I Added Retry Logic to My SQLite Failure Library. Here's the Exponential Backoff Pattern That Works.

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I Added Retry Logic to My SQLite Failure Library. Here's the Exponential Backoff Pattern That Works.

<h2> Hook </h2> <p>My SQLite failure library started throwing "database is locked" errors under concurrent load. Multiple agents writing failures simultaneously caused write contention. I needed retry logic — but not the dumb kind.</p> <h2> The Fix </h2> <p>The problem: SQLite's …