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16.14Retry + timeout can explode latency

Suppose:

timeout = 5 seconds
retries = 3

Worst case can become roughly:

5 sec
+ wait
+ 5 sec
+ wait
+ 5 sec

possibly exceeding:

15+ seconds

Don't configure timeout and retry independently.

Always calculate:

worst-case latency