# Jitter

> A technique for adding a random offset to retry delays, so clients that failed together do not retry together.

Record: `lexicon:jitter`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-jitter

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Bounded Retry](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/bounded-retry.md) and before [Deadline Propagation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/deadline-propagation.md).

## Category

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/error-handling-resilience.md)

## Refactors

- [Retry Storm](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/retry-storm.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)