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Exponential backoff with jitter in Ruby
# Exponential backoff in Ruby
begin
make_request
rescue RequestError => e
if retries <= max_retries
retries += 1
sleep 2 ** retries + rand(20)
retry
else
raise "Timeout: #{e.message}"
end
end
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