Python backoff repository was archived (opens in new tab)

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hleszekOP7mo ago

Backoff, The popular Python decorator library for backoff and retry has been archived on GitHub on Aug 8, 2025.

The project is abandoned, with the last update from Jan 20, 2023.

8organicbits7mo ago

Looks like the entire GitHub organization is archived. Anyone know what happened? The most I see is:

https://github.com/litl/backoff/issues/211

hleszekOP7mo ago

That's why I started this discussion, hoping that someone would know what happened and also to discuss how to organize an alternative when the repository is archived and discussion is not possible anymore on GitHub.

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hleszekOP7mo ago

Backoff, The popular Python decorator library for backoff and retry has been archived on GitHub on Aug 8, 2025.

The project is abandoned, with the last update from Jan 20, 2023.

8organicbits7mo ago

Looks like the entire GitHub organization is archived. Anyone know what happened? The most I see is:

https://github.com/litl/backoff/issues/211

hleszekOP7mo ago

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