feat: add random wait strategy on retry

README.md

@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ Retries an Action step on failure or timeout. This is currently intended to repl
 
 **Optional** Number of seconds to wait before attempting the next retry. Defaults to `10`
 
+### `retry_wait_strategy`
+
+**Optional** Strategy to use for retry wait. Currently supports [fixed (default), random].
+
+### `retry_wait_seconds_min`
+
+**Optional** Min. number of seconds to wait before attempting the next retry when using random strategy. Defaults to `5`. Used only when `retry_wait_strategy` is set to `random`.
+
+### `retry_wait_seconds_max`
+
+**Optional** Max. number of seconds to wait before attempting the next retry when using random strategy. Defaults to `5` Used only when `retry_wait_strategy` is set to `random`.
+
 ### `shell`
 
 **Optional** Shell to use to execute `command`. Defaults to `powershell` on Windows, `bash` otherwise. Supports bash, python, pwsh, sh, cmd, and powershell per [docs](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsshell)
@@ -74,6 +86,16 @@ The final exit code returned by the command
 
 The final error returned by the command
 
+## Wait strategies
+
+### Fixed
+
+Default strategy. Waits for `retry_wait_seconds` between retries.
+
+### Random
+
+Waits for a random number of seconds between `retry_wait_seconds_min` and `retry_wait_seconds_max` between retries.
+
 ## Examples
 
 ### Shell

action.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ inputs:
     description: Number of seconds to wait before attempting the next retry
     required: false
     default: 10
+  retry_wait_seconds_min:
+    description: Number of seconds to min. wait before attempting the next retry - used for random wait strategy
+    required: false
+    default: 5
+  retry_wait_seconds_max:
+    description: Number of seconds to max wait before attempting the next retry - used for random wait strategy
+    required: false
+    default: 10
+  retry_wait_strategy:
+    description: Strategy to use for retry wait.  Supports fixed and random
+    required: false
+    default: fixed
   shell:
     description: Alternate shell to use (defaults to powershell on windows, bash otherwise).  Supports bash, python, pwsh, sh, cmd, and powershell
     required: false