From d8b5b4d4470d75a382b0283731c5fb600ddb1e91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trenton H <797416+stumpylog@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:02:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Chore: Stop the live-service retry helper sleeping after a
 success (#14222)

util_call_with_backoff made every call wait 20 seconds even when the first attempt succeeded

The helper now sleeps only after a failure that has another attempt left.
---
 src/paperless_testing/retry.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/paperless_testing/retry.py b/src/paperless_testing/retry.py
index 67d1f81a4..7b5f16765 100644
--- a/src/paperless_testing/retry.py
+++ b/src/paperless_testing/retry.py
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ def util_call_with_backoff(
 
         retry_count = retry_count + 1
 
-        time.sleep(retry_time)
-        retry_time = retry_time * 2.0
+        if not succeeded and retry_count < max_retry_count:
+            time.sleep(retry_time)
+            retry_time = retry_time * 2.0
 
     if (
         not succeeded