what is the default amount of retries for value.waitfor

[vivekjvs]

Hi

In the below mentioned code snippet, the number of retries is 5 in case of 500 response code of the HTTP call.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/wait-retry

let
    waitForResult = Value.WaitFor(
        (iteration) =>
            let
                result = Web.Contents(url, [ManualStatusHandling = {500}, IsRetry = iteration > 0]),
                status = Value.Metadata(result)[Response.Status],
                actualResult = if status = 500 then null else result
            in
                actualResult,
        (iteration) => #duration(0, 0, 0, Number.Power(2, iteration)),
        5)
in
    if waitForResult = null then
        error "Value.WaitFor() Failed after multiple retry attempts"
    else
        waitForResult

Can someone please tell me what is the default number of retries if no count is specified. 

[AnalyticPulse]

hi,

The default number of retries for the Value.WaitFor function in Power Query M is 3.

In your code snippet, you have explicitly specified the number of retries as 5 using the parameter (iteration) => 5, which means the function will attempt the operation a maximum of 5 times before throwing an error if it encounters a 500 response code.

If you don't specify the number of retries, the function will default to 3 retries.

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