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Description

This PR implements a centralized HTTP session retry strategy with exponential backoff across databusclient:

  1. Added get_http_session() helper in databusclient/api/utils.py utilizing urllib3.util.Retry (retrying on HTTP 429, 500, 502, 503, 504 status codes).
  2. Added --retries (default: 3) and --request-timeout (default: 30s) CLI parameters to deploy and delete commands.
  3. Updated API functions (fetch_databus_jsonld, _load_file_stats, deploy, _delete_resource) to accept configurable HTTP session and timeout options.
  4. Added unit test suite in tests/test_retry.py.

Related Issues
Fixes #91

Type of change

  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
  • New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
  • Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
  • This change requires a documentation update
  • Housekeeping

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added configurable retry and request-timeout handling for deployment, deletion, and JSON-LD retrieval.
    • Improved network reliability with automatic retries, exponential backoff, and configurable retryable status codes.
    • Deployment and deletion commands now apply configured session and timeout settings consistently.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Corrected HTTP session setup for deletion operations.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for retry configuration, request timeouts, headers, and JSON-LD retrieval.

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The client adds centralized retry-enabled HTTP sessions with configurable timeouts. Delete and deploy APIs accept and propagate these settings. CLI paths pass configured sessions and timeouts. Tests cover session configuration and JSON-LD requests.

HTTP retry and timeout configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Retry session foundation
databusclient/api/utils.py, tests/test_retry.py
Adds retry-enabled HTTP adapters and configurable backoff. Extends JSON-LD fetching with session and timeout parameters.
API session integration
databusclient/api/delete.py, databusclient/api/deploy.py
Routes deletion, file-statistics, publish, and JSON-LD requests through configurable sessions and timeouts.
CLI retry and timeout wiring
databusclient/cli.py
Passes configured sessions and request timeouts through metadata, WebDAV, and delete command paths.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 2ac1e

The centralized retry behavior may fail at startup for some supported dependency versions and does not yet include the required jitter, so retry-enabled deploy and delete operations should not merge until these issues are addressed.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant API
  participant Session as get_http_session
  participant Databus
  CLI->>Session: Create configured session
  CLI->>API: Call deploy or delete with session and timeout
  API->>Databus: Send HTTP request through session
  Databus-->>API: Return response
  API-->>CLI: Return operation result
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Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning The PR implements centralized retries and timeout options for several API paths, but it does not fully meet issue #91. The issue requires jitter, the --max-retries option, and coverage for downloads… Configure retry jitter, align the CLI option with the issue requirement or document an approved naming change, and apply the shared session and timeout handling to downloads, WebDAV uploads, and Databus SPARQL queries. Add tests for these p…
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 77.27% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 22 functions across 5 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the main change: configurable HTTP retries with exponential backoff.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes the required sections, explains the implementation, links issue #91, identifies the change type, and reports testing and lint results.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed API functions, CLI options, retry helper, and tests directly support the stated HTTP retry and timeout feature. No unrelated code changes are identified.
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Explanation

The PR implements centralized retries and timeout options for several API paths, but it does not fully meet issue #91. The issue requires jitter, the --max-retries option, and coverage for downloads, WebDAV uploads, and Databus SPARQL queries. The changes use --retries, do not configure jitter, and do not cover all listed operations.

Resolution

Configure retry jitter, align the CLI option with the issue requirement or document an approved naming change, and apply the shared session and timeout handling to downloads, WebDAV uploads, and Databus SPARQL queries. Add tests for these paths and their retry and timeout settings.

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In `@databusclient/api/utils.py`:
- Around line 37-42: Update the Retry configuration in the retry strategy to
handle publish POST requests: if deploy()’s publish endpoint is idempotent,
include POST in allowed_methods so retryable status_forcelist responses are
retried; otherwise, implement an idempotency mechanism before enabling POST
retries.

In `@databusclient/cli.py`:
- Line 115: Update deploy_from_metadata and its callers to accept and propagate
the CLI retry session and request_timeout through metadata and WebDAV deployment
modes, including both file-stat and publish paths, until the underlying deploy
calls use them instead of defaults; keep classic deploy behavior unchanged.
- Around line 478-480: Fix HTTP option propagation in the CLI deletion and
metadata deployment flows: obtain the session through the delete module/session
helper rather than the api_delete function binding, pass session and
request_timeout to deploy_from_metadata, and extend delete to forward session
and timeout through queued and recursive deletion paths.
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- Upload & deploy via Nextcloud (--webdav-url, --remote, --path)
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session = api_deploy.get_http_session(retries=retries)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Propagate retry settings through every deploy mode.

The session created here is passed only to classic deploy. Metadata and WebDAV modes call api_deploy.deploy_from_metadata(...) without session or request_timeout, and that helper calls deploy(dataset, apikey) with its defaults. These modes ignore both CLI options.

Add the parameters to deploy_from_metadata and forward them through the file-stat and publish paths.

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In `@databusclient/cli.py` at line 115, Update deploy_from_metadata and its
callers to accept and propagate the CLI retry session and request_timeout
through metadata and WebDAV deployment modes, including both file-stat and
publish paths, until the underlying deploy calls use them instead of defaults;
keep classic deploy behavior unchanged.

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509-509: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Do not retry the publish POST without idempotency protection.

databusclient/api/utils.py configures Retry with allowed_methods=None. The default session can therefore retry this api/publish POST for 429, 5xx, and connection failures. If the server commits the deployment before the response is lost or returns a retryable status, the retry can repeat the same write and create duplicate side effects.

Exclude POST from retries for this operation, or add an idempotency key with server-side deduplication before enabling POST retries.

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In `@databusclient/api/deploy.py` at line 509, Update the publish request in the
deployment flow around session.post so this POST cannot be automatically retried
without protection: exclude POST from the session’s retry policy for this
operation, or implement an idempotency key with server-side deduplication before
allowing retries. Preserve retries for safe methods and existing publish
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In `@tests/test_retry.py`:
- Line 27: Constrain the dependency versions in pyproject.toml so
get_http_session() can use Retry.backoff_jitter, requiring urllib3>=2.0 and a
compatible requests minimum; alternatively remove backoff_jitter and update the
assertion in the retry test to match the supported behavior.
- Line 28: Update get_http_session and its Retry configuration so POST requests
are not retried, preventing duplicate /api/publish submissions from deploy;
preserve retries for idempotent methods and update the related max_retries
expectation in the test.

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In `@databusclient/api/deploy.py`:
- Line 509: Update the publish request in the deployment flow around
session.post so this POST cannot be automatically retried without protection:
exclude POST from the session’s retry policy for this operation, or implement an
idempotency key with server-side deduplication before allowing retries. Preserve
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assert http_adapter.max_retries.total == 5
assert http_adapter.max_retries.backoff_factor == 1.0
assert http_adapter.max_retries.backoff_jitter == 0.1

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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The concepts of get_http_session, tests/test_retry.py, and backoff_jitter are associated with the underlying urllib3 library [1][2], rather than being specific features or files located within the dbpedia/databus-python-client repository [3]. The dbpedia/databus-python-client is a Python client for the DBpedia Databus [4][5] that utilizes standard Python libraries for network requests, commonly including urllib3 (often via the requests library). The code and tests you referenced, specifically test_retry.py and the backoff_jitter parameter, originate from the urllib3 library [1][2][6], which implements retry logic with exponential backoff and jitter to prevent thundering herd problems during network failures [2]. If you are encountering these terms, you are likely looking at the retry configuration logic provided by urllib3 [6]. For development and testing within the dbpedia/databus-python-client project, the official repository uses pytest and keeps its own tests under the tests/ directory [3], but these are distinct from the urllib3 library's internal test suite [1].

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urllib3 1.26.20 Retry __init__ signature backoff_jitter requests 2.28.1 install_requires urllib3

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The urllib3 library version 1.26.20 does not include the backoff_jitter parameter in the Retry class init signature [1][2]. The backoff_jitter parameter was added to urllib3 in a later release, and it is not present in the 1.26.x series [3][4][5]. Regarding requests 2.28.1, its install_requires configuration specifies a dependency on urllib3 with the constraint >=1.21.1, <1.27 [6][7]. This means requests 2.28.1 is compatible with urllib3 version 1.26.20, as it falls within the supported range [6][7]. In summary: * urllib3 1.26.20 does not support backoff_jitter [1][2]. * requests 2.28.1 is compatible with urllib3 1.26.20 per its install_requires metadata [6][7].

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Constrain the dependency set for backoff_jitter.

pyproject.toml permits requests==2.28.1, which permits urllib3==1.26.20. That Retry implementation does not accept backoff_jitter, so get_http_session() raises TypeError before creating a session. Require urllib3>=2.0 with a compatible requests minimum, or remove backoff_jitter and update this assertion.

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In `@tests/test_retry.py` at line 27, Constrain the dependency versions in
pyproject.toml so get_http_session() can use Retry.backoff_jitter, requiring
urllib3>=2.0 and a compatible requests minimum; alternatively remove
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In `@databusclient/api/utils.py`:
- Around line 41-42: Add the supported backoff_jitter setting to the Retry
configuration constructed by get_http_session, alongside backoff_factor and
status_forcelist, using the intended jitter value to diversify retry timing.
- Around line 45-46: Constrain the urllib3 dependency to >=1.26 and <3 so the
allowed_methods argument used in the session configuration remains supported.
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"backoff_factor": backoff_factor,
"status_forcelist": status_forcelist,

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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Add backoff_jitter to the Retry configuration.

get_http_session sets backoff_factor but not backoff_jitter. Configure jitter to prevent concurrent clients from using the same retry schedule. The lock resolves urllib3 2.6.0, which supports this setting.

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In `@databusclient/api/utils.py` around lines 41 - 42, Add the supported
backoff_jitter setting to the Retry configuration constructed by
get_http_session, alongside backoff_factor and status_forcelist, using the
intended jitter value to diversify retry timing.

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Comment on lines +45 to +46
if allowed_methods is not None:
kwargs["allowed_methods"] = allowed_methods

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Constrain urllib3 to 1.26 or newer.

poetry.lock currently resolves urllib3 2.6.0. However, the declared requests dependency allows urllib3 1.25.x. With that version, Retry rejects allowed_methods and raises TypeError during session creation. Add urllib3 = ">=1.26,<3" or use the version-specific keyword.

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dependency to >=1.26 and <3 so the allowed_methods argument used in the session
configuration remains supported. Update the dependency declaration and lockfile
accordingly, preserving the existing allowed_methods handling in the utility
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