What is the retries setting with annotation updates?

[thomasyu888]

I set mine at 10 retries and wait time of 3 seconds. My workflow was failing with the default setting. I just want to make sure your hook doesn't also fail with the default setting.

[brucehoff]

8 attempts with 'exponential back off' in between, starting with 1/2 sec and doubling on each retry, for a total wait time of up to 63 1/2 seconds.
The formula is a*(b^(n-1)-1) where a is the initial backoff (in this case 1/2 sec), b is the backoff multiplier (in this case 2) and n is the number of tries (in this case 8).

[thomasyu888]

I like it. Thanks for the explanation!