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# Jittered Backoff • AI Agent SDK

> jittered_backoff: Calculate delay for jittered exponential backoff.

# jittered\_backoff

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> This function is defined in the [**retry\_utils**](../modules/retry_utils) module.

Calculate delay for jittered exponential backoff.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def jittered_backoff(attempt: int) -> float
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="attempt" type="int" required={true}>
  Current attempt number (0-based)
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="float">
  Delay in seconds with jitter applied
</ResponseField>

## Usage

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
>>> # Attempt 0: ~5s, Attempt 1: ~10s, Attempt 2: ~20s
    >>> delay = jittered_backoff(1, base_delay=5.0, max_delay=120.0, jitter_ratio=0.5)
```

## Uses

* `random.uniform`

## Source

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