[faizanu94]

Resolves #503

Summary

This PR adds support for retryCondition option for $fetch.

What’s new

• Introduces retryCondition(context) callback for custom retry logic.
• Keeps retryStatusCodes and retryCondition independent — retries if either is satisfied.
• If retryCondition throws, the error is propagated to the consumer.
• Functionality is verified via unit tests

Example

await $fetch('/api/data', {
  retry: 3,
  retryCondition: (ctx) => {
    // Retry until response body contains expected field
    return ctx.response?._data?.status !== 'ready';
  }
});

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
  * Added an optional retry condition that can make retry decisions using fetch context, either synchronously or asynchronously.
  * Retries continue to respect the configured retry limit and retryable status codes. A matching status code can still trigger a retry even when the custom condition returns false.
  * Errors thrown by the custom condition are passed to the caller without retrying.

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[onmax]

proposal: rename it to retryIf

[faizanu94]

Agreed, renamed to retryIf ✅ aligns with predicate style naming

[faizanu94]

@pi0 this is ready for review when you get a moment!

[gustavopch]

This would be helpful because sometimes we can't know just from the HTTP status if it's safe to retry. I hope this PR or #359 can be merged soon.

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Walkthrough

The fetch options now accept an optional synchronous or asynchronous retryIf predicate. The error handler retries when retries remain and either the predicate returns true or the response status matches the configured retryable statuses.

Changes: Custom Retry Logic

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Retry contract and decision path src/types.ts, src/fetch.ts, test/index.test.ts	FetchOptions adds retryIf. The error handler combines the predicate result with retryable status codes. Tests cover synchronous and asynchronous predicates, false results, thrown errors, and configured status codes.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant FetchRequest
  participant onError
  participant retryIf
  FetchRequest->>onError: Pass error context
  onError->>retryIf: Evaluate context when callback exists
  retryIf-->>onError: Return boolean or throw error
  onError->>FetchRequest: Retry when retries remain and predicate or status matches

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Possibly related PRs

• unjs/ofetch#640: Creates a fresh timeout signal for each recursive fetch attempt, including retries permitted by retryIf.

Suggested reviewers: pi0

Merge Risk: Low · up to 95378

The new retryIf option works for the main retry paths, but the predicate is also called after retries are exhausted. A slow or throwing predicate can therefore delay or mask the final fetch error. This is a small, localized fix; merging with it addressed first is advisable.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 2

Failed checks: 2 warnings

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check		Issue [#503] requires retries based on caller-defined response criteria. src/fetch.ts evaluates retryIf only inside onError. The code calls onError for fetch failures and HTTP statuses from 40…	Evaluate retryIf for successful responses when the option is configured, while preserving the retry count and the OR behavior with retryStatusCodes. Add a test that returns a successful response with a non-matching body and verifies tha…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 3 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding the retryIf option for custom retry conditions.
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes in src/fetch.ts, src/types.ts, and test/index.test.ts implement and test the custom retry callback requested by issue [#503]. No unrelated change is shown in the supplied PR evidence…

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The changes in src/fetch.ts, src/types.ts, and test/index.test.ts implement and test the custom retry callback requested by issue [#503]. No unrelated change is shown in the supplied PR evidence.

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Explanation

Issue [#503] requires retries based on caller-defined response criteria. src/fetch.ts evaluates retryIf only inside onError. The code calls onError for fetch failures and HTTP statuses from 400 through 599. A successful response, such as a 200 response whose body does not match the requested criteria, returns without evaluating retryIf. The added tests cover only error responses.

Resolution

Evaluate retryIf for successful responses when the option is configured, while preserving the retry count and the OR behavior with retryStatusCodes. Add a test that returns a successful response with a non-matching body and verifies that the predicate causes a retry.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

🧹 Nitpick comments: 1

test/index.test.ts: 1

349-351: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add a retryIf: true case for a status outside the default retry list.

The retryIf tests that expect retries use HTTP 408 (test/index.test.ts:349 and :361). The default retry status list includes 408, so these requests retry without the predicate. The tests still pass if the predicate result is ignored, because they check only the predicate call count. No test shows that retryIf returning true enables a retry for a status outside the default list.

Add a test that requests the 404 route with retry: 2 and retryIf: () => true. Assert the number of request attempts. The existing 404 test with retryIf returning false shows that the predicate runs for 404.

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Review comment at @test/index.test.ts around lines 349 - 351:
Add a `retryIf: true` case alongside the existing retry tests in
`test/index.test.ts`, using `getURL("404")` with `retry: 2`. Assert the number
of request attempts to verify that a true predicate enables retries for a status
outside the default retry list.

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src/fetch.ts-63-65: 1

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Evaluate retryIf for responses that fail caller-defined criteria.

If a server returns HTTP 200 with a body such as { status: "pending" }, $fetchRaw returns that response without calling onError. The new predicate therefore cannot retry the response-body case shown in the PR example. Evaluate the predicate on the response path after parsing, while preserving the existing error and retry rules. (github.com)

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Review comments at @src/fetch.ts:
- Around line 63-65: In the `onError` retry flow, check that retries remain
before invoking `context.options.retryIf`; when the retry budget is exhausted,
return the normalized fetch error without awaiting the predicate. Update
affected tests to expect two predicate calls instead of three.

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Review comments at @test/index.test.ts:
- Around line 349-351: Add a `retryIf: true` case alongside the existing retry
tests in `test/index.test.ts`, using `getURL("404")` with `retry: 2`. Assert the
number of request attempts to verify that a true predicate enables retries for a
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Check the retry budget before invoking retryIf.

When retries is zero, onError still awaits retryIf. A slow predicate delays the final error, and a throwing predicate replaces the normalized fetch error. Move the budget check before the callback. Update tests that currently expect three predicate calls to expect two.

Suggested fix

--- "a/src/fetch.ts"
+++ "b/src/fetch.ts"
@@ -60,27 +60,29 @@
         ? context.options.retryStatusCodes.includes(responseCode)
         : retryStatusCodes.has(responseCode);
 
-      const isConditionalRetry =
-        typeof context.options.retryIf === "function"
-          ? await context.options.retryIf(context)
-          : false;
-
-      const shouldRetry = isRetryableStatus || isConditionalRetry;
-
-      if (retries > 0 && shouldRetry) {
+      if (retries > 0) {
+        const isConditionalRetry =
+          typeof context.options.retryIf === "function"
+            ? await context.options.retryIf(context)
+            : false;
+
+        const shouldRetry = isRetryableStatus || isConditionalRetry;
+
+        if (shouldRetry) {
         const retryDelay =
           typeof context.options.retryDelay === "function"
             ? context.options.retryDelay(context)
             : context.options.retryDelay || 0;
         if (retryDelay > 0) {
           await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, retryDelay));
         }
         // Timeout
         return $fetchRaw(context.request, {
           ...context.options,
           retry: retries - 1,
         });
+        }
       }
     }
 
     // Throw normalized error

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Review comment at @src/fetch.ts around lines 63 - 65:
In the `onError` retry flow, check that retries remain before invoking
`context.options.retryIf`; when the retry budget is exhausted, return the
normalized fetch error without awaiting the predicate. Update affected tests to
expect two predicate calls instead of three.

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