fix: give each retry its own timeout window - #621
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The timeout signal was assigned onto `context.options.signal`, which is spread into the retry request. After a timeout aborts the signal, every subsequent retry reused that already aborted signal and aborted immediately instead of getting a fresh timeout window, so `retry` was effectively a no-op when combined with `timeout`. Derive the per-attempt timeout signal into the options passed to `fetch` without persisting it on `context.options`, so each retry gets its own timeout.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe fetch implementation now creates a fresh timeout signal for each retry attempt without mutating the caller’s signal. Documentation and tests cover the updated timeout behavior. ChangesTimeout retry flow
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The retry timeout fix is localized and tested, but compatibility may be affected for some Node.js 18 versions; confirm the supported runtime or add a fallback before release. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant FetchRaw as $fetchRaw
participant Fetch as fetch
participant Endpoint as /timeout-then-ok
Caller->>FetchRaw: Request with timeout and retry options
FetchRaw->>Fetch: First attempt with fresh timeout signal
Fetch->>Endpoint: Request
Endpoint-->>Fetch: Delayed response
Fetch-->>FetchRaw: Timeout
FetchRaw->>Fetch: Retry with new timeout signal
Fetch->>Endpoint: Request
Endpoint-->>Fetch: "ok"
Fetch-->>FetchRaw: Successful response
FetchRaw-->>Caller: "ok"
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In `@README.md`:
- Line 139: Update the README sentence to hyphenate “auto retry” as
“auto-retry,” preserving the rest of the wording.
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Hyphenate the compound modifier.
Change auto retry to auto-retry.
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[grammar] ~139-~139: Use a hyphen to join words.
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In `@README.md` at line 139, Update the README sentence to hyphenate “auto retry”
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timeoutis set, the timeout signal was assigned ontocontext.options.signal, whichonErrorspreads into the retry request. Once a timeout aborts that signal, every subsequent retry reused the already-aborted signal and aborted immediately, soretrywas effectively a no-op whenevertimeoutwas set.This derives the per-attempt timeout signal into the options passed to
fetchwithout persisting it oncontext.options, so each retry gets a fresh timeout window.Repro (before): a server that always delays 300ms;
ofetch(url, { timeout: 100, retry: 3 })fires its retries at ~0/104/105/105ms (total ~105ms) instead of ~100ms apart. After: ~0/104/207/311ms.Regression test added (a request slow only on the first attempt now succeeds via a retry). Existing timeout tests all used
retry: 0, so this interaction was never covered. Docs note added to the Timeout section.Summary by CodeRabbit
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