Retry a promise-returning or async function
It does exponential backoff and supports custom retry strategies for failed operations.
npm install p-retryimport pRetry, {AbortError} from 'p-retry';
const run = async () => {
const response = await fetch('https://sindresorhus.com/unicorn');
// Abort retrying if the resource doesn't exist
if (response.status === 404) {
throw new AbortError(response.statusText);
}
return response.blob();
};
console.log(await pRetry(run, {retries: 5}));Returns a Promise that is fulfilled when calling input returns a fulfilled promise. If calling input returns a rejected promise, input is called again until the max retries are reached, it then rejects with the last rejection reason.
Does not retry on most TypeErrors, with the exception of network errors. This is done on a best case basis as different browsers have different messages to indicate this. See whatwg/fetch#526 (comment)
Type: Function
Receives the number of attempts as the first argument and is expected to return a Promise or any value.
Type: object
Type: Function
Callback invoked on each failure. Receives a context object containing the error and retry state information.
The function is called before shouldConsumeRetry and shouldRetry, for all errors except AbortError.
If the function throws, all retries will be aborted and the original promise will reject with the thrown error.
import pRetry from 'p-retry';
const run = async () => {
const response = await fetch('https://sindresorhus.com/unicorn');
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(response.statusText);
}
return response.json();
};
const result = await pRetry(run, {
onFailedAttempt: ({error, attemptNumber, retriesLeft, retriesConsumed}) => {
console.log(`Attempt ${attemptNumber} failed. ${retriesLeft} retries left. ${retriesConsumed} retries consumed.`);
// 1st request => Attempt 1 failed. 5 retries left. 0 retries consumed.
// 2nd request => Attempt 2 failed. 4 retries left. 1 retries consumed.
// …
},
retries: 5
});
console.log(result);The onFailedAttempt function can return a promise. For example, to add a delay:
import pRetry from 'p-retry';
import delay from 'delay';
const run = async () => { … };
const result = await pRetry(run, {
onFailedAttempt: async () => {
console.log('Waiting for 1 second before retrying');
await delay(1000);
}
});Type: Function
Decide if a retry should occur based on context. Returning true triggers a retry, false aborts with the error.
The function is called after onFailedAttempt and shouldConsumeRetry.
The function is not called on AbortError, TypeError (except network errors), or if retries or maxRetryTime are exhausted.
If the function throws, all retries will be aborted and the original promise will reject with the thrown error.
import pRetry from 'p-retry';
const run = async () => { … };
const result = await pRetry(run, {
shouldRetry: ({error, attemptNumber, retriesLeft}) => !(error instanceof CustomError)
});In the example above, the operation will be retried unless the error is an instance of CustomError.
Type: Function
Decide if this failure should consume a retry from the retries budget.
When false is returned, the failure will not consume a retry or increment backoff values, but is still subject to maxRetryTime.
The function is called after onFailedAttempt, but before shouldRetry.
The function is not called on AbortError.
If the function throws, all retries will be aborted and the original promise will reject with the thrown error.
import pRetry from 'p-retry';
const run = async () => { … };
const result = await pRetry(run, {
retries: 2,
shouldConsumeRetry: ({error, retriesLeft}) => !(error instanceof RateLimitError),
});In the example above, RateLimitErrors will not decrement the available retries.
Type: number
Default: 10
The maximum amount of times to retry the operation.
Type: number
Default: 2
The exponential factor to use.
Type: number
Default: 1000
The number of milliseconds before starting the first retry.
Set this to 0 to retry immediately with no delay.
Type: number
Default: Infinity
The maximum number of milliseconds between two retries.
Type: boolean
Default: false
Randomizes the timeouts by multiplying with a factor between 1 and 2.
Type: number
Default: Infinity
The maximum time (in milliseconds) that the retried operation is allowed to run.
Measured with a monotonic clock (performance.now()) so system clock adjustments do not affect the limit.
Type: AbortSignal
You can abort retrying using AbortController.
import pRetry from 'p-retry';
const run = async () => { … };
const controller = new AbortController();
cancelButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
controller.abort(new Error('User clicked cancel button'));
});
try {
await pRetry(run, {signal: controller.signal});
} catch (error) {
console.log(error.message);
//=> 'User clicked cancel button'
}Type: boolean
Default: false
Prevents retry timeouts from keeping the process alive.
Only affects platforms with a .unref() method on timeouts, such as Node.js.
Wrap a function so that each call is automatically retried on failure.
import {makeRetriable} from 'p-retry';
const fetchWithRetry = makeRetriable(fetch, {retries: 5});
const response = await fetchWithRetry('https://sindresorhus.com/unicorn');Abort retrying and reject the promise. No callbacks functions will be called.
Type: string
An error message.
Type: Error
A custom error.
You can pass arguments to the function being retried by wrapping it in an inline arrow function:
import pRetry from 'p-retry';
const run = async emoji => {
// …
};
// Without arguments
await pRetry(run, {retries: 5});
// With arguments
await pRetry(() => run('🦄'), {retries: 5});The package uses setTimeout and clearTimeout from the global scope, so you can use the Node.js test timer mocking or a package like sinon.
Use an AbortController to signal cancellation on SIGINT, and pass its signal to pRetry:
import pRetry from 'p-retry';
const controller = new AbortController();
process.once('SIGINT', () => {
controller.abort(new Error('SIGINT received'));
});
try {
await pRetry(run, {signal: controller.signal});
} catch (error) {
console.log('Retry stopped due to:', error.message);
}The package does not handle process signals itself to avoid global side effects.
