From 3852440c21363386b7b790605685d08a7c1a4876 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zhiwei Liang <zhiwei.liang@zliang.me>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:03:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: skip backoff sleep after the final retryAndBackoff
 attempt (#1937)

Signed-off-by: Zhiwei Liang <zhiwei.liang@zliang.me>
Co-authored-by: Joseph Klix <jkl@amazon.com>
---
 src/helpers.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/helpers.ts b/src/helpers.ts
index 18295e4..468a12d 100644
--- a/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/helpers.ts
@@ -260,13 +260,13 @@ export async function retryAndBackoff<T>(
         `Retrying after ${Math.floor(delay)}ms.`,
     );
 
-    await sleep(delay);
-
     if (nextRetry >= maxRetries) {
       core.info(`Retry${opName}: reached max retries (${maxRetries}); giving up.`);
       throw err;
     }
 
+    await sleep(delay);
+
     return await retryAndBackoff(fn, isRetryable, maxRetries, nextRetry, base, label);
   }
 }