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## [Bash Retry Function: Automatically Retry Failing Commands with Exponential Backoff](/codesnippets/post/bash-retry-function-exponential-backoff)

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-   20 Jul 2026
-   05 Mins read

Quick Tip Wrap any flaky command in one reusable retry function and stop re-running red pipelines by hand. The Problem The Problem Some commands fail for reasons that have nothing to

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