Retry transient upstream failures in PluginHTTPClient - #1284
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The client already retried, but only inside the catch branch gated on
isTransientNetworkError, which casts to URLError and switches on transport
codes. A delivered response carrying 503, or Cloudflare's 522, never throws,
so it went straight back to the plugin with no retry at all. That is why an
upstream outage in front of a transcription API fails a dictation outright.
Retries are on by default, with an explicit opt-out.
Exponential backoff, full jitter, 0.5s base, 8s per-delay cap, bounded by both
a 25s retry-scheduling budget and a 6-attempt limit. The dual bound is not
belt-and-braces: full jitter draws from random(0, capped), so an endpoint that
fails instantly can draw a run of near-zero delays and burn many attempts
inside the budget.
Which statuses retry depends on the request METHOD, because the question is
not "is this a server error" but "could the origin already have applied this".
408, 503, 521, 522, 523, 525, 526 any method; the origin never processed it
502, 504, 520, 524 idempotent methods only
500 never; may have failed partway
429 one retry, and only on an explicit
Retry-After that fits the budget
Cloudflare documents 524 as the origin connection having been established
without a timely response, so the origin may still complete the work.
Repeating a POST there could duplicate it. The 2026-09-03 incident was a 522
on a POST and stays covered.
Callers that must not inherit the ladder opt out with retry: .disabled, which
restores the previous behaviour exactly: the Speechmatics, AssemblyAI and
Gladia poll loops, which already re-issue on any non-200 up to 300 times;
WebhookPlugin, which sends a user-configured method and already retries once
itself; and Soniox's cleanup DELETEs, which a finished transcript is awaited
behind.
Retry-After is parsed as an integer, per RFC 9110 delta-seconds, and clamped
to a day. This is a crash fix, not tidiness: Double("999999999999999999999999")
is finite and non-negative, so it passes an isFinite guard, and
Duration.seconds then traps on overflow and kills the process. A broken or
hostile origin could crash the app from a response header.
The first transport retry stays immediate after a session reset, but only for
the stale-pooled-connection codes a reset actually fixes. A timeout has
already waited the full request timeout, so it backs off instead.
On exhaustion the last response is returned rather than thrown, so callers
still see the real status and body.
The one-argument data(for:) overload is deliberately kept rather than folded
into a defaulted parameter: nine call sites pass PluginHTTPClient.data as an
unapplied function reference, whose type a default does not preserve.
The test harness now installs a no-op sleeper by default. Without it, mocks
whose last outcome is a sticky failure drive the real ladder, and the SDK
suite went from 35s to 393s with non-deterministic durations.
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| /// `retryAfterOnlyStatuses` for how 429 is handled instead. | ||
| static func isRetryableStatus(_ status: Int, method: String) -> Bool { | ||
| switch status { | ||
| case 408, 503, 521, 522, 523, 525, 526: |
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A 503 does not guarantee that a server rejected the request before applying it, so retrying it for every method can duplicate side effects. For example, AssemblyAIPlugin.submitTranscription sends a POST through the default policy, and a 503 returned after creating the job now causes the same transcription to be submitted up to five additional times; Linear mutations and other creation endpoints have the same exposure. Treat 503 like the other ambiguous gateway responses by restricting it to idempotent methods, or require affected POST callers to supply idempotency guarantees.
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| guard policy.laddersTransientFailures, | ||
| attempt + 1 < retryMaxAttempts, | ||
| let delay = backoffDelay(forAttempt: attempt, deadline: deadline, retryAfter: nil) |
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When a non-idempotent request times out or loses its connection after transmission, the origin may already have completed the operation, but this guard permits up to six total attempts without checking the HTTP method. The previous client made at most one retry; this change can now create several transcription jobs, mutations, or uploads from one user action during an ambiguous transport failure. Preserve the legacy attempt if necessary, but apply the additional ladder only to idempotent methods or requests carrying an application-level idempotency key.
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| if attempt == 0, isStalePooledConnectionError(error) { | ||
| attempt += 1 | ||
| logger.warning("\(method) \(url) transient failure after \(elapsed), reset session, retrying immediately: \(error.localizedDescription)") | ||
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With .disabled, only networkConnectionLost and cannotConnectToHost now receive the promised legacy retry, whereas the previous implementation retried every error accepted by isTransientNetworkError, including timedOut, DNS failures, and offline transitions. The AssemblyAI, Gladia, and Speechmatics poll loops now opt into this policy and do not catch errors from data, so a single polling timeout immediately aborts an otherwise active transcription instead of performing the former retry. The disabled path should retain one retry for the full legacy transient-error set.
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In `@TypeWhisperPluginSDK/Plugins/AssemblyAIPlugin/AssemblyAIPlugin.swift`:
- Around line 355-356: Update the polling loop in pollTranscription around
PluginHTTPClient.data to catch transient transport errors and continue to the
next iteration, while rethrowing cancellation and non-transient errors. Preserve
retry: .disabled and the existing polling behavior for successful responses.
In `@TypeWhisperPluginSDK/Plugins/GladiaPlugin/GladiaPlugin.swift`:
- Around line 421-422: Update pollResult around PluginHTTPClient.data(for:retry:
.disabled) to catch transient URLError transport failures and continue the
existing polling loop. Preserve propagation of cancellation and non-transient
errors by rethrowing them, while leaving successful response handling unchanged.
In `@TypeWhisperPluginSDK/Plugins/SpeechmaticsPlugin/SpeechmaticsPlugin.swift`:
- Line 334: Update pollJob around the PluginHTTPClient.data status request to
catch transient transport errors and continue to the next polling iteration.
Keep cancellation and non-transient errors propagating, and preserve the
existing retry-disabled request behavior.
In `@TypeWhisperPluginSDK/Sources/TypeWhisperPluginSDK/HostServices.swift`:
- Around line 317-326: Update the 429 Retry-After grace branch in the request
retry flow to require attempt + 1 < retryMaxAttempts before incrementing attempt
or sleeping. Preserve the existing usedRetryAfterGrace, deadline, logging, and
response behavior when the limit is reached.
- Around line 360-362: Update the retry guard in the laddered transport-failure
path to require an idempotent request method before retrying timed-out or
connection-lost requests. Preserve the existing single immediate stale-session
retry regardless of method, and leave other retry conditions unchanged.
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`@TypeWhisperPluginSDK/Tests/TypeWhisperPluginSDKTests/PluginHTTPClientTests.swift`:
- Line 117: Update PluginHTTPClient.data(for:) retry handling so delivered 503
responses are retried only when isIdempotentMethod(method) is true, preventing
retries for non-idempotent POST requests. Adjust the tests to assert that POST
does not retry and use GET for the successful retry scenario.
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| // Same shape as the other pollers: the loop IS the retry, so it opts out. | ||
| let (data, response) = try await PluginHTTPClient.data(for: request, retry: .disabled) |
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Catch non-stale transient transport errors in the polling loop.
.disabled only retries stale pooled-connection errors. Other transient errors, such as timeouts or connection loss, escape PluginHTTPClient.data and abort pollTranscription before the next iteration. Catch transient transport errors at this boundary and continue polling. Rethrow cancellation and non-transient errors.
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In `@TypeWhisperPluginSDK/Plugins/AssemblyAIPlugin/AssemblyAIPlugin.swift` around
lines 355 - 356, Update the polling loop in pollTranscription around
PluginHTTPClient.data to catch transient transport errors and continue to the
next iteration, while rethrowing cancellation and non-transient errors. Preserve
retry: .disabled and the existing polling behavior for successful responses.
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| // The 300-iteration loop is already the retry. | ||
| let (data, response) = try await PluginHTTPClient.data(for: request, retry: .disabled) |
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Continue polling after transient transport errors.
pollResult does not catch errors from PluginHTTPClient.data(for:retry: .disabled). With this policy, non-stale transient URLError values can be rethrown, escape pollResult, and terminate REST transcription. Catch only transient transport errors around this request and continue the loop. Rethrow cancellation and non-transient failures.
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In `@TypeWhisperPluginSDK/Plugins/GladiaPlugin/GladiaPlugin.swift` around lines
421 - 422, Update pollResult around PluginHTTPClient.data(for:retry: .disabled)
to catch transient URLError transport failures and continue the existing polling
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| let (data, response) = try await PluginHTTPClient.data(for: statusRequest) | ||
| // This loop already re-issues on any non-200, up to 300 times. A ladder here | ||
| // would multiply the loop's own bound rather than add resilience. | ||
| let (data, response) = try await PluginHTTPClient.data(for: statusRequest, retry: .disabled) |
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Keep transient transport retries in pollJob.
PluginHTTPClient with .disabled retries only stale pooled-connection errors. It throws other transient transport errors, and pollJob does not catch them. One such error can therefore abort transcription instead of advancing to the next poll iteration. Catch only transient transport errors around the status request and continue polling. Re-throw cancellation and non-transient errors.
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In `@TypeWhisperPluginSDK/Plugins/SpeechmaticsPlugin/SpeechmaticsPlugin.swift` at
line 334, Update pollJob around the PluginHTTPClient.data status request to
catch transient transport errors and continue to the next polling iteration.
Keep cancellation and non-transient errors propagating, and preserve the
existing retry-disabled request behavior.
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| guard policy.laddersTransientFailures, | ||
| attempt + 1 < retryMaxAttempts, | ||
| let delay = backoffDelay(forAttempt: attempt, deadline: deadline, retryAfter: nil) |
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Do not ladder ambiguous transport failures for non-idempotent requests.
A POST can time out after the upstream service processes it but before the client receives a response. This new branch retries .timedOut and .networkConnectionLost requests without a method check, which can duplicate transcription submissions, uploads, or other side effects. Restrict laddered transport retries to idempotent methods. Keep the existing one immediate stale-session retry as the documented compatibility behavior.
Proposed fix
- guard policy.laddersTransientFailures,
+ guard policy.laddersTransientFailures,
+ isIdempotentMethod(method),
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In `@TypeWhisperPluginSDK/Sources/TypeWhisperPluginSDK/HostServices.swift` around
lines 360 - 362, Update the retry guard in the laddered transport-failure path
to require an idempotent request method before retrying timed-out or
connection-lost requests. Preserve the existing single immediate stale-session
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| let recorder = DelayRecorder() | ||
| PluginHTTPClient.configureRetryForTesting(sleeper: { await recorder.record($0) }) | ||
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| let (data, response) = try await PluginHTTPClient.data(for: Self.request(path: "/flaky")) |
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Gate delivered 503 retries by HTTP method.
PluginHTTPClient.data(for:) uses the default ladder, and isRetryableStatus retries delivered 503 responses for every method. SpeechmaticsPlugin.submitJob sends a multipart POST without an idempotency key, so resending after a delivered 503 can create duplicate jobs. Gate the 503 branch on isIdempotentMethod(method), keep a POST test that asserts no retry, and use GET for the positive retry test.
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`@TypeWhisperPluginSDK/Tests/TypeWhisperPluginSDKTests/PluginHTTPClientTests.swift`
at line 117, Update PluginHTTPClient.data(for:) retry handling so delivered 503
responses are retried only when isIdempotentMethod(method) is true, preventing
retries for non-idempotent POST requests. Adjust the tests to assert that POST
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Four fixes from the automated review, and the first is the important one. .disabled was NOT "the previous behaviour exactly", as its doc comment and the PR body both claimed. The old code gave ONE immediate retry to any transient URLError. Narrowing that to stale-pooled-connection codes altered pre-existing behaviour rather than adding to it, so under .disabled a timeout, DNS failure or offline error stopped being retried at all. That regressed the three poll loops the opt-out exists to protect: one timeout aborted transcription where it previously advanced to the next iteration. The compatibility retry is now unconditional again, under both policies, and only the ladder past it is new. That ladder is now gated on idempotent methods, matching what the status set already did. A POST can time out after the origin processed it, so laddering a non-idempotent transport failure risks duplicating the work. The single compatibility retry still applies to every method, as before. The 429 Retry-After grace now checks retryMaxAttempts. It previously allowed a seventh request when attempt six returned a 429 with an acceptable header. Tests: testTimeoutDoesNotGetTheImmediateRetry asserted the wrong thing and is replaced by testTimeoutStillGetsTheCompatibilityImmediateRetry. Added testDisabledPolicyStillGetsTheCompatibilityTransportRetry and testLadderedTransportRetriesAreIdempotentOnly. Full SDK suite: 762 tests, 3 skipped, 0 failures.
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Thanks, this was a good catch and the first finding is the one that mattered. Fixed: Fixed: laddered transport retries are now gated on idempotent methods. You are right that this was inconsistent. I applied method-awareness to the status set on exactly the reasoning you give, then laddered Fixed: the 429 grace now checks Not fixed, and I would rather explain than quietly comply: gating delivered 503 on idempotent methods. My reasoning for keeping 503 in the any-method set is that it is the one status in the retried group whose semantics say the origin declined to handle the request at all. That is why it sits with 521, 522, 523, 525 and 526 rather than with 502, 504, 520 and 524, where the origin may have received and processed the work. Your The cost of gating it is not small: transcription submission is a POST, so 503 is exactly the case a dictation would hit during a provider incident, and method-gating removes most of the value for the primary path. That said, this is a judgement about your tolerance for a duplicate job in your plugins, not mine, and Test plan unchanged in shape: full SDK suite 762 tests, 3 skipped, 0 failures. |
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In `@TypeWhisperPluginSDK/Sources/TypeWhisperPluginSDK/HostServices.swift`:
- Line 358: Update the attempt == 0 compatibility-retry branch to retry only
URLError.networkConnectionLost and URLError.cannotConnectToHost, preserving the
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Two independent automated reviewers flagged the same exposure, and they are right. I had argued 503 belongs with the any-method group because its semantics say the origin declined to handle the request. That is a principled reading, and it loses to a concrete one: AssemblyAIPlugin.submitTranscription sets httpMethod = "POST" and goes through the default policy, so a 503 returned after the job was created resubmits it up to five more times. LinearPlugin mutations and OpenAIVectorMemoryPlugin uploads have the same shape. A semantic argument does not outweigh a duplicate transcription job. 503 now sits with 502, 504, 520 and 524: retried for idempotent methods only. The always-safe set keeps 408 and Cloudflare 521, 522, 523, 525 and 526, which all fail before the origin sees a byte, so the outage this work exists for is unaffected. It was a 522 on a POST and it is still retried. Seven ladder tests moved from 503 to 522, which is any-method and is the status the original failure produced, so they still exercise the POST path. Added a pair asserting that a 503 is not retried on POST and is retried on GET. Full SDK suite: 764 tests, 3 skipped, 0 failures.
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Answering the Codex review as well. I had been filtering PR feedback for one reviewer and missed these three entirely, which is my error, not a disagreement. Conceded, and fixed in I argued the other way when CodeRabbit raised this, on the grounds that 503 semantically means the origin declined to handle the request, which puts it with 522 rather than with 524. Your example is what changed my mind, because it is concrete rather than semantic: 503 now sits with 502, 504, 520 and 524. The always-safe set keeps 408 and Cloudflare 521, 522, 523, 525 and 526, all of which fail before the origin sees a byte, so the outage that motivated this work is unaffected: it was a 522 on a POST and it is still retried. Already addressed in Already addressed in Full SDK suite after these changes: 764 tests, 3 skipped, 0 failures. Upstream CI is green including the 1,742 app tests. |
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Requesting changes for the Retry-After handling described inline.
Validation: swift test --package-path TypeWhisperPluginSDK --filter PluginHTTPClientTests passed all 26 tests. An additional isolated regression test using the unchanged HTTP client implementation reproduced six requests instead of one for GET + 503 + Retry-After: 86401.
The previous findings concerning non-idempotent transport retries, 503 method gating, and the legacy retry under .disabled are addressed at this head. The eight remaining older review threads can be reconciled with those fixes.
Please also update the PR description to match the final implementation: 503 retries are now restricted to idempotent methods, and the first compatibility transport retry still covers the full pre-existing transient-error set. CI is green, with Swift CodeQL skipped; CodeRabbit has completed its review of this head.
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[P2] Stop retrying when Retry-After exceeds the retry budget
For a GET receiving 503 with Retry-After: 86401, this guard returns nil, which backoffDelay interprets as a missing header. The client consequently sends up to five additional requests, with the first retry after at most 0.5 seconds, even though the server requested a wait longer than a day. An isolated regression test reproduces six requests where one is expected.
This is a valid delta-seconds value under RFC 9110, section 10.2.3. A valid delay beyond the scheduling budget should stop retries and return the response, rather than fall back to ordinary backoff. Please distinguish that case from an absent or malformed header, retain overflow-safe parsing, and add a regression test for a value above 86,400 seconds.
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PluginHTTPClientalready retried, but only inside thecatchbranch gated onisTransientNetworkError, which casts toURLErrorand switches on transport codes. A delivered response carrying 503, or Cloudflare's 522, never throws, so it went straight back to the plugin with no retry at all. That is why an upstream outage in front of a transcription API fails a dictation outright.Retries are on by default, with an explicit opt-out.
Exponential backoff, full jitter, 0.5s base, 8s per-delay cap, bounded by both a 25s retry-scheduling budget and a 6-attempt limit. The dual bound is not belt-and-braces: full jitter draws from
random(0, capped), so an endpoint that fails instantly can draw a run of near-zero delays and burn many attempts inside the budget.Which statuses retry depends on the request method
The question is not "is this a server error" but "could the origin already have applied this", because this client is shared by plugins that POST side-effecting requests.
Retry-Afterthat fits the budgetCloudflare documents 524 as the origin connection having been established without a timely response, so the origin may still complete the work; repeating a POST there could duplicate it. The failure that motivated this was a 522 on a POST, and it stays covered.
Callers that opt out
retry: .disabledrestores the previous behaviour exactly. Applied to the Speechmatics, AssemblyAI and Gladia poll loops, which already re-issue on any non-200 up to 300 times; toWebhookPlugin, which sends a user-configured method and already retries once itself; and to Soniox's cleanup DELETEs, which a finished transcript is awaited behind. Without these, a persistent 503 turned a 5-minute poll bound into roughly 82 minutes, and gave a webhook endpoint 12 deliveries instead of 2.A crash fix
Retry-Afteris parsed as an integer, per RFC 9110 delta-seconds, and clamped to a day.Double("999999999999999999999999")is finite and non-negative, so it passes anisFiniteguard, andDuration.secondsthen traps on overflow and kills the process. A broken or hostile origin could crash the app from a response header. The header was never read before this change, so the surface is new here and closed here.Smaller decisions
The first transport retry stays immediate after a session reset, but only for the stale-pooled-connection codes a reset actually fixes; a timeout has already waited its full timeout, so it backs off instead. On exhaustion the last response is returned rather than thrown, so callers still see the real status and body. The one-argument
data(for:)overload is deliberately kept rather than folded into a defaulted parameter, because nine call sites passPluginHTTPClient.dataas an unapplied function reference whose type a default does not preserve.The test harness now installs a no-op sleeper by default. Without it, mocks whose last outcome is a sticky failure drive the real ladder: the SDK suite went from 35s to 393s with non-deterministic durations.
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REST calls through
PluginHTTPClientare covered, which includes OpenAI, Gemini, Deepgram and AssemblyAI. Not covered: streaming and WebSocket paths, which useURLSessiondirectly;CohereLocalPluginandMemPalacePlugin, which bypass this client for REST; and theresourceTimeout > 600dedicated-session path, whichGeminiPlugintranscription uses at 900s and which returns a 522 unretried. That last one is a real gap and I have left it alone rather than widen this change.Test Plan
scripts/pr-preflight.sh. It stops at60 strings are missing complete zh-Hans localizations, which fails identically onorigin/mainat 357fe6f and is not from this branch, so the later steps were run individuallyAdditional evidence: 22 tests in
PluginHTTPClientTests, and each decision above was mutation-checked by breaking the corresponding line and confirming the test fails. Ten mutations, ten bites; reverting theRetry-Afterinteger parse crashes the test process, which is the regression that fix exists for.Summary by CodeRabbit
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