returns the backoff duration for a specific retry attempt. type Backoff func(uint64) time.Duration // NewExponentialWithJitter returns a backoff implementation that // exponentially increases the backoff duration for each retry from min, // never exceeding max. Some randomization is added to the backoff duration. // It panics if min >= max. func NewExponentialWithJitter(min, max time.Duration) Backoff { if min <= 0 { min = 100 * time.Millisecond } if max <= 0 { max = 10 * time.Second } if min >= max { panic("max must be larger than min") } return func(attempt uint64) time.Duration { e := min << attempt if e <= 0 || e > max { e = max } return time.Duration(jitter(int64(e))) } } // jitter returns a random integer distributed in the range [n/2..n). func jitter(n int64) int64 { if n == 0 { return 0 } return n/2 + rand.Int63n(n/2) }