OpenAPITools / OpenAPITools/openapi-generator

[REQ] automatically retry of all http operations on http 429 with retry-after header

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Our server implement an API limiter with status code 429 and the retry-after header. Currently we have to catch the response outsite of the generated client and retry from applicaition level

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6585#section-4

Describe the solution you'd like

Would be good if the generated code automatically retry the call after the provided time in the retry-after header like it is does on timeouts

Describe alternatives you've considered

implement the retry logic outsite of the generated client code or patching the generated code

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Research direction

Start by comparing the generated-client timeout retry behavior with handling for HTTP 429 responses and the Retry-After header, using RFC 6585 section 4 as the protocol reference. Done means generated clients automatically retry all HTTP operations after the server-provided delay, without application-level retry logic.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, openapi
Domain
api, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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