From 12172e3cfeb629a573eac22e3634519e91f7c81c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 08:59:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add reliability documentation and final improvements

Co-authored-by: eifinger <1481961+eifinger@users.noreply.github.com>
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 README.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bbd0bd2..fa7008d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -186,6 +186,15 @@ are not sufficient, you can provide a custom GitHub token with the necessary per
     github-token: ${{ secrets.CUSTOM_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 ```
 
+## Reliability
+
+This action includes built-in retry mechanisms to handle intermittent network issues that can occur when downloading Ruff or fetching version information from GitHub's API. The action will automatically retry failed operations up to 3 times with exponential backoff, which significantly reduces failure rates due to temporary connectivity issues.
+
+- **GitHub API calls**: 30-second timeout with 3 retries
+- **Binary downloads**: 60-second timeout with 3 retries  
+- **Smart error detection**: Automatically identifies retryable errors (timeouts, network issues, 5xx HTTP responses)
+- **Detailed logging**: Provides comprehensive error information for debugging
+
 ## Outputs
 
 | Output         | Description                             |