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exponential-backoff

A utility that allows retrying a function with an exponential delay between attempts.

v3.1.3, 10 Oct 2025Apache-2.0CommonJSTypes: Bundled
$ npm install exponential-backoff
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
27.7m
+95% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
11 months ago
v3.1.3
GitHub stars
408
30 forks
Open issues / PRs
3 / 3
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
2

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
020m40m60mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 56.6m (16 Jun 2026)Low 8.6m (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

27,698,136 downloads last week, 128,700,274 in the last month. The 12-month change of +95% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
118 in total
Latest version
3.1.3, 10 Oct 202511 months ago
First published
6 Jul 2018
Last push to GitHub
10 Oct 2025349 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
3
Open pull requests
3
Commits, last 52 weeks
2
Dependents on npm
538

Major versions

  1. v3 first release 3.0.0, 5 Apr 2020
  2. v2 first release 2.0.0, 9 Feb 2019
  3. v1 first release 1.0.2, 6 Jul 2018

Recent releases

VersionPublished
3.1.310 Oct 2025
3.1.26 Feb 2025
3.1.120 Feb 2023
3.1.06 Aug 2020
3.0.16 Jun 2020
3.0.05 Apr 2020
2.2.120 Mar 2020
2.2.04 Nov 2019
2.1.123 Mar 2019
2.1.016 Feb 2019
2.0.09 Feb 2019
1.2.07 Feb 2019
1.0.79 Jul 2018
1.0.68 Jul 2018

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
54 kB
Dependencies (0)
None

Install

npm install exponential-backoff

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/exponential-backoff@3.1.3/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/exponential-backoff@3.1.3/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/exponential-backoff@3.1.3
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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