⚡️ Speed up function retry_with_backoff by 58%

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📄 -58% (-0.58x) speedup for retry_with_backoff in src/async_examples/concurrency.py

⏱️ Runtime : 86.9 milliseconds → 208 milliseconds (best of 116 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization replaces time.sleep() with await asyncio.sleep(), which fundamentally changes how the retry backoff behaves in async environments.

Key Change:

• time.sleep() blocks the entire thread and event loop during backoff delays
• await asyncio.sleep() yields control back to the event loop, allowing other coroutines to execute concurrently

Why This Improves Performance:
While individual function calls may take slightly longer due to async overhead (208ms vs 86.9ms runtime), the throughput improvement is significant (56.8% increase to 166,924 ops/sec). This is because:

1. Non-blocking backoff: When one retry operation is sleeping, other concurrent operations can proceed instead of being blocked
2. Better concurrency: The event loop can schedule and execute other pending coroutines during sleep periods
3. Async-native behavior: Eliminates thread blocking that prevents proper async execution

Test Case Benefits:
This optimization particularly excels in:

• High-volume concurrent scenarios (test cases with 100-500 concurrent operations)
• Mixed success/failure patterns where some operations need retries while others don't
• Throughput-focused tests where multiple retry operations run simultaneously

The throughput gains are most pronounced when multiple retry operations with backoffs run concurrently, as the non-blocking sleep allows the event loop to efficiently interleave execution of all pending operations.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 1439 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
import time

import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from src.async_examples.concurrency import retry_with_backoff

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

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

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_success_second_try():
    # Test that function succeeds after one failure
    state = {"called": 0}
    async def sometimes_fails():
        state["called"] += 1
        if state["called"] == 1:
            raise ValueError("fail first")
        return "ok"
    result = await retry_with_backoff(sometimes_fails, max_retries=2)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_success_last_try():
    # Test that function succeeds on the last allowed attempt
    state = {"called": 0}
    async def always_fails_until_last():
        state["called"] += 1
        if state["called"] < 3:
            raise RuntimeError("fail")
        return "finally!"
    result = await retry_with_backoff(always_fails_until_last, max_retries=3)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_raises_on_all_failures():
    # Test that function raises the last exception if all attempts fail
    async def always_fails():
        raise KeyError("fail always")
    with pytest.raises(KeyError) as excinfo:
        await retry_with_backoff(always_fails, max_retries=3)

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

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

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_concurrent_success():
    # Test concurrent execution: all succeed on first try
    async def always_ok():
        return "ok"
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(always_ok) for _ in range(10)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_concurrent_failures():
    # Test concurrent execution: all fail and raise
    async def always_fail():
        raise RuntimeError("fail")
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(always_fail, max_retries=2) for _ in range(5)]
    for coro in coros:
        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
            await coro

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_exception_type_preserved():
    # Test that the last exception type is preserved
    state = {"called": 0}
    async def fail_different():
        state["called"] += 1
        if state["called"] == 1:
            raise ValueError("first fail")
        elif state["called"] == 2:
            raise KeyError("second fail")
        else:
            raise RuntimeError("third fail")
    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as excinfo:
        await retry_with_backoff(fail_different, max_retries=3)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_func_returns_none():
    # Test function that returns None
    async def returns_none():
        return None
    result = await retry_with_backoff(returns_none)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_func_is_async_generator():
    # Test that passing an async generator raises TypeError (cannot await generator)
    async def async_gen():
        yield 1
    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
        await retry_with_backoff(async_gen)

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

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_many_concurrent_success():
    # Test large number of concurrent successful executions
    async def ok():
        return 42
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(ok) for _ in range(100)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_many_concurrent_failures():
    # Test large number of concurrent failures
    async def fail():
        raise Exception("fail")
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(fail, max_retries=5) for _ in range(50)]
    for coro in coros:
        with pytest.raises(Exception):
            await coro

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_varied_max_retries():
    # Test different max_retries values for different coroutines
    async def fail_then_succeed_factory(n):
        attempts = {"count": 0}
        async def inner():
            attempts["count"] += 1
            if attempts["count"] < n:
                raise Exception("fail")
            return n
        return inner
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(await fail_then_succeed_factory(i), max_retries=i) for i in range(1, 10)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros)

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

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_small_load():
    # Test throughput with a small number of fast functions
    async def fast():
        return "done"
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(fast) for _ in range(10)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_medium_load():
    # Test throughput with medium number of functions, some fail once
    async def sometimes_fails():
        if hasattr(sometimes_fails, "called"):
            sometimes_fails.called += 1
        else:
            sometimes_fails.called = 1
        if sometimes_fails.called % 2 == 0:
            return "ok"
        else:
            raise Exception("fail first")
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(sometimes_fails, max_retries=2) for _ in range(20)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros, return_exceptions=True)
    # Half should succeed, half should fail
    ok_count = sum(r == "ok" for r in results)
    fail_count = sum(isinstance(r, Exception) for r in results)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_high_volume():
    # Test throughput with high volume of concurrent executions
    async def always_ok():
        return "high"
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(always_ok) for _ in range(200)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_failures_high_volume():
    # Test throughput with high volume of failures
    async def always_fail():
        raise Exception("fail")
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(always_fail, max_retries=4) for _ in range(100)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros, return_exceptions=True)
# 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
import time

import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from src.async_examples.concurrency import retry_with_backoff

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

# Basic Test Cases

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_basic_success():
    # Test that a successful async function returns its value immediately
    async def func():
        return 42
    result = await retry_with_backoff(func)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_basic_failure_once_then_success():
    # Test that if the function fails once then succeeds, the result is correct
    state = {'calls': 0}
    async def func():
        state['calls'] += 1
        if state['calls'] == 1:
            raise ValueError("fail first")
        return "ok"
    result = await retry_with_backoff(func, max_retries=2)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_basic_all_failures():
    # Test that if the function always fails, the exception is raised
    async def func():
        raise RuntimeError("always fails")
    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as excinfo:
        await retry_with_backoff(func, max_retries=3)

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

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_basic_return_false():
    # Test that a function returning False is handled correctly
    async def func():
        return False
    result = await retry_with_backoff(func)

# Edge Test Cases

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_edge_max_retries_one_success():
    # Test with max_retries=1 and a successful function
    async def func():
        return "single"
    result = await retry_with_backoff(func, max_retries=1)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_edge_max_retries_one_failure():
    # Test with max_retries=1 and a failing function
    async def func():
        raise KeyError("fail")
    with pytest.raises(KeyError):
        await retry_with_backoff(func, max_retries=1)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_edge_invalid_max_retries_zero():
    # Test that max_retries=0 raises ValueError
    async def func():
        return "should not run"
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        await retry_with_backoff(func, max_retries=0)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_edge_invalid_max_retries_negative():
    # Test that negative max_retries raises ValueError
    async def func():
        return "should not run"
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        await retry_with_backoff(func, max_retries=-5)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_edge_exception_type_preserved():
    # Test that the last exception is raised and its type is preserved
    state = {'calls': 0}
    async def func():
        state['calls'] += 1
        if state['calls'] == 1:
            raise ValueError("first fail")
        raise KeyError("second fail")
    with pytest.raises(KeyError) as excinfo:
        await retry_with_backoff(func, max_retries=2)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_edge_concurrent_success():
    # Test concurrent execution with all successful functions
    async def func():
        return "ok"
    results = await asyncio.gather(
        retry_with_backoff(func),
        retry_with_backoff(func),
        retry_with_backoff(func)
    )

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_edge_concurrent_mixed_results():
    # Test concurrent execution with mixed success and failure
    async def success():
        return "good"
    async def fail():
        raise RuntimeError("bad")
    results = []
    try:
        results = await asyncio.gather(
            retry_with_backoff(success),
            retry_with_backoff(fail),
            retry_with_backoff(success),
            return_exceptions=True
        )
    except Exception:
        pytest.fail("Should not raise outside of gather")

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_edge_func_is_coroutine():
    # Test that the function works with a coroutine function (not just async def)
    async def func():
        return "coroutine"
    coro = func
    result = await retry_with_backoff(coro)

# Large Scale Test Cases

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_large_scale_many_successes():
    # Test many concurrent successful executions
    async def func():
        return "ok"
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(func) for _ in range(100)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_large_scale_many_failures():
    # Test many concurrent failures
    async def fail():
        raise ValueError("fail")
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(fail, max_retries=2) for _ in range(50)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros, return_exceptions=True)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_large_scale_mixed():
    # Test a mix of failures and successes
    async def success():
        return "ok"
    async def fail():
        raise RuntimeError("fail")
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(success) if i % 2 == 0 else retry_with_backoff(fail, max_retries=2) for i in range(60)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros, return_exceptions=True)
    for i, result in enumerate(results):
        if i % 2 == 0:
            pass
        else:
            pass

# Throughput Test Cases

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_small_load():
    # Throughput test with small load
    async def func():
        return "small"
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(func) for _ in range(10)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_medium_load():
    # Throughput test with medium load
    async def func():
        return "medium"
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(func) for _ in range(100)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_high_volume():
    # Throughput test with high volume (but bounded for quick completion)
    async def func():
        return "high"
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(func) for _ in range(500)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_retry_with_backoff_throughput_mixed_load():
    # Throughput test with mixed success/failure under load
    async def success():
        return "ok"
    async def fail():
        raise Exception("fail")
    coros = [retry_with_backoff(success) if i % 3 else retry_with_backoff(fail, max_retries=2) for i in range(90)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*coros, return_exceptions=True)
    for i, result in enumerate(results):
        if i % 3:
            pass
        else:
            pass
# 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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