spring-cloud / spring-cloud/spring-cloud-config

Migrate from Spring Retry to Spring Framework's native retry features

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
In applications using Spring Boot 4/Spring Framework 7, other libraries in the Spring portfolio switched to using the built-in retry features that superseded the old Spring Retry project (Batch, Integration, AMQP, Kafka, Pulsar...). When using Spring Cloud Config Client, it's necessary to add the extra Spring Retry dependency (which is maintenance only).

Describe the solution you'd like
It would be great if Spring Cloud Config could migrate from the deprecated Spring Retry library to Spring Framework's built-in RetryTemplate infrastructure.

Additional context
https://spring.io/blog/2025/09/09/core-spring-resilience-features

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Research direction

Start by tracing Spring Retry usage in the Spring Cloud Config Client and reviewing Spring Framework 7's native RetryTemplate infrastructure. The migration is done when Config Client no longer requires the maintenance-only Spring Retry dependency while retaining its existing retry behavior; run the relevant client tests after locating them.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring, spring-boot
Domain
backend, cloud
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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