apache / apache/pulsar

Reconnecting infinitely after Pulsar broker is down

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Description

### Search before asking

- [X] I searched in the [issues](https://github.com/apache/pulsar/issues) and found nothing similar.

### Motivation

Pulsar keeps trying to reconnect infinitely after reaching maxBackoffInterval without a setting that would allow control over it.

### Solution

Add a configuration setting that would by default retry infinitely, but also makes retry mechanism configurable such that it stops after reaching maxRetryCount (or similar).

Similar issue raised for go library: https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-go/issues/257
with a fix: https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-go/pull/360

### Alternatives

_No response_

### Anything else?

_No response_

### Are you willing to submit a PR?

- [X] I'm willing to submit a PR!

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by locating the Java client’s broker reconnection logic and read the linked Go issue and pull request for the analogous behavior. Done means retrying remains infinite by default while a configurable maximum retry count can stop reconnection after the limit.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
distributed-systems
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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