Maximum retries per request

By default retry as many times as we have nodes. However retries still respect the request timeout. Meaning if you have a 100 node cluster and a request timeout of 20 seconds we will retry as many times as we can but give up after 20 seconds

var audit = new Auditor(() => VirtualClusterWith
    .Nodes(10)
    .ClientCalls(r => r.FailAlways())
    .ClientCalls(r => r.OnPort(9209).SucceedAlways())
    .StaticConnectionPool()
    .Settings(s => s.DisablePing())
);

audit = await audit.TraceCall(
    new ClientCall(r => r.MaxRetries(2)) {
        { BadResponse, 9200 },
        { BadResponse, 9201 },
        { BadResponse, 9202 },
        { MaxRetriesReached }
    }
);

When you have a 100 node cluster you might want to ensure a fixed number of retries. Remember that the actual number of requests is initial attempt + set number of retries

var audit = new Auditor(() => VirtualClusterWith
    .Nodes(10)
    .ClientCalls(r => r.FailAlways())
    .ClientCalls(r => r.OnPort(9209).SucceedAlways())
    .StaticConnectionPool()
    .Settings(s => s.DisablePing().MaximumRetries(5))
);

audit = await audit.TraceCall(
    new ClientCall(r => r.MaxRetries(2)) {
        { BadResponse, 9200 },
        { BadResponse, 9201 },
        { BadResponse, 9202 },
        { MaxRetriesReached }
    }
);

This makes setting any retry setting on a single node connection pool a NOOP, this is by design! Connection pooling and connection failover is about trying to fail sanely whilst still utilizing available resources and not giving up on the fail fast principle. It’s NOT a mechanism for forcing requests to succeed.

var audit = new Auditor(() => VirtualClusterWith
    .Nodes(10)
    .ClientCalls(r => r.FailAlways().Takes(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3)))
    .ClientCalls(r => r.OnPort(9209).SucceedAlways())
    .SingleNodeConnection()
    .Settings(s => s.DisablePing().MaximumRetries(10))
);

audit = await audit.TraceCall(
    new ClientCall(r => r.MaxRetries(10)) {
        { BadResponse, 9200 }
    }
);

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