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Fix #2723: Retry on HTTP 400 failedPrecondition #2731

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21 changes: 13 additions & 8 deletions googleapiclient/http.py
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Expand Up @@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ def _should_retry_response(resp_status, content):
if resp_status == _TOO_MANY_REQUESTS:
return True

# For 403 errors, we have to check for the `reason` in the response to
# For 403 and 400 errors, we have to check for the `reason` in the response to
# determine if we should retry.
if resp_status == http_client.FORBIDDEN:
# If there's no details about the 403 type, don't retry.
if resp_status in [http_client.FORBIDDEN, http_client.BAD_REQUEST]:
# If there's no details about the error, don't retry.
if not content:
return False

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -137,11 +137,16 @@ def _should_retry_response(resp_status, content):
LOGGER.warning("Invalid JSON content from response: %s", content)
return False

LOGGER.warning('Encountered 403 Forbidden with reason "%s"', reason)

# Only retry on rate limit related failures.
if reason in ("userRateLimitExceeded", "rateLimitExceeded"):
return True
if resp_status == http_client.FORBIDDEN:
LOGGER.warning('Encountered 403 Forbidden with reason "%s"', reason)
# Only retry on rate limit related failures.
if reason in ("userRateLimitExceeded", "rateLimitExceeded"):
return True
elif resp_status == http_client.BAD_REQUEST:
LOGGER.warning('Encountered 400 Bad Request with reason "%s"', reason)
# Only retry on precondition failures.
if reason in ("failedPrecondition", "preconditionFailed"):
return True
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For better maintainability and to make it easier to add more retryable status codes in the future, consider refactoring this if/elif block to be more data-driven. You can use a dictionary to map status codes to their retryable reasons and log messages.

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if resp_status == http_client.FORBIDDEN:
LOGGER.warning('Encountered 403 Forbidden with reason "%s"', reason)
# Only retry on rate limit related failures.
if reason in ("userRateLimitExceeded", "rateLimitExceeded"):
return True
elif resp_status == http_client.BAD_REQUEST:
LOGGER.warning('Encountered 400 Bad Request with reason "%s"', reason)
# Only retry on precondition failures.
if reason in ("failedPrecondition", "preconditionFailed"):
return True
RETRYABLE_INFO = {
http_client.FORBIDDEN: {
"reasons": ("userRateLimitExceeded", "rateLimitExceeded"),
"message": 'Encountered 403 Forbidden with reason "%s"',
},
http_client.BAD_REQUEST: {
"reasons": ("failedPrecondition", "preconditionFailed"),
"message": 'Encountered 400 Bad Request with reason "%s"',
},
}
if resp_status in RETRYABLE_INFO:
info = RETRYABLE_INFO[resp_status]
LOGGER.warning(info["message"], reason)
if reason in info["reasons"]:
return True


# Everything else is a success or non-retriable so break.
return False
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42 changes: 42 additions & 0 deletions tests/test_http.py
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Expand Up @@ -878,6 +878,20 @@ def test_media_io_base_download_unknown_media_size(self):
}
}"""

FAILED_PRECONDITION_RESPONSE = """{
"error": {
"errors": [
{
"domain": "global",
"reason": "failedPrecondition",
"message": "Precondition Failed"
}
],
"code": 400,
"message": "Precondition Failed"
}
}"""


NOT_CONFIGURED_RESPONSE = """{
"error": {
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self.assertEqual(0, len(sleeptimes))

def test_retry_400_failed_precondition(self):
num_retries = 2
resp_seq = [
({"status": "400"}, FAILED_PRECONDITION_RESPONSE),
({"status": "200"}, "{}")
]
http = HttpMockSequence(resp_seq)
model = JsonModel()
uri = "https://www.googleapis.com/someapi/v1/collection/?foo=bar"
method = "POST"
request = HttpRequest(
http,
model.response,
uri,
method=method,
body="{}",
headers={"content-type": "application/json"},
)

sleeptimes = []
request._sleep = lambda x: sleeptimes.append(x)
request._rand = lambda: 10

request.execute(num_retries=num_retries)

self.assertEqual(1, len(sleeptimes))
self.assertEqual(10 * 2 ** 1, sleeptimes[0])
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The new test test_retry_400_failed_precondition is great for covering the failedPrecondition reason. However, the implementation in http.py also handles the preconditionFailed reason. It would be beneficial to add a test case for preconditionFailed as well to ensure full coverage of the new logic.

You could achieve this by parameterizing the test or by adding a separate test method for the preconditionFailed case.


def test_no_retry_fails_fast(self):
http = HttpMockSequence([({"status": "500"}, ""), ({"status": "200"}, "{}")])
model = JsonModel()
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