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Add support for configuring Fluent Bit scheduler retry wait times:

  • schedulerBase: base of exponential backoff
  • schedulerCap: maximum retry time in seconds

Supported in Fluent Bit >= 1.8.7

What this PR does / why we need it:

This PR adds support for configuring the retry wait time, giving users flexibility instead of forcing them to use the default settings.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

Fixes #1838

Does this PR introduced a user-facing change?

Added `schedulerBase` and `schedulerCap` fields to FluentBit Service configuration for controlling retry wait times (requires Fluent Bit >= 1.8.7)

Additional documentation, usage docs, etc.:

Usage

Fluent Bit Scheduling and Retries

@mbdeveci mbdeveci force-pushed the feat/scheduler-config branch from 9e8f239 to bd2aaa1 Compare January 16, 2026 05:29
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Add support for configuring Fluent Bit scheduler retry wait times:
- schedulerBase: base of exponential backoff (default: 5)
- schedulerCap: maximum retry time in seconds (default: 2000)

Supported in Fluent Bit >= 1.8.7

Fixes fluent#1838

Signed-off-by: Mehmet Burak DEVECİ <[email protected]>
@mbdeveci mbdeveci force-pushed the feat/scheduler-config branch from bd2aaa1 to 727e2a1 Compare January 16, 2026 05:40
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Thanks for your contribution!

@joshuabaird joshuabaird merged commit 5424830 into fluent:master Jan 16, 2026
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@joshuabaird joshuabaird changed the title feat(fluentbit): add scheduler.base and scheduler.cap Service configu… feat(fluentbit): add scheduler.base and scheduler.cap Service config Jan 16, 2026
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