Cadence

Cadence is a Laravel package for applying progressive backoff based on consecutive failures.

Unlike traditional rate limiting, Cadence only introduces delays after repeated failed attempts. A successful operation immediately resets the backoff state, allowing normal traffic to continue uninterrupted while slowing down repeated failures.

• Track repeated failures on a per-key basis
• Apply progressive backoff after configurable free attempts
• Multiple built-in backoff strategies (Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, Quadratic)
• Optional jitter algorithms to distribute retries and reduce synchronized retry bursts
• Reset backoff immediately after successful operations
• Store state using Laravel's cache abstraction

Documentation

For the full installation guide, configuration reference, usage examples, API documentation, and step-by-step walkthroughs, visit:

https://cadence.kodefarmers.tech

The documentation source files are maintained in the companion repository:

kodefarmers/laravel-cadence-guide

Contributors can use the repository to review, edit, and improve the documentation.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please open an issue to discuss significant changes before submitting a pull request.

License

Cadence is open-source software licensed under the MIT License.