A Kotlin Multiplatform library providing resilience patterns (Timeout, Retry, Circuit Breaker, Rate Limiter, Bulkhead, Hedging, Cache, Fallback) for suspend functions. Compose them declaratively with a small DSL and observe runtime telemetry via Flow.

import com.santimattius.resilient.composition.resilient
import com.santimattius.resilient.retry.ExponentialBackoff
import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.seconds
import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.milliseconds

val policy = resilient {
    timeout { timeout = 2.seconds }
    retry {
        maxAttempts = 3
        backoffStrategy = ExponentialBackoff(initialDelay = 100.milliseconds)
    }
    circuitBreaker {
        failureThreshold = 5
        successThreshold = 2
        timeout = 30.seconds
    }
}

suspend fun call(): String = policy.execute { fetchData() }

Observe runtime events from policy.events (SharedFlow):

• RetryAttempt(attempt, error)
• CircuitStateChanged(from, to)
• RateLimited(waitTime)
• BulkheadRejected(reason)
• CacheHit(key) / CacheMiss(key)
• TimeoutTriggered(timeout)
• FallbackTriggered(error)
• HedgingUsed(attemptIndex)
• OperationSuccess(duration) / OperationFailure(error, duration)

val job = scope.launch {
    policy.events.collect { event -> println(event) }
}

Outer → Inner (default):

• Fallback → Cache → Timeout → Retry → Circuit Breaker → Rate Limiter → Bulkhead → Hedging → Block
• Fallback wraps outermost to handle failures after all policies.

The composition order is configurable. Use compositionOrder() to specify a custom order:

import com.santimattius.resilient.composition.OrderablePolicyType

val policy = resilient(scope) {
    compositionOrder(listOf(
        OrderablePolicyType.CACHE,        // Check cache first (after Fallback)
        OrderablePolicyType.TIMEOUT,      // Then apply timeout
        OrderablePolicyType.RETRY,        // Retry on failures
        OrderablePolicyType.CIRCUIT_BREAKER,
        OrderablePolicyType.RATE_LIMITER,
        OrderablePolicyType.BULKHEAD,
        OrderablePolicyType.HEDGING
    ))
    // Fallback is automatically added as the outermost policy
    // ... configure policies
}

Important Notes:

• Fallback is not included in OrderablePolicyType - it is always positioned outermost automatically
• All orderable policy types (7 total) must be included in the custom order exactly once
• Fallback must remain outermost to catch all failures from other policies
• The order affects how policies interact with each other, so choose carefully based on your use case

• Timeout outer, Retry inner (default): The timeout applies to the entire execution (all retries combined). A single slow attempt can consume the full timeout; if it expires, the whole operation fails.
• Retry outer, Timeout inner: Each attempt has its own timeout. You can get more attempts within the same total wall-clock time. Use compositionOrder(listOf(..., OrderablePolicyType.RETRY, OrderablePolicyType.TIMEOUT, ...)) if you want per-attempt timeout.

Aborts the operation after a configured duration. onTimeout runs only on actual timeouts.

val policy = resilient {
    timeout {
        timeout = 3.seconds
        onTimeout = { /* log metric */ }
    }
}

Retries failing operations according to a backoff strategy and predicate. Use shouldRetry to avoid retrying non-transient errors (e.g. 4xx client errors); retry only on 5xx, network/IO, or timeouts.

import com.santimattius.resilient.retry.*

val policy = resilient {
    retry {
        maxAttempts = 4
        shouldRetry = { it is java.io.IOException }  // e.g. only retry IO; do not retry 4xx
        backoffStrategy = ExponentialBackoff(
            initialDelay = 200.milliseconds,
            maxDelay = 5.seconds,
            factor = 2.0,
            jitter = true
        )
    }
}

Supported backoffs: ExponentialBackoff, LinearBackoff, FixedBackoff.

Prevents hammering failing downstreams. States: CLOSED → OPEN → HALF_OPEN.

val policy = resilient {
    circuitBreaker {
        failureThreshold = 5
        successThreshold = 2
        halfOpenMaxCalls = 1
        timeout = 60.seconds // OPEN duration
    }
}

Token-bucket limiting, optional max wait when limited.

val policy = resilient {
    rateLimiter {
        maxCalls = 10
        period = 1.seconds
        timeoutWhenLimited = 5.seconds // throw if wait would exceed
        onRateLimited = { /* metric */ }
    }
}

Limit concurrent executions and queued waiters; optional acquire timeout.

val policy = resilient {
    bulkhead {
        maxConcurrentCalls = 8
        maxWaitingCalls = 32
        timeout = 2.seconds
    }
}

Launch parallel attempts and return the first successful result. Use carefully (extra load).

val policy = resilient {
    hedging {
        attempts = 3
        stagger = 50.milliseconds
    }
}

Cache successful results per key with TTL.

val policy = resilient {
    cache {
        key = "users:123"
        ttl = 30.seconds
    }
}

Return a fallback value when the operation fails. Ensure the fallback return type matches the type returned by the block passed to execute(), otherwise a ClassCastException may occur at runtime.

import com.santimattius.resilient.fallback.FallbackConfig

val policy = resilient {
    fallback(FallbackConfig { err ->
        // produce a fallback from error (log/metric here)
        "fallback-value"
    })
}

val policy = resilient {
    cache { key = "profile:42"; ttl = 20.seconds }
    timeout { timeout = 2.seconds }
    retry {
        maxAttempts = 3
        backoffStrategy = ExponentialBackoff(initialDelay = 100.milliseconds)
    }
    circuitBreaker { failureThreshold = 5; successThreshold = 2; halfOpenMaxCalls = 1 }
    rateLimiter { maxCalls = 50; period = 1.seconds }
    bulkhead { maxConcurrentCalls = 10; maxWaitingCalls = 100 }
    hedging { attempts = 2 }
    fallback(FallbackConfig { "cached-or-default" })
}

suspend fun load(): User = policy.execute { loadProfile() }

A ready-to-run sample is available at:

• androidApp/src/main/kotlin/com/santimattius/kmp/ResilientExample.kt

Use it from MainActivity:

setContent { ResilientExample() }

• Start simple: Timeout + Retry. Add Circuit Breaker for flaky dependencies.
• shouldRetry: Do not retry on 4xx client errors (e.g. 400, 404, 409); retry only on transient failures (5xx, network/IO, timeouts). This avoids amplifying bad requests and keeps idempotency expectations clear.
• Rate limiter for external APIs; Bulkhead for database or threadpool protection.
• Hedging reduces tail latency but raises load—use selectively.
• Cache only idempotent reads; set TTL appropriately.
• Always observe telemetry (including CacheHit/CacheMiss, FallbackTriggered) for visibility and tuning.

• Use kotlinx-coroutines-test for virtual time.
• Verify: retry attempts and delays, CB transitions, RL windows, BH limits, composition order, cancellation propagation, telemetry.