feat(NODE-7122): exponential backoff between retries in convenient transaction API #4765
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Summary of Changes
This PR adds exponential backoff between convenient transaction API failures if the transaction must be restarted. (DRIVERS-1934)
Release Highlight
withTransactionnow applies exponential backoff during transaction retriesThe convenient transaction API now uses exponential backoff between retries if a transaction must be retried. Under scenarios of high server load, this can prevent transaction retry storms.
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npm run check:lint)type(NODE-xxxx)[!]: descriptionfeat(NODE-1234)!: rewriting everything in coffeescript