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• The Retry Instruction adds error handling to one or more job nodes and other instructions in a workflow.
• If one of the jobs in the Retry block fails, then the order is moved to the begin of the Retry block to repeat execution.
• The Users can specify a limited number of tries and the respective delays are configured using for the Retry Instruction.If  If the maximum number of tries is reached and a job in the Retry block fails, then the order is considered to have failedbe failed.
• Users can specify an unlimited number of tries that will immediately retry execution from the begin of the Retry block.

Workflow Instruction: Retry

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Users who wish to programmatically use variables that indicate the max. maximum number of retries tries and the current retry try counter in their jobs can use the built-in variables

• $js7MaxTries: maximum number of tries as configured with the Retry Instruction..
  • For an unlimited number
  of retries
  • of tries the variable returns the empty value.
  • The variable is not defined outside of a Retry Instruction.
• $js7TryCount: current number of retriestries. The variable holds the 0 value when used outside of a Retry Instruction.

The variables can be used in an JS7 - If Instruction and they can be mapped to environment variables in a shell job like this:

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