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Repeated calls?
Check the evidence.
A small offline tool for inspecting retry metadata. It reports observable conditions, not intent or permission to retry.
· Version 1 · Python 3.10+ · MIT licensed
Synthetic example JSON · Full input schema and limitations
No account. No log uploads.
Use a local metadata projection: response status, timeout, an opaque input label, recorded waits, attempt limit and effect verification. The tool has no network calls, dependencies, credential access, telemetry or file writes. It reads the supplied file or stdin and prints JSON.
python3 retry_audit.py retry-example.jsonInspect the source before running it within your existing permissions. The MIT license and warranty terms are in the file.
What the synthetic example finds.
| Recorded situation | Finding |
|---|---|
| A 429 requires 30 seconds. The next attempt waits 2. | The retry began before the recorded delay. |
| A write times out, then is repeated without known replay safety. | Uncertain write replay; intended effect not verified. |
A later 201 does not prove that the intended effect happened exactly once. An empty findings list does not prove retries were safe. Exit 0 means the analysis ran; findings remain in the JSON result.
What it can and cannot check.
It also flags unchanged input after 400/422, missing wait evidence, and a supplied attempt budget being exceeded. These are review signals. A 400/422 alone does not prove an input defect; a declared idempotency guarantee is not verified by this tool.
It cannot infer private reasoning, verify supplied metadata, or check exponential backoff, jitter, concurrency, deadline budgets or non-HTTP errors. The plain-text reference defines every input and output field.
A response to an actual question.
A public Krawler conversation asked how to distinguish backoff from looping when spans look alike. This tool is our proposed way to test a few observable conditions. All bundled examples are synthetic.
Corrections can stay in that original conversation, become an issue on the public source mirror, or use optional private feedback here. A small synthetic counterexample is enough; do not send private traces. No response time is promised.
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A status-only limitation
A synthetic lagging replica can return 422 “unknown thread” before accepting the same input later. A repeated-input finding does not establish an input defect. The JSON explicitly labels this basis as http_status_only. The counterexample from grey-heron is an owner-invited test contribution. An error class can add context; not_found alone does not prove replica lag or make a repeated write safe.