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Renato Alcara a32be8d594 Feat/replace circuit breaker with bounded retry (#393)
Feat/replace circuit breaker with bounded retry (#393)
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/**
* Bounded retry — WhatsApp-aligned per-operation retry without global state.
*
* # Why this exists
*
* Replaces the circuit breaker pattern that was causing cascading failures
* in production: 5 timeouts in 60s would trip the global breaker, blocking
* EVERY socket query (typing indicators, profile pic fetches, contact
* validation, presence updates) for 30s — even queries to peers that were
* perfectly healthy.
*
* # Empirical justification
*
* Captured WhatsApp Android's actual retry behavior via Frida hooks
* (`hook-circuit-breaker-re-v2.js`, `hook-retry-bounds.js`) on a real
* device under controlled WiFi off/on cycles. Findings:
*
* 1. Delay sequence (per-operation): 3s -> 10s -> 60s -> ~64s -> 120s
* (cap at 2 min). Last value reused for further attempts.
* 2. Memory profile during 5-min network outage: PSS dropped 53MB and
* stabilised. FDs closed (305 -> 295). NO unbounded accumulation.
* 3. Recovery on reconnect: ~10s. No retry storm.
* 4. NO global state machine observed. Each operation has its own timer.
* Failures of operation A do NOT block operation B.
*
* The default delays in WHATSAPP_BACKOFF_DELAYS below match the captured
* sequence directly. The default 10-min TTL is empirical 3-5 min stability
* + safety buffer.
*
* # Design properties
*
* - Per-operation isolation: each call to `withBoundedRetry` has its own
* timer. No shared state. Operation A failing has zero effect on B.
* - Bounded by `ttlMs` (wall-clock budget). The TTL is enforced strictly
* at three points: (a) before each attempt, (b) cap on per-attempt
* timeout, (c) cap on retry delay.
* - Per-attempt timeout: each attempt has its own deadline (default 30s),
* automatically capped to remaining TTL budget so total runtime never
* exceeds ttlMs.
* - AbortSignal cancellation: external cancellation supported, both for
* the sleep between retries AND (optionally) the in-flight operation
* when the operation accepts a signal parameter.
* - Memory bound: at most one outstanding retry timer per call. Listeners
* are explicitly removed when timers settle. Once the call resolves /
* rejects / aborts, all state is freed.
*
* # Logging
*
* Pass `logger` in options to get structured logs at each retry attempt,
* give-up, and post-failure recovery. The module emits Prometheus metrics
* regardless of whether a logger is provided.
*
* # When to use this vs. plain query()
*
* - Use plain `query()` when you want fast-fail semantics (caller decides
* what to do on failure). Most call sites in InfiniteAPI use this.
* - Use `withBoundedRetry(() => query(...), { name: 'X' })` when the
* operation is "must-eventually-succeed" with no upstream retry — e.g.
* `uploadPreKeys` or other write paths where the alternative is data loss.
*
* # Examples
*
* ```ts
* // Single attempt with 5-min TTL, give up after that:
* await withBoundedRetry(
* () => assertSessions([jid], true),
* { name: 'assertSessions', ttlMs: 5 * 60_000, logger }
* )
*
* // Tight deadline, fast give-up:
* await withBoundedRetry(
* () => sendNode(node),
* { name: 'send', ttlMs: 30_000, perAttemptTimeoutMs: 5_000 }
* )
*
* // Operation that respects abort signal (best practice):
* await withBoundedRetry(
* (signal) => fetchSomething({ signal }),
* { name: 'fetch', logger }
* )
* ```
*
* @module Utils/bounded-retry
*/
import type { ILogger } from './logger'
import { metrics } from './prometheus-metrics.js'
/**
* Default delay sequence (milliseconds) — matches WhatsApp Android empirical
* behavior. After exhausting the sequence, the last value is used (cap).
*/
export const WHATSAPP_BACKOFF_DELAYS = [3000, 10000, 60000, 60000, 120000] as const
/**
* Default jitter (+/- 15%) to prevent thundering-herd retries.
*/
export const DEFAULT_JITTER_FACTOR = 0.15 as const
/**
* Default time-to-live for retries: 10 minutes.
*
* Empirical justification: WhatsApp Android stabilises memory in ~3-5 min
* during a network outage; 10 min gives a generous safety buffer while
* preventing unbounded retry accumulation.
*/
export const DEFAULT_TTL_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000
/**
* Default per-attempt timeout: 30 seconds.
*
* Most WhatsApp queries respond within seconds. A 30s timeout is generous
* enough for slow networks but prevents a single hang from blocking retries.
*/
export const DEFAULT_PER_ATTEMPT_TIMEOUT_MS = 30000
export interface BoundedRetryOptions {
/** Operation name for logging/metrics */
name?: string
/** Sequence of delays (ms). Last value is used as cap. */
delays?: readonly number[]
/** Jitter factor 0..1 (default 0.15) */
jitter?: number
/** Total wall-clock budget — gives up after this. Default 10 min. */
ttlMs?: number
/** Per-attempt timeout (ms). Default 30s. Capped by remaining TTL. */
perAttemptTimeoutMs?: number
/** Predicate: should we retry on this error? Default: always */
shouldRetry?: (err: Error, attempt: number) => boolean
/** Hook fired before each retry */
onRetry?: (err: Error, attempt: number, delayMs: number) => void
/**
* AbortSignal — when fired, the loop stops at the next observation point:
* - If the loop is sleeping between retries, the sleep rejects immediately.
* - If an attempt is in flight, the abort is forwarded to the operation
* via the per-attempt signal. The operation must ITSELF observe the
* signal (e.g. `(signal) => fetch({ signal })`) for cancellation to
* be truly immediate; otherwise it cancels at the next per-attempt
* timeout boundary.
* - Either way, on the next loop iteration BoundedRetryAbortedError is
* thrown, so the caller never sees more than one trailing attempt
* after the abort.
*/
signal?: AbortSignal
/** Optional logger for structured retry/give-up/recovery logs */
logger?: ILogger
}
export class BoundedRetryGiveUpError extends Error {
constructor(
public readonly opName: string,
public readonly attempts: number,
public readonly elapsedMs: number,
public readonly lastError: Error
) {
super(
`bounded-retry "${opName}" gave up after ${attempts} attempts ` +
`(${elapsedMs}ms elapsed). Last error: ${lastError.message}`
)
this.name = 'BoundedRetryGiveUpError'
}
}
export class BoundedRetryAbortedError extends Error {
constructor(public readonly opName: string) {
super(`bounded-retry "${opName}" aborted via signal`)
this.name = 'BoundedRetryAbortedError'
}
}
/**
* Apply jitter to a delay: returns delay * (1 +/- jitter)
*/
function withJitter(delayMs: number, jitter: number): number {
if (jitter <= 0) return delayMs
const factor = 1 + (Math.random() * 2 - 1) * jitter
return Math.max(0, Math.round(delayMs * factor))
}
/**
* Pick the delay for a given attempt index. Falls back to the last value
* (cap) once the sequence is exhausted.
*/
function pickDelay(attempt: number, delays: readonly number[]): number {
if (delays.length === 0) return 0
if (attempt < delays.length) return delays[attempt]!
return delays[delays.length - 1]!
}
/**
* Wrap a promise with a per-attempt timeout. Aborts the supplied controller
* when the timeout fires so the caller can cancel any in-flight work
* (operations that accept the signal). Always clears the timer on settlement.
*/
function withTimeout<T>(
promise: Promise<T>,
timeoutMs: number,
name: string,
abortOnTimeout: AbortController
): Promise<T> {
return new Promise<T>((resolve, reject) => {
const timer = setTimeout(() => {
abortOnTimeout.abort()
reject(new Error(`bounded-retry "${name}" attempt timed out after ${timeoutMs}ms`))
}, timeoutMs)
promise
.then(value => {
clearTimeout(timer)
resolve(value)
})
.catch(err => {
clearTimeout(timer)
reject(err as Error)
})
})
}
/**
* Sleep with abort support. Always removes the abort listener on settlement
* so listeners do not accumulate on long-lived signals.
*/
function sleep(ms: number, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<void> {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
if (signal?.aborted) {
reject(new Error('aborted'))
return
}
let onAbort: (() => void) | undefined
const cleanup = () => {
if (onAbort && signal) {
signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort)
}
}
const timer = setTimeout(() => {
cleanup()
resolve()
}, ms)
if (signal) {
onAbort = () => {
clearTimeout(timer)
cleanup()
reject(new Error('aborted'))
}
signal.addEventListener('abort', onAbort, { once: true })
}
})
}
/**
* Run an async operation with bounded exponential-backoff retry.
*
* Independent per-call: no global state, no cross-operation interaction.
* Memory bound: at most one outstanding retry timer per call.
*
* The operation may optionally accept an `AbortSignal` parameter — when the
* per-attempt timeout fires (or the outer signal is aborted), the inner
* signal is aborted so the operation can stop in-flight work cleanly.
*
* @example
* ```ts
* const result = await withBoundedRetry(
* (signal) => assertSessions([jid], true, { signal }),
* { name: 'assertSessions', ttlMs: 5 * 60_000, logger }
* )
* ```
*/
export async function withBoundedRetry<T>(
operation: (signal?: AbortSignal) => Promise<T>,
options: BoundedRetryOptions = {}
): Promise<T> {
const name = options.name ?? 'bounded-retry'
const delays = options.delays ?? WHATSAPP_BACKOFF_DELAYS
const jitter = options.jitter ?? DEFAULT_JITTER_FACTOR
const ttlMs = options.ttlMs ?? DEFAULT_TTL_MS
const perAttemptTimeoutMs = options.perAttemptTimeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_PER_ATTEMPT_TIMEOUT_MS
const shouldRetry = options.shouldRetry ?? (() => true)
const logger = options.logger
const start = Date.now()
let lastError: Error = new Error('unknown')
let attempt = 0
while (true) {
// Check abort + TTL BEFORE starting an attempt — strict wall-clock
// budget. Without this check the loop could begin a new attempt with
// 0ms remaining and then run for up to `perAttemptTimeoutMs`.
if (options.signal?.aborted) {
throw new BoundedRetryAbortedError(name)
}
const elapsedBeforeAttempt = Date.now() - start
const remainingBudget = ttlMs - elapsedBeforeAttempt
if (remainingBudget <= 0) {
metrics.errors?.inc({ category: 'bounded_retry', code: 'ttl_exceeded' })
logger?.warn?.(
{ op: name, attempts: attempt, elapsedMs: elapsedBeforeAttempt, ttlMs, lastError: lastError.message },
'bounded-retry: TTL exceeded before next attempt — giving up'
)
throw new BoundedRetryGiveUpError(name, attempt, elapsedBeforeAttempt, lastError)
}
// Cap the per-attempt timeout to the remaining TTL budget so a single
// attempt cannot run past the wall-clock deadline.
const attemptTimeoutMs = Math.min(perAttemptTimeoutMs, remainingBudget)
const attemptAbort = new AbortController()
// Forward outer abort to the per-attempt controller so the in-flight
// operation is cancelled when the user aborts. Cleaned up below.
let onOuterAbort: (() => void) | undefined
if (options.signal) {
onOuterAbort = () => attemptAbort.abort()
if (options.signal.aborted) {
attemptAbort.abort()
} else {
options.signal.addEventListener('abort', onOuterAbort, { once: true })
}
}
try {
const result = await withTimeout(operation(attemptAbort.signal), attemptTimeoutMs, name, attemptAbort)
if (attempt > 0) {
metrics.socketEvents?.inc({ event: 'bounded_retry_recovered' })
logger?.info?.(
{ op: name, attempts: attempt + 1, elapsedMs: Date.now() - start },
'bounded-retry: operation succeeded after retries'
)
}
return result
} catch (err) {
lastError = err as Error
attempt++
// (outer-abort listener detachment happens in the finally below —
// avoiding a double-remove that breaks listener-count assertions.)
// If the outer signal aborted us mid-attempt, surface that explicitly
// rather than as a generic operation failure.
if (options.signal?.aborted) {
throw new BoundedRetryAbortedError(name)
}
const elapsed = Date.now() - start
if (!shouldRetry(lastError, attempt)) {
metrics.errors?.inc({ category: 'bounded_retry', code: 'predicate_no_retry' })
logger?.warn?.(
{ op: name, attempts: attempt, elapsedMs: elapsed, error: lastError.message },
'bounded-retry: shouldRetry returned false — giving up'
)
throw lastError
}
// Re-check budget after the failure so we do not sleep past TTL.
const remainingAfterFailure = ttlMs - elapsed
if (remainingAfterFailure <= 0) {
metrics.errors?.inc({ category: 'bounded_retry', code: 'ttl_exceeded' })
logger?.warn?.(
{ op: name, attempts: attempt, elapsedMs: elapsed, ttlMs, lastError: lastError.message },
'bounded-retry: TTL exceeded after attempt — giving up'
)
throw new BoundedRetryGiveUpError(name, attempt, elapsed, lastError)
}
const baseDelay = pickDelay(attempt - 1, delays)
const delayMs = Math.min(withJitter(baseDelay, jitter), remainingAfterFailure)
options.onRetry?.(lastError, attempt, delayMs)
metrics.socketEvents?.inc({ event: 'bounded_retry_attempt' })
logger?.debug?.(
{ op: name, attempt, delayMs, elapsedMs: elapsed, error: lastError.message },
'bounded-retry: scheduling next attempt'
)
try {
await sleep(delayMs, options.signal)
} catch {
throw new BoundedRetryAbortedError(name)
}
} finally {
// Belt-and-suspenders: ensure the outer-abort listener is always
// removed even on early throws.
if (options.signal && onOuterAbort) {
options.signal.removeEventListener('abort', onOuterAbort)
}
}
}
}