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Implement retries and back off when talking to the kubernetes API

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enhancement k8s
Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
153
Forks
112
Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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Description

Based on the issue in ARC, large workflows can encounter the occasional failures due to the lack of retries when communicating with the Kubernetes API server.

Implementing retries with the back off can lower the amount of failures due to the communication issues

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Read the linked ARC issue first, then trace where this repository communicates with the Kubernetes API and determine an appropriate retry and backoff behavior. Done means intermittent API communication failures are retried with backoff and the relevant behavior is covered by tests.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
kubernetes, typescript
Domain
api, devops, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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