Best Practices for Implementing Python Requests Retry: How to Handle Failed Requests Effectively?

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Wow, thanks everyone for the awesome suggestions! I ended up trying out `requests-retry` and it’s been working like a charm so far. The exponential backoff really made a difference, and I didn’t have to write a ton of custom code.

I also checked out `tenacity` and `backoff` based on your recommendations, and they look super promising for more complex use cases.

One quick follow-up: has anyone dealt with retries for APIs that return 429 errors? I’m seeing a lot of those, and I’m not sure if I should just rely on the `Retry-After` header or add some custom logic.

Thanks again, you guys are the best!

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