⚡️ Speed up function retry_with_backoff by -72%

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📄 -72% (-0.72x) speedup for retry_with_backoff in src/asynchrony/various.py

⏱️ Runtime : 11.7 milliseconds → 42.3 milliseconds (best of 250 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization replaces blocking time.sleep() with non-blocking await asyncio.sleep(), which improves concurrent throughput despite appearing to increase individual call runtime.

Key Change:

• Replaced time.sleep(0.0001 * attempt) with await asyncio.sleep(0.0001 * attempt)
• Import changed from time to asyncio

Why This Improves Performance:

The line profiler shows the sleep operation went from 75% of total time (11.635ms) to 28.1% of total time (1.42ms) - an 87% reduction in sleep overhead. While individual function calls appear slower (42.3ms vs 11.7ms), this is misleading because:

1. Non-blocking behavior: asyncio.sleep() yields control to the event loop, allowing other async tasks to execute concurrently during backoff periods
2. Better async integration: Prevents blocking the entire event loop thread during retries
3. Improved parallelism: Multiple retry operations can now overlap their waiting periods

Throughput Impact:
The 10.1% throughput improvement (202,257 → 222,750 ops/sec) demonstrates the real-world benefit. When multiple retry operations run concurrently, the non-blocking sleep allows the event loop to efficiently multiplex between tasks, processing more total operations per second.

Test Case Performance:
The optimization particularly benefits test cases with concurrent execution (test_retry_with_backoff_concurrent_*, test_retry_with_backoff_many_concurrent_*, and throughput tests) where multiple retry operations can now overlap their backoff periods instead of blocking sequentially.

This is a critical fix for any async application where retry_with_backoff might be called concurrently, as it prevents the function from becoming a bottleneck that blocks the entire event loop.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 892 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import asyncio  # used to run async functions
# function to test
# src/asynchrony/various.py
import time

import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from src.asynchrony.various import retry_with_backoff

# ---------------------- UNIT TESTS ----------------------

# 1. BASIC TEST CASES

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_success_first_try():
    # Test that the function returns the correct value on first try
    async def succeed():
        return "ok"
    result = await retry_with_backoff(succeed)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_success_second_try():
    # Test that the function retries once and then succeeds
    calls = []
    async def fail_once_then_succeed():
        if not calls:
            calls.append(1)
            raise ValueError("fail first")
        return "success"
    result = await retry_with_backoff(fail_once_then_succeed, max_retries=2)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_returns_value():
    # Test that the function returns the value from the coroutine
    async def return_value():
        return 123
    value = await retry_with_backoff(return_value)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_basic_exception():
    # Test that the function raises the correct exception if all retries fail
    async def always_fail():
        raise RuntimeError("fail always")
    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as excinfo:
        await retry_with_backoff(always_fail, max_retries=2)

# 2. EDGE TEST CASES

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_zero_retries_raises():
    # Test that max_retries < 1 raises ValueError
    async def dummy():
        return 1
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        await retry_with_backoff(dummy, max_retries=0)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_concurrent_success():
    # Test concurrent execution where all succeed
    async def succeed():
        return "ok"
    results = await asyncio.gather(
        retry_with_backoff(succeed),
        retry_with_backoff(succeed),
        retry_with_backoff(succeed)
    )

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_concurrent_mixed():
    # Test concurrent execution with mixed results
    calls = {"a": 0, "b": 0}
    async def fail_once_then_succeed_a():
        if calls["a"] == 0:
            calls["a"] += 1
            raise KeyError("fail first")
        return "A"
    async def fail_twice_then_succeed_b():
        if calls["b"] < 2:
            calls["b"] += 1
            raise ValueError("fail twice")
        return "B"
    results = await asyncio.gather(
        retry_with_backoff(fail_once_then_succeed_a, max_retries=2),
        retry_with_backoff(fail_twice_then_succeed_b, max_retries=3)
    )

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_preserves_exception_type():
    # Test that the original exception type is preserved after all retries fail
    async def fail_with_type():
        raise IndexError("fail with index error")
    with pytest.raises(IndexError):
        await retry_with_backoff(fail_with_type, max_retries=2)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_non_exception_error():
    # Test that non-Exception errors propagate (should not be caught)
    async def fail_with_base_exception():
        raise KeyboardInterrupt("should propagate")
    with pytest.raises(KeyboardInterrupt):
        await retry_with_backoff(fail_with_base_exception, max_retries=2)

# 3. LARGE SCALE TEST CASES

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_many_concurrent_success():
    # Test many concurrent calls that all succeed
    async def succeed():
        return 42
    tasks = [retry_with_backoff(succeed) for _ in range(100)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_many_concurrent_failures():
    # Test many concurrent calls that all fail
    async def always_fail():
        raise Exception("fail always")
    tasks = [retry_with_backoff(always_fail, max_retries=2) for _ in range(10)]
    for task in tasks:
        with pytest.raises(Exception) as excinfo:
            await task

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_high_retry_count_success():
    # Test high retry count where it eventually succeeds
    attempts = {"count": 0}
    async def fail_until_last():
        if attempts["count"] < 9:
            attempts["count"] += 1
            raise ValueError("fail")
        return "done"
    result = await retry_with_backoff(fail_until_last, max_retries=10)

# 4. THROUGHPUT TEST CASES

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_small_load():
    # Throughput test: small load, all succeed immediately
    async def succeed():
        return "ok"
    tasks = [retry_with_backoff(succeed) for _ in range(20)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_medium_load_with_retries():
    # Throughput test: medium load, some retries needed
    call_counts = [0] * 50
    async def sometimes_fail(i):
        async def inner():
            if call_counts[i] < 2:
                call_counts[i] += 1
                raise ValueError("fail")
            return i
        return inner
    tasks = [retry_with_backoff(await sometimes_fail(i), max_retries=3) for i in range(50)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_high_volume_failures_and_successes():
    # Throughput test: high volume, mix of failures and successes
    # 25 succeed immediately, 25 fail once then succeed, 25 always fail
    results = []
    async def succeed():
        return "yes"
    calls = [0] * 25
    async def fail_once_then_succeed(idx):
        if calls[idx] == 0:
            calls[idx] += 1
            raise RuntimeError("fail once")
        return "retry"
    async def always_fail():
        raise Exception("fail always")
    tasks = (
        [retry_with_backoff(succeed) for _ in range(25)] +
        [retry_with_backoff(lambda idx=i: fail_once_then_succeed(idx), max_retries=2) for i in range(25)] +
        [retry_with_backoff(always_fail, max_retries=2) for _ in range(25)]
    )
    gathered = await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
    for exc in gathered[50:]:
        pass
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

import asyncio  # used to run async functions
# function to test
# src/asynchrony/various.py
import time  # used in the function under test

import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from src.asynchrony.various import retry_with_backoff

# unit tests

# 1. Basic Test Cases

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_returns_value_on_first_try():
    # Test that the function returns expected value when no exception is raised
    async def dummy():
        return 42
    result = await retry_with_backoff(dummy)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_returns_value_on_second_try():
    # Test that the function retries once and succeeds
    call_count = {"count": 0}
    async def dummy():
        call_count["count"] += 1
        if call_count["count"] < 2:
            raise ValueError("fail first")
        return "success"
    result = await retry_with_backoff(dummy, max_retries=3)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_returns_value_on_third_try():
    # Test that the function retries twice and succeeds
    call_count = {"count": 0}
    async def dummy():
        call_count["count"] += 1
        if call_count["count"] < 3:
            raise RuntimeError("fail first two")
        return "done"
    result = await retry_with_backoff(dummy, max_retries=3)

# 2. Edge Test Cases

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_raises_value_error_on_invalid_max_retries():
    # Test that ValueError is raised if max_retries < 1
    async def dummy():
        return "should not run"
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        await retry_with_backoff(dummy, max_retries=0)
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        await retry_with_backoff(dummy, max_retries=-5)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_raises_last_exception_after_exhaustion():
    # Test that the last exception is raised after all retries fail
    async def dummy():
        raise KeyError("always fails")
    with pytest.raises(KeyError):
        await retry_with_backoff(dummy, max_retries=3)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_handles_non_standard_exceptions():
    # Test that non-standard exceptions (not ValueError/KeyError) are handled
    class CustomException(Exception):
        pass
    async def dummy():
        raise CustomException("fail")
    with pytest.raises(CustomException):
        await retry_with_backoff(dummy, max_retries=2)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_concurrent_execution():
    # Test concurrent execution with different coroutines
    async def dummy1():
        return "A"
    async def dummy2():
        return "B"
    results = await asyncio.gather(
        retry_with_backoff(dummy1),
        retry_with_backoff(dummy2)
    )

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_concurrent_failures():
    # Test concurrent execution where all coroutines fail
    async def failer():
        raise RuntimeError("fail")
    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
        await asyncio.gather(
            retry_with_backoff(failer, max_retries=2),
            retry_with_backoff(failer, max_retries=2)
        )

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_func_returns_none():
    # Test that None is returned if the function returns None
    async def dummy():
        return None
    result = await retry_with_backoff(dummy)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_func_returns_false():
    # Test that False is returned if the function returns False
    async def dummy():
        return False
    result = await retry_with_backoff(dummy)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_func_returns_empty_string():
    # Test that empty string is returned if the function returns ""
    async def dummy():
        return ""
    result = await retry_with_backoff(dummy)

# 3. Large Scale Test Cases

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_many_concurrent_successes():
    # Test many concurrent successful executions
    async def dummy(x):
        return x
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(lambda x=x: dummy(x)) for x in range(100)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_many_concurrent_failures():
    # Test many concurrent failures
    async def failer(x):
        raise Exception(f"fail {x}")
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(lambda x=x: failer(x), max_retries=2) for x in range(10)]
    # Each should raise Exception, so gather should raise
    with pytest.raises(Exception):
        await asyncio.gather(*coros)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_mixed_concurrent_results():
    # Test mixed results: some succeed, some fail
    async def maybe_fail(x):
        if x % 2 == 0:
            return x
        else:
            raise ValueError(f"fail {x}")
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(lambda x=x: maybe_fail(x), max_retries=2) for x in range(20)]
    # Gather will raise on first exception, so we catch and check
    try:
        await asyncio.gather(*coros)
    except ValueError as e:
        pass

# 4. Throughput Test Cases

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_small_load():
    # Throughput test: small load, all succeed
    async def dummy(x):
        return x * 2
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(lambda x=x: dummy(x)) for x in range(10)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_medium_load():
    # Throughput test: medium load, all succeed
    async def dummy(x):
        return x + 1
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(lambda x=x: dummy(x)) for x in range(100)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_large_load():
    # Throughput test: large load, all succeed
    async def dummy(x):
        return x
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(lambda x=x: dummy(x)) for x in range(300)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_mixed_load():
    # Throughput test: mixed load, some fail, some succeed
    async def maybe_fail(x):
        if x % 10 == 0:
            raise RuntimeError("fail")
        return x
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(lambda x=x: maybe_fail(x), max_retries=2) for x in range(50)]
    # Should raise on first failure
    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
        await asyncio.gather(*coros)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_all_fail():
    # Throughput test: all fail
    async def failer(x):
        raise Exception("fail")
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(lambda x=x: failer(x), max_retries=2) for x in range(20)]
    with pytest.raises(Exception):
        await asyncio.gather(*coros)
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

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