Say max_retries is the total attempt count, not a retry count (closes #316)

The help text under the field on both target forms and the max_retries rows in the README now say the number is the total number of delivery attempts: 0 is a single attempt with no retries and no circuit breaker, and N is N attempts in total. The delivery code already worked this way; only the wording was wrong, so an operator wanting one try plus two retries would have entered 2 instead of 3. A UI copy test renders both forms and pins the wording. Delivery behaviour is unchanged. Model: opus-4-8 (implementation); fable-5-1 (merge)
2026-09-21 18:33:09 +02:00
parent 39afa69bfc
commit b051821370
4 changed files with 91 additions and 11 deletions
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="max_retries" class="label">Max retries</label>
                <input type="number" id="max_retries" name="max_retries" value="{{.Target.MaxRetries}}" min="0" max="20" class="input">
-                <p class="text-xs text-gray-500 mt-1">0 is fire-and-forget: one attempt, no circuit breaker.</p>
+                <p class="text-xs text-gray-500 mt-1">This is the total number of delivery attempts, not retries on top of the first: a value of 3 makes three attempts in all. 0 means a single attempt with no retries and no circuit breaker.</p>
            </div>
            {{end}}