From 445aed18bfb98f99446793dec77d6bad6989fbf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:08:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From 513a0560a5890dda08b62b6dc9cda18d517ae5b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:11:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix: use $max_delay variable instead of hardcoded 30 in
 cURL example

Co-authored-by: jstirnaman <212227+jstirnaman@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../shared/influxdb3-write-guides/troubleshoot-distributed.md   | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/content/shared/influxdb3-write-guides/troubleshoot-distributed.md b/content/shared/influxdb3-write-guides/troubleshoot-distributed.md
index 3c1d5a8cad..a5c7b0883b 100644
--- a/content/shared/influxdb3-write-guides/troubleshoot-distributed.md
+++ b/content/shared/influxdb3-write-guides/troubleshoot-distributed.md
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ for attempt in $(seq 0 $max_retries); do
   fi
 
   # compute exponential delay and apply full jitter
-  delay=$(awk -v b=$base -v a=$attempt 'BEGIN{d=b*(2^a); if(d>30) d=30; print d}')
+  delay=$(awk -v b=$base -v a=$attempt -v m=$max_delay 'BEGIN{d=b*(2^a); if(d>m) d=m; print d}')
   sleep_seconds=$(awk -v d=$delay 'BEGIN{srand(); printf "%.3f", rand()*d}')
   sleep $sleep_seconds
 done