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Backoff

Inngest retries failed work automatically and keeps completed step results. Use standard errors for temporary failures, NonRetriableError to stop retries, and RetryAfterError to set the next attempt time.

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Syntax

createFunction({ retries: number }, async ({ event, step }) => step.run("name", handler));
throw new NonRetriableError(message);
throw new RetryAfterError(message, delay);

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  • NonRetriableError
  • RetryAfterError
  • StepError
  • step.run()
  • idempotency key
  • backoff with jitter

Source: Automatic Retries | Config & Behavior - Inngest Docs. Checked 2026-11-03.