From 76c4a5ef9648a20ffdbd5847093b2e4b6567461f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 11:16:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Use exponential backoff and tighten connection error
 detection

Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/gabriel20xx/CollabTable/sessions/2bd9068b-15e3-43bb-81b9-94b4fb93bfdc

Co-authored-by: gabriel20xx <21219769+gabriel20xx@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 CollabTableServer/src/db.ts | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CollabTableServer/src/db.ts b/CollabTableServer/src/db.ts
index 84650f4..c891139 100644
--- a/CollabTableServer/src/db.ts
+++ b/CollabTableServer/src/db.ts
@@ -307,14 +307,13 @@ export async function initializeDatabase() {
       const isConnectionError =
         err?.code === 'ECONNREFUSED' ||
         err?.code === 'ENOTFOUND' ||
-        err?.code === 'ETIMEDOUT' ||
-        err?.message?.includes('connect');
+        err?.code === 'ETIMEDOUT';
 
       if (!isConnectionError || attempt === maxRetries) {
         throw err;
       }
 
-      const delay = retryDelayMs * attempt;
+      const delay = retryDelayMs * Math.pow(2, attempt - 1);
       console.warn(
         `Database connection attempt ${attempt}/${maxRetries} failed (${err.code || err.message}). Retrying in ${delay}ms...`
       );