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Unify read retries with a shared 60s backoff - #409

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Summary

Authentik sometimes returns 502 (failed to connect to authentik backend: EOF) on the OAuth token URL. That POST goes through AuthenticationManager / rest-client, not Canton HttpClient, so ledger HTTP retries never saw it.

This unifies all read-like retries (ledger/validator GETs, token fetch, and other semantic reads) on one backoff. Writes/mutations stay non-retry by default so we do not double-submit.

Read retry schedule

Shared helper in request-retry.ts. Six attempts; sleeps after each failure: 2s, 5s, 10s, 20s, 23s. The last retry is at the 1 minute mark. If that still fails, throw.

Concurrent token callers still share one in-flight authenticate. One waiter aborting does not cancel retries for the others.

What is retried (reads)

  • HTTP 5xx (including validator scan-proxy 503)
  • Network drops (no status, ECONNRESET, ECONNREFUSED, EPIPE, EOF)
  • Token-endpoint 5xx

What is not retried

  • Mutations / writes (unless an operation already opts in)
  • 401 / 403 / invalid_grant
  • TimeoutError (existing hang semantics)
  • Caller AbortError
  • Scan endpoint rotation (still its own failover; it disables HttpClient retries)

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  • Improvements

    • Authentication now retries temporary server and network failures with controlled backoff and a bounded attempt limit.
    • HTTP read requests use a default retry schedule for temporary server errors, with configurable overrides.
    • Cancellation is handled reliably during authentication and retry delays.
    • Shared authentication requests avoid duplicate token requests while allowing individual callers to cancel their own wait.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Non-retryable authentication failures, client errors, timeouts, and cancelled requests no longer trigger retries.
    • Stale authentication attempts can no longer clear a newer cached token.

cursoragent and others added 2 commits August 18, 2026 16:18
Token POSTs bypass HttpClient, so wrap AuthenticationManager's live
OAuth request with the same 4-attempt / 6s abortable backoff used for
ledger reads. Retry 5xx and connection drops; do not retry 401/403 or
TimeoutError.

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Aborting one authenticate() waiter unblocks that caller via
withAuthTimeout, but must not reject the shared retry loop for
other waiters still joining pendingAuthentication.

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Authentication retries transient token-request failures with bounded attempts and abortable backoff. Shared callers reuse the same retrying request, while individual abort signals cancel only their own waits. HTTP read retries use shared default delays.

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Authentication Retry

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared retry utilities
src/core/http/abort.ts, src/core/http/request-retry.ts, src/core/http/HttpClient.ts
The HTTP client uses shared abortable sleeping and default read-retry settings. Explicit delay configuration remains supported.
Authentication retry workflow
src/core/auth/AuthenticationManager.ts
Authentication retries 5xx and recognized transport failures, excludes non-retryable errors, and preserves shared retry work across caller aborts.
Retry and abort validation
test/unit/core/request-retry.test.ts, test/unit/core/http-client-retry.test.ts, test/unit/core/authentication-manager-retry.test.ts, test/integration/localnet/...
Tests cover retry schedules, recovery, exhaustion, error classification, stale-request handling, shared requests, caller abort behavior, and explicit no-retry options for expected 404 responses.

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The change standardizes retries for read-like requests while preserving non-retry behavior for mutations and authentication failures; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains based on the supplied current-head evidence.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant AuthenticationManager
  participant TokenEndpoint
  participant abortableSleep
  Caller->>AuthenticationManager: request authentication
  AuthenticationManager->>TokenEndpoint: request token
  TokenEndpoint-->>AuthenticationManager: transient failure
  AuthenticationManager->>abortableSleep: wait before retry
  abortableSleep-->>AuthenticationManager: retry delay complete
  AuthenticationManager->>TokenEndpoint: retry token request
  TokenEndpoint-->>AuthenticationManager: token response
  AuthenticationManager-->>Caller: authentication result
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In `@src/core/auth/AuthenticationManager.ts`:
- Around line 319-320: Update the status-less error handling in
AuthenticationManager’s retry decision logic to return true only for recognized
transport failures such as ECONNRESET, and return false for unsupported
status-less failures whose transport code was dropped. Preserve retries for the
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Comment thread src/core/auth/AuthenticationManager.ts Outdated
Semantic-read HttpClient calls and OAuth token fetches now share
DEFAULT_READ_RETRY_DELAYS_MS (2s, 5s, 10s, 20s, 23s) so the last
retry starts at 60s. Mutations stay non-retry by default.

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@cursor cursor Bot changed the title Retry transient OAuth token-endpoint 5xx errors Unify read retries with a shared 60s backoff Aug 18, 2026
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Pull request overview

Unifies semantic-read and authentication retries around a shared six-attempt, 60-second backoff.

Changes:

  • Adds shared retry constants and backoff logic.
  • Applies the policy to HTTP reads and OAuth token requests.
  • Adds retry, cancellation, and concurrency tests.

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src/core/http/request-retry.ts Defines the shared retry schedule.
src/core/http/HttpClient.ts Applies the schedule to semantic reads.
src/core/http/abort.ts Extracts abortable sleep functionality.
src/core/auth/AuthenticationManager.ts Retries transient authentication failures.
test/unit/core/request-retry.test.ts Tests schedule constants and mapping.
test/unit/core/http-client-retry.test.ts Tests HTTP default and configured retries.
test/unit/core/authentication-manager-retry.test.ts Tests authentication retries and cancellation.

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Comment thread src/core/auth/AuthenticationManager.ts Outdated
Comment on lines +321 to +322
// No HTTP status: axios no-response (ECONNRESET, ECONNREFUSED, EPIPE, connection EOF, etc.).
return true;
Comment on lines +126 to +128
export function defaultReadRetryBackoffMs(context: { readonly attempt: number }): number {
return DEFAULT_READ_RETRY_DELAYS_MS[context.attempt - 1] ?? 0;
}
Stale token retries no longer wipe a newer cached token after clearToken,
and status-less token errors retry only on recognized transport failures.

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Rest-client wraps dropped connections as status-less HttpError with
"socket hang up" and drops ECONNRESET, so match that message too.

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In `@src/core/auth/AuthenticationManager.ts`:
- Around line 103-104: Shorten the comment in AuthenticationManager’s
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Comment on lines +103 to +104
// When generation advanced, `token` is a newer cache hit or this attempt's fetch. Do not
// clearToken — that would wipe a warm cache other waiters already joined after clearToken.

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Keep the comment limited to current behavior.

The comment describes an earlier clearToken and waiter sequence. State the cache-preservation rule without the historical explanation.

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-        // When generation advanced, `token` is a newer cache hit or this attempt's fetch. Do not
-        // clearToken — that would wipe a warm cache other waiters already joined after clearToken.
+        // Preserve the cached token after the authentication generation advances.

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// When generation advanced, `token` is a newer cache hit or this attempt's fetch. Do not
// clearToken — that would wipe a warm cache other waiters already joined after clearToken.
// Preserve the cached token after the authentication generation advances.
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In `@src/core/auth/AuthenticationManager.ts` around lines 103 - 104, Shorten the
comment in AuthenticationManager’s token-generation handling to state only the
current cache-preservation rule: do not call clearToken when token reflects an
advanced generation because it may be a valid cached token. Remove the
historical explanation about earlier clears and waiters.

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