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docs: add warning for GEP-1731 #5052

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions site/content/en/latest/tasks/traffic/retry.md
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title: Retry
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{{% 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:
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