retriers

Retrieurs is a term used to describe one who retries a task after a failure, but it is not a widely standardized word in most technical or professional vocabularies. In practice, retrier often appears in contexts where a process or individual makes another attempt following an unsuccessful outcome. The term is more commonly replaced by phrases such as “retrying,” “retry mechanism,” or “retry policy.”

In computing and software engineering, a retrier typically refers to a component or strategy that reissues a failed operation, such as a network request or a service call. Retries are governed by policies that specify maximum attempts, backoff strategies (such as fixed delays or exponential backoff), and timeout settings. The goal is to improve reliability in the presence of transient errors while avoiding excessive load or cascading failures. Implementations may include jitter to reduce contention and idempotence considerations to ensure safety when repeated requests have side effects.

In other domains, retriers can describe people who attempt again after an unsuccessful effort—for example, competitors in a talent show, students retaking an exam, or workers resuming a paused assembly task. In reliability engineering and quality assurance, retriers may refer to processes designed to restart operations after disruptions to achieve higher uptime and throughput.

Overall, retrier is a niche term whose practical meaning is usually conveyed by the surrounding context, with retry logic and retry policies serving as the more common and precise concepts.