docs: administration: scheduling-and-retries: document retry deferral under flush limit

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• Document that a retry is rescheduled without counting against
  Retry_Limit when too many flush requests are in flight

Signed-off-by: Eric D. Schabell eric@schabell.org

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Clarified that in Fluent Bit v5.1.3 and later, a retry is rescheduled without counting against Retry_Limit when too many flush requests are in flight.

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Walkthrough

The scheduling and retries guide adds a note that Fluent Bit v5.1.3 or later reschedules a retry without counting it against Retry_Limit when too many flush requests are in flight.

Changes

Retry scheduling documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document retry limit behavior administration/scheduling-and-retries.md	The guide documents that, in Fluent Bit v5.1.3 or later, a retry due while too many flush requests are in flight is rescheduled without counting against Retry_Limit.

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Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 6c3b1

The documentation accurately describes retry deferral starting in v5.1.3; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

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