{"record":{"id":"fad82f5bc86267bb","repo":"hashicorp/terraform","slug":"the-request-failed-after-d-attempts-please-try-a","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"the request failed after %d attempts, please try again later%s","messagePattern":"the request failed after (.+?) attempts, please try again later(.+?)","errorType":"http","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/getproviders/registry_client.go","lineNumber":490,"sourceCode":"\t// Close the body per library instructions\n\tif resp != nil {\n\t\tresp.Body.Close()\n\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","sourceCodeStart":472,"sourceCodeEnd":508,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/blob/d32a084675427f5ac3f7d2868578ef8b2c1dc525/internal/getproviders/registry_client.go#L472-L508","documentation":"Final error returned by the retryablehttp maxRetryErrorHandler when the request exhausted all retry attempts and numTries > 1. Reports the total attempt count and the trailing status-or-error detail. This is the terminal failure after RetryMax retries have all failed.","triggerScenarios":"Every retryable attempt (default 1 + retries from TF_REGISTRY_DISCOVERY_RETRY) returned a retryable error (5xx, network error) and the budget is spent; numTries equals RetryMax+1 and the handler is invoked.","commonSituations":"Sustained registry outage; saturated network link; DNS misconfiguration persisting across the retry window; rate limiter (429 treated as retryable) staying active throughout the window.","solutions":["Increase TF_REGISTRY_DISCOVERY_RETRY (e.g. to 5 or 10) to extend the retry window.","Increase TF_REGISTRY_CLIENT_TIMEOUT for slow links.","Verify network connectivity and DNS to the registry host.","If the trailing detail is a 5xx, check the registry status page; if it is a transport error, inspect TLS/proxy.","Switch to a mirror or filesystem provider source if the registry outage is prolonged."],"exampleFix":"// before\nError: the request failed after 2 attempts, please try again later: 502 Bad Gateway returned from registry.terraform.io\n// after\n$ export TF_REGISTRY_DISCOVERY_RETRY=10\n$ export TF_REGISTRY_CLIENT_TIMEOUT=30\n$ terraform init","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":"// Detect an exhausted-retries error.\nfunc isExhaustedRetries(err error) bool {\n    return err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), \"the request failed after\")\n}","tryCatchPattern":"// Increase retry budget and retry the whole operation once.\nif strings.Contains(err.Error(), \"failed after\") {\n    os.Setenv(\"TF_REGISTRY_DISCOVERY_RETRY\", \"10\")\n    return runInit()\n}","preventionTips":["Pre-set TF_REGISTRY_DISCOVERY_RETRY to 5+ for production pipelines.","Configure a local registry mirror to avoid public-registry contention.","Wire retries with exponential backoff in wrappers around getproviders."],"tags":["registry","retry","network","timeout","getproviders"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"d32a084675427f5ac3f7d2868578ef8b2c1dc525","analyzedAt":"2026-08-11T18:43:52.779Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-23T08:17:48.524Z"}