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# [Boto3 Retries: Why Your AWS Scripts Fail Silently](https://devtoolhub.hashnode.dev/boto3-retries-why-your-aws-scripts-fail-silently?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Originally published on DevToolHub. Boto3's default retry mode is legacy, not standard — and legacy mode only retries a narrow list of errors: ConnectionError, Throttling, ThrottlingException, and Pr

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