Problemsby GlyphTrouble with Apache Airflow retry
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Task state store writes from `on_retry_callback` fail with 404
### Apache Airflow version 3.3.2 (apache-airflow-task-sdk 1.3.2) ### What happened? A task that writes to `context["task_state_store"]` from `on_retry_callback` gets `ServerResponseError`. The execution API answers `404 {"detail":{"reason":"not_found","message":"Task instance...
max_db_retries performs one fewer retry than documented (tenacity counts the initial attempt)
`config_templates/config.yml` documents `max_db_retries` as "Number of times the code should be retried in case of DB Operational Errors." But `run_with_db_retries` in `airflow/utils/retries.py` passes it straight into `tenacity.stop_after_attempt(max_retries)`, and tenacity...
Show task retry timing details in task instance UI including the Jitter calculated
...can otherwise look like scheduler or executor delays, making expected backoff and jitter difficult to distinguish from operational latency. This PR makes the retry calculation visible in Task Instance details while the current attempt is in up_for_retry. ### Use case/motivation...
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Posts about Apache Airflow with no known issue, sharing the word "retry". First post Sep 2, 2026, latest Oct 22, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method
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