diff --git a/site/content/en/latest/tasks/traffic/retry.md b/site/content/en/latest/tasks/traffic/retry.md index 75d151bdff6..05eb1eb37fe 100644 --- a/site/content/en/latest/tasks/traffic/retry.md +++ b/site/content/en/latest/tasks/traffic/retry.md @@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ title: Retry --- +{{% alert color="warning" %}} +Starting from `v1.3`, Envoy Gateway supports [HTTPRoute Retries(GEP-1731)](https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/geps/gep-1731/), +this setting in the core Gateway API takes precedence over the BackendTrafficPolicy configuration. +{{% /alert %}} + A retry setting specifies the maximum number of times an Envoy proxy attempts to connect to a service if the initial call fails. Retries can enhance service availability and application performance by making sure that calls don’t fail permanently because of transient problems such as a temporarily overloaded service or network. The interval between retries prevents the called service from being overwhelmed with requests. Envoy Gateway supports the following retry settings: