From a74f17a6b9ae820de398fd4de3eaffa52ba2bcff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sakfa <640527+sakfa@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 14:15:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Replace confirm dialogs on edit/delete failures with
 exponential backoff

On 429 rate-limit responses, automatically retry after 1s doubling each
failure up to 1024s. Resets to 1s on any successful request or new run.
---
 powerdeletesuite.js | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/powerdeletesuite.js b/powerdeletesuite.js
index bfca90d..275bbe3 100644
--- a/powerdeletesuite.js
+++ b/powerdeletesuite.js
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ var pd = {
       });
     },
     createProcessStream: function () {
+      pd.backoff.reset();
       window.pd_processing = true;
       pd.exportItems = [];
       pd.exportIds = [];
@@ -548,6 +549,22 @@ var pd = {
       });
     },
   },
+  backoff: {
+    delay: 1000,
+    maxDelay: 1024000,
+    schedule: function (fn) {
+      console.log(
+        "[PowerDeleteSuite] Rate limited (429). Backing off for " +
+          pd.backoff.delay / 1000 +
+          "s before retrying..."
+      );
+      setTimeout(fn, pd.backoff.delay);
+      pd.backoff.delay = Math.min(pd.backoff.delay * 2, pd.backoff.maxDelay);
+    },
+    reset: function () {
+      pd.backoff.delay = 1000;
+    },
+  },
   helpers: {
     validate: function () {
       if (pd.task.config.isEditing && pd.task.config.editText === "") {
@@ -885,22 +902,18 @@ var pd = {
             },
           }).then(
             function () {
+              pd.backoff.reset();
               pd.task.items[0].pdDeleted = true;
               pd.actions.children.handleSingle();
             },
-            function () {
+            function (jqXHR) {
               pd.task.info.errors++;
-              if (
-                confirm(
-                  "Error deleting " +
-                    (item.kind == "t3" ? "post" : "comment") +
-                    ", would you like to retry?"
-                )
-              ) {
-                pd.actions.children.handleSingle();
+              if (jqXHR.status === 429) {
+                pd.backoff.schedule(function () {
+                  pd.actions.children.handleSingle();
+                });
               } else {
-                pd.actions.children.finishItem();
-                pd.actions.children.handleGroup();
+                pd.actions.children.handleSingle();
               }
             }
           );
@@ -929,21 +942,19 @@ var pd = {
             },
           }).then(
             function () {
+              pd.backoff.reset();
               pd.task.items[0].pdEdited = true;
               pd.actions.children.handleSingle();
             },
-            function () {
+            function (jqXHR) {
               pd.task.info.errors++;
-              if (
-                !confirm(
-                  "Error editing " +
-                    (item.kind == "t3" ? "post" : "comment") +
-                    ", would you like to retry?"
-                )
-              ) {
-                item.pdEdited = true;
+              if (jqXHR.status === 429) {
+                pd.backoff.schedule(function () {
+                  pd.actions.children.handleSingle();
+                });
+              } else {
+                pd.actions.children.handleSingle();
               }
-              pd.actions.children.handleSingle();
             }
           );
         } else {