⚡️ Speed up function retry_with_backoff by 13%

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📄 13% (0.13x) speedup for retry_with_backoff in src/asynchrony/various.py

⏱️ Runtime : 3.98 milliseconds → 23.2 milliseconds (best of 250 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization replaces time.sleep() with await asyncio.sleep() in an async function, which fundamentally changes how the backoff delays are handled in the asyncio event loop.

Key Change:

• Blocking → Non-blocking sleep: time.sleep() blocks the entire thread and event loop, while await asyncio.sleep() yields control back to the event loop, allowing other coroutines to run concurrently during the delay.

Why This Improves Performance:
The line profiler shows the sleep operation takes 61.1% of total time in the original code vs 43.4% in the optimized version. More importantly, the throughput improves by 13.1% (113,815 → 128,750 ops/sec) because:

1. Concurrent execution: When multiple retry_with_backoff calls run simultaneously, the optimized version allows the event loop to interleave their execution during sleep periods, rather than blocking all operations.

2. Event loop efficiency: asyncio.sleep() integrates properly with the event loop's scheduling, reducing overhead compared to thread-blocking time.sleep().

Impact on Workloads:
This optimization is particularly beneficial for:

• High-concurrency scenarios where many retry operations run simultaneously (evident in the throughput test cases)
• Mixed workloads with both fast-succeeding and retrying functions
• Any async application where blocking the event loop degrades overall system performance

The test results show this optimization maintains correctness while providing better resource utilization in concurrent async environments, making it essential for proper async function behavior.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 515 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import asyncio  # used to run async functions
# function to test
# src/asynchrony/various.py
import time

import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from src.asynchrony.various import retry_with_backoff

# ----------------- UNIT TESTS BELOW -----------------

# --- Basic Test Cases ---

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_success_first_try():
    # Test that a successful function returns its result immediately
    async def sample_func():
        return "success"
    result = await retry_with_backoff(sample_func)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_success_after_retry():
    # Test that a function which fails once then succeeds returns the correct result
    state = {"calls": 0}
    async def flaky_func():
        state["calls"] += 1
        if state["calls"] == 1:
            raise ValueError("fail first time")
        return "ok"
    result = await retry_with_backoff(flaky_func, max_retries=3)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_raises_after_max_retries():
    # Test that the function raises the last exception after exhausting retries
    async def always_fail():
        raise RuntimeError("always fails")
    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as excinfo:
        await retry_with_backoff(always_fail, max_retries=3)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_custom_max_retries():
    # Test with a custom max_retries value
    state = {"calls": 0}
    async def flaky():
        state["calls"] += 1
        if state["calls"] < 4:
            raise Exception("fail")
        return "done"
    result = await retry_with_backoff(flaky, max_retries=5)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_invalid_max_retries():
    # Test that invalid max_retries raises ValueError
    async def dummy():
        return 1
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        await retry_with_backoff(dummy, max_retries=0)
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        await retry_with_backoff(dummy, max_retries=-5)

# --- Edge Test Cases ---

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_func_raises_different_exceptions():
    # Test that the last exception is raised if all attempts fail with different exceptions
    errors = [KeyError("key"), ValueError("value"), RuntimeError("runtime")]
    state = {"idx": 0}
    async def multi_fail():
        idx = state["idx"]
        state["idx"] += 1
        raise errors[idx]
    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as excinfo:
        await retry_with_backoff(multi_fail, max_retries=3)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_func_is_async_lambda():
    # Test passing an async lambda as func
    result = await retry_with_backoff(lambda: asyncio.sleep(0, result=42))

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_func_returns_none():
    # Test that a function returning None is handled correctly
    async def none_func():
        return None
    result = await retry_with_backoff(none_func)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_concurrent_execution():
    # Test concurrent calls to retry_with_backoff with different behaviors
    async def succeed():
        return "ok"
    async def fail_once_then_succeed():
        if not hasattr(fail_once_then_succeed, "called"):
            fail_once_then_succeed.called = True
            raise Exception("fail first")
        return "good"
    async def always_fail():
        raise Exception("fail always")
    tasks = [
        retry_with_backoff(succeed),
        retry_with_backoff(fail_once_then_succeed, max_retries=2),
    ]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
    # Test that a failing task raises in gather
    with pytest.raises(Exception) as excinfo:
        await asyncio.gather(retry_with_backoff(always_fail, max_retries=2))

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_func_is_bound_method():
    # Test passing a bound method as func
    class MyClass:
        def __init__(self):
            self.called = 0
        async def my_async_method(self):
            self.called += 1
            if self.called < 2:
                raise Exception("fail")
            return "done"
    obj = MyClass()
    result = await retry_with_backoff(obj.my_async_method, max_retries=3)

# --- Large Scale Test Cases ---

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_many_concurrent_successes():
    # Test many concurrent successful executions
    async def ok():
        return 123
    tasks = [retry_with_backoff(ok) for _ in range(50)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_many_concurrent_failures():
    # Test many concurrent failures, all should raise
    async def fail():
        raise Exception("fail")
    tasks = [retry_with_backoff(fail, max_retries=2) for _ in range(20)]
    # Use gather with return_exceptions=True to collect all exceptions
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_large_number_of_retries():
    # Test with a large number of retries, function succeeds at the last attempt
    state = {"calls": 0}
    async def slow_success():
        state["calls"] += 1
        if state["calls"] < 10:
            raise Exception("fail")
        return "finally"
    result = await retry_with_backoff(slow_success, max_retries=10)

# --- Throughput Test Cases ---

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_small_load():
    # Throughput test: many concurrent successful short tasks
    async def ok():
        return "x"
    tasks = [retry_with_backoff(ok) for _ in range(30)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_medium_load():
    # Throughput test: mix of success and fail-once-then-success
    async def ok():
        return "good"
    state = {"failers": 0}
    async def fail_once_then_succeed():
        if state["failers"] < 10:
            state["failers"] += 1
            raise Exception("fail")
        return "fine"
    tasks = (
        [retry_with_backoff(ok) for _ in range(20)] +
        [retry_with_backoff(fail_once_then_succeed, max_retries=2) for _ in range(15)]
    )
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_high_volume():
    # Throughput test: high volume, some always fail, some always succeed
    async def always_ok():
        return 1
    async def always_fail():
        raise Exception("fail")
    ok_tasks = [retry_with_backoff(always_ok) for _ in range(40)]
    fail_tasks = [retry_with_backoff(always_fail, max_retries=3) for _ in range(30)]
    # Use return_exceptions=True to gather all results
    results = await asyncio.gather(*(ok_tasks + fail_tasks), return_exceptions=True)
    ok_results = results[:40]
    fail_results = results[40:]
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

import asyncio  # used to run async functions
# function to test
# src/asynchrony/various.py
import time

import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from src.asynchrony.various import retry_with_backoff

# unit tests

# ------------------------
# Basic Test Cases
# ------------------------

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_success_first_try():
    # Test that the function returns the expected value on first try
    async def always_succeeds():
        return "ok"
    result = await retry_with_backoff(always_succeeds)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_success_second_try():
    # Test that the function retries once and then succeeds
    calls = []
    async def fails_once_then_succeeds():
        if not calls:
            calls.append(1)
            raise ValueError("fail first")
        return "success"
    result = await retry_with_backoff(fails_once_then_succeeds, max_retries=2)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_raises_after_retries():
    # Test that the function raises after exhausting all retries
    async def always_fails():
        raise RuntimeError("fail always")
    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as excinfo:
        await retry_with_backoff(always_fails, max_retries=3)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_max_retries_one():
    # Test that max_retries=1 means no retry, only one attempt
    calls = []
    async def fails_once():
        calls.append(1)
        raise Exception("fail once")
    with pytest.raises(Exception):
        await retry_with_backoff(fails_once, max_retries=1)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_invalid_max_retries():
    # Test that invalid max_retries raises ValueError
    async def dummy():
        return 42
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        await retry_with_backoff(dummy, max_retries=0)
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        await retry_with_backoff(dummy, max_retries=-1)

# ------------------------
# Edge Test Cases
# ------------------------

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_exception_preserves_last():
    # Test that the last exception is the one raised
    class CustomErrorA(Exception): pass
    class CustomErrorB(Exception): pass
    state = {"count": 0}
    async def fails_then_fails_differently():
        if state["count"] == 0:
            state["count"] += 1
            raise CustomErrorA("first fail")
        raise CustomErrorB("second fail")
    with pytest.raises(CustomErrorB):
        await retry_with_backoff(fails_then_fails_differently, max_retries=2)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_async_func_returns_none():
    # Test that the function returns None if the coroutine returns None
    async def returns_none():
        return None
    result = await retry_with_backoff(returns_none, max_retries=2)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_concurrent_execution():
    # Test concurrent execution of the retry_with_backoff function
    async def sometimes_fails():
        # Succeeds on the second attempt
        if not hasattr(sometimes_fails, "called"):
            sometimes_fails.called = 0
        sometimes_fails.called += 1
        if sometimes_fails.called % 2 == 1:
            raise Exception("fail odd call")
        return "even"
    # Run concurrently with different function objects to avoid shared state
    async def make_func():
        called = {"n": 0}
        async def func():
            called["n"] += 1
            if called["n"] == 1:
                raise Exception("fail")
            return called["n"]
        return func
    funcs = [await make_func() for _ in range(5)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(
        *(retry_with_backoff(f, max_retries=2) for f in funcs)
    )

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_func_is_async_lambda():
    # Test that an async lambda is accepted and works
    result = await retry_with_backoff(lambda: (lambda: asyncio.sleep(0, result=123))(), max_retries=2)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_func_raises_nonstandard_exception():
    # Test raising a non-standard exception (not derived from Exception)
    class MyBase:
        pass
    class WeirdException(MyBase):
        pass
    async def raises_weird():
        raise Exception("normal")  # only Exception or its subclass is caught
    with pytest.raises(Exception):
        await retry_with_backoff(raises_weird, max_retries=2)

# ------------------------
# Large Scale Test Cases
# ------------------------

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_many_concurrent_success():
    # Test many concurrent successful executions
    async def always_ok():
        return "ok"
    tasks = [retry_with_backoff(always_ok, max_retries=3) for _ in range(50)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_many_concurrent_failures():
    # Test many concurrent failures
    async def always_fail():
        raise Exception("fail")
    tasks = [retry_with_backoff(always_fail, max_retries=2) for _ in range(10)]
    for task in asyncio.as_completed(tasks):
        with pytest.raises(Exception):
            await task

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_large_number_of_retries():
    # Test with a large number of retries, but function always fails
    count = {"tries": 0}
    async def always_fail():
        count["tries"] += 1
        raise Exception("fail")
    with pytest.raises(Exception):
        await retry_with_backoff(always_fail, max_retries=20)

# ------------------------
# Throughput Test Cases
# ------------------------

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_small_load():
    # Throughput: small number of concurrent calls
    async def ok():
        return 1
    tasks = [retry_with_backoff(ok, max_retries=2) for _ in range(5)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_medium_load():
    # Throughput: medium number of concurrent calls
    async def ok():
        return 2
    tasks = [retry_with_backoff(ok, max_retries=2) for _ in range(50)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_high_load():
    # Throughput: high number of concurrent calls (but < 1000)
    async def ok():
        return 3
    tasks = [retry_with_backoff(ok, max_retries=2) for _ in range(200)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_many_failures():
    # Throughput: many concurrent failures
    async def fail():
        raise Exception("fail")
    tasks = [retry_with_backoff(fail, max_retries=3) for _ in range(30)]
    for task in asyncio.as_completed(tasks):
        with pytest.raises(Exception):
            await task

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_mixed_success_and_failure():
    # Throughput: mix of success and failure
    async def sometimes_ok(i):
        if i % 2 == 0:
            return i
        raise Exception("fail")
    tasks = [retry_with_backoff(lambda i=i: sometimes_ok(i), max_retries=2) for i in range(20)]
    results = []
    for i, task in enumerate(tasks):
        if i % 2 == 0:
            results.append(await task)
        else:
            with pytest.raises(Exception):
                await task
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

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