[BUG]

[vastavikadi]

Description of the Bug

Celery Retries

Steps to Reproduce

• autoretry_for=(Exception,) retries ALL errors (including validation errors). Fixed 30s delay. No backoff.

Expected Behavior

• Replace autoretry_for=(Exception,) with specific transient errors only
• Add retry_backoff=True and retry_backoff_max=600 for exponential backoff with jitter
• Add retry_jitter=True

Screenshots / Logs

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Environment

Windows, Brave

GSSoC '26

• Yes, I am participating in GirlScript Summer of Code and would like to fix this.

[github-actions]

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[vastavikadi]

@param20h Please assign this issue to me