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Description:
Retry a command with exponential backoff and jitter

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 3.1.0@0 | Tracked Since: Nov 15, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: automation cli devops reliability scripting

Install: brew install recur

About:
Recur is a command-line utility that automatically retries failed commands using exponential backoff and jitter. It helps handle transient errors in scripts and CI/CD pipelines without manual intervention. The tool is lightweight and designed for reliability in automation workflows.

Key Features:

Exponential backoff with configurable parameters
Random jitter to prevent thundering herd problems
Simple CLI interface for easy scripting
Cross-platform compatibility

Use Cases:

Automating flaky network operations in deployment scripts
Handling transient API failures in CI/CD pipelines
Wrapping unreliable database connections in automation

Alternatives:

retry – Similar functionality but written in Rust with different default behavior
while-loops in shell scripts – Manual implementation requires more code and lacks jitter/backoff logic

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Nov 15, 2025 11:19am		0	VERSION_BUMP	576c36c1