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Reschedule Times Table for 5s plus N^4

Eliot Sykes edited this page Jul 7, 2021 · 7 revisions

By default, DelayedJob reschedules erroring jobs in 5 seconds + N ** 4, where N is the number of attempts.

These figures assume the job always runs on schedule at run_at and performs in 0 seconds.

Number of attempts N Delay 5s + N^4 Cumulative delay (~approximation)
1 6s 6s
2 21s 27s
3 86s 113s (~2 mins)
4 261s 374s (~6 mins)
5 630s 1,004s (~18 mins)
6 1,301s 2,305s (~38 mins)
7 2,406s 4,711s (~1 hour)
8 4,101s 8,812s (~2 hours)
9 6,566s 15,378s (~4 hours)
10 10,005s 25,383s (~7 hours)
11 14,646s 40,029s (~11 hours)
12 20,741s 60,770s (~17 hours)
13 28,566s 89,336s (~1 day)
14 38,421s 127,757s (~1 day)
15 50,630s 178,387s (~2 days)
16 65,541s 243,928s (~3 days)
17 83,526s 327,454s (~4 days)
18 104,981s 432,435s (~5 days)
19 130,326s 562,761s (~7 days)
20 160,005s 722,766s (~8 days)
21 194,486s 917,252s (~11 days)
22 234,261s 1,151,513s (~13 days)
23 279,846s 1,431,359s (~17 days)
24 331,781s 1,763,140s (~20 days)
25 Job failed, is not rescheduled -