Retry Contact messages 20 time (about two weeks)

closes #7705

Changelog.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 * Work on the data downloads: Fixed general layout of buttons, added a timestamp and implemented auto-deletion of old exports [#7684](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7684)
 * Increase Twitter character limit to 280 [#7694](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7694)
 * Improve password autocomplete with password managers [#7642](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7642)
+* Removed the limit of participants in private conversations [#7705](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7705)
+* Send blocks to the blocked persons pod for better UX [#7705](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7705)
 
 ## Bug fixes
 * Fix invite link on the contacts page when the user has no contacts [#7690](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7690)

app/workers/send_base.rb

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module Workers
     protected
 
     def schedule_retry(retry_count, sender_id, obj_str, failed_urls)
-      if retry_count < MAX_RETRIES
+      if retry_count < (obj_str.start_with?("Contact") ? MAX_RETRIES + 10 : MAX_RETRIES)
         yield(seconds_to_delay(retry_count), retry_count)
       else
         logger.warn "status=abandon sender=#{sender_id} obj=#{obj_str} failed_urls='[#{failed_urls.join(', ')}]'"

spec/workers/send_base_spec.rb

@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ describe Workers::SendBase do
   end
 
   it "increases the interval for each retry" do
-    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 2)).to be >= 625
+    (2..19).each do |count|
-    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 3)).to be >= 1_296
+      expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, count)).to be >= ((count + 3)**4)
-    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 4)).to be >= 2_401
+    end
-    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 5)).to be >= 4_096
+
-    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 6)).to be >= 6_561
+    # lets make some tests with explicit numbers to make sure the formula above works correctly
-    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 7)).to be >= 10_000
+    # and increases the delay with the expected result
-    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 8)).to be >= 14_641
     expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 9)).to be >= 20_736
+    expect(Workers::SendBase.new.send(:seconds_to_delay, 19)).to be >= 234_256
   end
 end

spec/workers/send_private_spec.rb

@@ -41,4 +41,21 @@ describe Workers::SendPrivate do
       Workers::SendPrivate.new.perform(sender_id, obj_str, targets, 9)
     }.to raise_error Workers::SendBase::MaxRetriesReached
   end
+
+  it "retries contact entities 20 times" do
+    contact = Fabricate(:contact_entity, author: sender_id, recipient: alice.diaspora_handle)
+    obj_str = contact.to_s
+    targets = {"https://example.org/receive/user/guid" => "<xml>post</xml>"}
+    expect(DiasporaFederation::Federation::Sender).to receive(:private).with(
+      sender_id, obj_str, targets
+    ).and_return(targets).twice
+
+    expect(Workers::SendPrivate).to receive(:perform_in).with(a_kind_of(Numeric), sender_id, obj_str, targets, 19)
+    Workers::SendPrivate.new.perform(sender_id, obj_str, targets, 18)
+
+    expect(Workers::SendPrivate).not_to receive(:perform_in)
+    expect {
+      Workers::SendPrivate.new.perform(sender_id, obj_str, targets, 19)
+    }.to raise_error Workers::SendBase::MaxRetriesReached
+  end
 end