--- title: Medium | daily.dev description: A deep dive into implementing a recursive retry utility in JavaScript using explicit Promise chains without async/await. Covers four real-world use cases for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-ef2a4qqot twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Medium | daily.dev og:description: A deep dive into implementing a recursive retry utility in JavaScript using explicit Promise chains without async/await. Covers four real-world use cases for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-ef2a4qqot og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ef2a4qQot.png og:image:alt: Medium og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Medium **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A deep dive into implementing a recursive retry utility in JavaScript using explicit Promise chains without async/await. Covers four real-world use cases for the retry pattern (unstable network requests, API rate limiting, database connection issues, file system lockouts), provides a complete implementation with step-by-step execution simulation, and explains the underlying concepts of closures and microtask flow. Includes the key architectural rule: only retry transient errors, never deterministic ones. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Error Recovery Patterns: Building Resilient DeepSeek-R1 Applications](https://daily.dev/posts/error-recovery-patterns-building-resilient-deepseek-r1-applications-xvb4coeh6) · SitePoint · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to Go from Toy API Calls to Production-Ready Networking in JavaScript](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-go-from-toy-api-calls-to-production-ready-networking-in-javascript-urjuzdobr) · freeCodeCamp · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#recursion](https://daily.dev/tags/recursion) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/medium-ef2a4qqot) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Medium","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/medium-ef2a4qqot","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/medium-ef2a4qqot"},"datePublished":"2026-07-25T14:26:57.198Z","dateModified":"2026-07-25T14:27:39.840Z","description":"A deep dive into implementing a recursive retry utility in JavaScript using explicit Promise chains without async/await. Covers four real-world use cases for...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a8c36c7e54ed5f10cb9568071b533f21?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a8c36c7e54ed5f10cb9568071b533f21?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/medium-ef2a4qqot","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"javascript,recursion","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Medium"}]} ```