Resilience

Overview

Desktop applications must handle failures gracefully - network issues, database locks, external service outages. This skill covers patterns for building resilient features.

Definition of Done (DoD)

• External API calls have retry policies with exponential backoff
• Database operations handle transient failures (SQLITE_BUSY)
• Network operations have reasonable timeouts
• Failed operations provide user feedback
• Critical paths have fallback strategies
• Circuit breaker prevents cascade failures

Resilience Patterns

1. Retry with Exponential Backoff