Retry Storm - CI/CD Glossary Definition
A retry storm is a surge of simultaneous retries that overloads a failing system and blocks its recovery.
A retry storm is a cascade where many clients retry a failing operation at once, multiplying load on an already-struggling system and preventing recovery. Uncontrolled CI job retries can cause the same effect.
Exponential backoff with jitter spreads retries out, and circuit breakers stop retrying entirely when a dependency is clearly down.
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