{"record":{"id":"72300f713691d7ae","repo":"hashicorp/terraform","slug":"the-request-failed-please-try-again-later-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"the request failed, please try again later%s","messagePattern":"the request failed, please try again later(.+?)","errorType":"http","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/getproviders/registry_client.go","lineNumber":493,"sourceCode":"\t}\n\n\t// Additional error detail: if we have a response, use the status code;\n\t// if we have an error, use that; otherwise nothing. We will never have\n\t// both response and error.\n\tvar errMsg string\n\tif resp != nil {\n\t\terrMsg = fmt.Sprintf(\": %s returned from %s\", resp.Status, HostFromRequest(resp.Request))\n\t} else if err != nil {\n\t\terrMsg = fmt.Sprintf(\": %s\", err)\n\t}\n\n\t// This function is always called with numTries=RetryMax+1. If we made any\n\t// retry attempts, include that in the error message.\n\tif numTries > 1 {\n\t\treturn resp, fmt.Errorf(\"the request failed after %d attempts, please try again later%s\",\n\t\t\tnumTries, errMsg)\n\t}\n\treturn resp, fmt.Errorf(\"the request failed, please try again later%s\", errMsg)\n}\n\n// HostFromRequest extracts host the same way net/http Request.Write would,\n// accounting for empty Request.Host\nfunc HostFromRequest(req *http.Request) string {\n\tif req.Host != \"\" {\n\t\treturn req.Host\n\t}\n\tif req.URL != nil {\n\t\treturn req.URL.Host\n\t}\n\n\t// this should never happen and if it does\n\t// it will be handled as part of Request.Write()\n\t// https://cs.opensource.google/go/go/+/refs/tags/go1.18.4:src/net/http/request.go;l=574\n\treturn \"\"\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":475,"sourceCodeEnd":511,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/blob/c9def3e214014c1188faabfc4a5bde5095139765/internal/getproviders/registry_client.go#L475-L511","documentation":"maxRetryErrorHandler terminal path when numTries == 1, i.e. RetryMax was 0 so no retries were attempted before giving up. The message omits the attempt count. Same family of cause as 938 (a retryable failure reached the error handler) but with zero retries configured.","triggerScenarios":"A retryable registry failure occurred while RetryMax==0. Since configureDiscoveryRetry keeps the default of 1 when TF_REGISTRY_DISCOVERY_RETRY is missing or invalid, reaching numTries==1 means retries were effectively disabled for this client.","commonSituations":"A custom registryClient constructed with RetryMax=0 in a test/embedded setting; an environment where discovery retry was clamped to 0; a one-shot failure on the very first attempt with no retry budget.","solutions":["Enable retries: set TF_REGISTRY_DISCOVERY_RETRY to a positive value (e.g. 2-5) for the standard client.","If constructing a custom client, set retryableClient.RetryMax > 0.","Increase TF_REGISTRY_CLIENT_TIMEOUT so the single attempt is more likely to succeed.","Verify registry reachability and retry the operation."],"exampleFix":"// before (custom client)\nretryableClient.RetryMax = 0\n// after\nretryableClient.RetryMax = 3","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":"// Ensure the standard client has retries enabled (it does by default).\n// Override only if you must, and never to 0 in production.\nfunc ensureRetries() {\n    if os.Getenv(\"TF_REGISTRY_DISCOVERY_RETRY\") == \"\" {\n        os.Setenv(\"TF_REGISTRY_DISCOVERY_RETRY\", \"2\")\n    }\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"// Same transient pattern as 938; the difference is no retries were configured.\nerr := withRetry(ctx, func() error { return client.PackageMeta(ctx, p, v, plat) })\nif err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), \"please try again later\") {\n    // single-attempt failure; enable retries and retry the operation\n}","preventionTips":["Never set retryableClient.RetryMax to 0 for production registry clients.","Keep TF_REGISTRY_DISCOVERY_RETRY unset (defaults to 1) or set to a positive integer.","Raise TF_REGISTRY_CLIENT_TIMEOUT so the single attempt is more robust."],"tags":["terraform","registry","retry","network","transient"],"analyzedSha":"c9def3e214014c1188faabfc4a5bde5095139765","analyzedAt":"2026-08-07T15:39:49.278Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-07T21:17:07.882Z"}