feat: make retry-policy knobs configurable via connect() (both backends)

lib/DBSQLClient.ts

@@ -611,6 +611,24 @@ export default class DBSQLClient extends EventEmitter implements IDBSQLClient, I
       this.config.preserveBigNumericPrecision = options.preserveBigNumericPrecision;
     }
 
+    // Retry-policy knobs. These live in ClientConfig (consumed by the Thrift
+    // HttpRetryPolicy and forwarded to the kernel on the SEA path), so copying
+    // them here makes them configurable from connect() on BOTH backends. A
+    // per-key narrowed copy (not a spread) keeps the structural type system
+    // honest, matching the metricView / precision / telemetry knobs above.
+    if (options.retryMaxAttempts !== undefined) {
+      this.config.retryMaxAttempts = options.retryMaxAttempts;
+    }
+    if (options.retriesTimeout !== undefined) {
+      this.config.retriesTimeout = options.retriesTimeout;
+    }
+    if (options.retryDelayMin !== undefined) {
+      this.config.retryDelayMin = options.retryDelayMin;
+    }
+    if (options.retryDelayMax !== undefined) {
+      this.config.retryDelayMax = options.retryDelayMax;
+    }
+
     // Override telemetry config if provided in options. Per-key narrowed copy
     // preserves the structural type system: `ConnectionOptions` and
     // `ClientConfig` declare identical types for these knobs, so a user

lib/contracts/IDBSQLClient.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,29 @@ export type ConnectionOptions = {
   proxy?: ProxyOptions;
   enableMetricViewMetadata?: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * Retry-policy knobs governing how the driver retries retryable requests.
+   * They apply to **both** backends: the Thrift `HttpRetryPolicy` reads them
+   * directly, and on the kernel (SEA) path they are forwarded to the kernel
+   * (which owns the retry loop) via `buildKernelRetryOptions`. An unset field
+   * keeps the driver default shown below.
+   *
+   *   • `retryMaxAttempts` — maximum TOTAL number of attempts (the initial
+   *     request plus any retries). Default 5. `0` or `1` both mean a single
+   *     attempt with no retry. Both backends honour the same total-attempt
+   *     semantics (the kernel converts it to its after-initial retry count).
+   *   • `retriesTimeout`   — maximum total wallclock spent retrying, in
+   *     milliseconds. Default 900000 (15 minutes).
+   *   • `retryDelayMin`    — minimum backoff between attempts, in milliseconds.
+   *     Default 1000.
+   *   • `retryDelayMax`    — maximum backoff between attempts, in milliseconds.
+   *     Default 60000.
+   */
+  retryMaxAttempts?: number;
+  retriesTimeout?: number;
+  retryDelayMin?: number;
+  retryDelayMax?: number;
+
   /**
    * Preserve full numeric precision in results. When `true`, DECIMAL columns
    * are returned as exact strings and 64-bit integers (BIGINT) as JS `bigint`,

tests/unit/DBSQLClient.test.ts

@@ -620,6 +620,42 @@ describe('DBSQLClient.createAuthProvider', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('DBSQLClient retry-policy ConnectionOptions', () => {
+  it('ingests retry-policy options from connect() into ClientConfig', async () => {
+    const client = new DBSQLClient();
+
+    // Defaults before connect.
+    expect(client.getConfig().retryMaxAttempts).to.equal(5);
+    expect(client.getConfig().retriesTimeout).to.equal(15 * 60 * 1000);
+    expect(client.getConfig().retryDelayMin).to.equal(1000);
+    expect(client.getConfig().retryDelayMax).to.equal(60 * 1000);
+
+    await client.connect({
+      ...connectOptions,
+      retryMaxAttempts: 2,
+      retriesTimeout: 5000,
+      retryDelayMin: 100,
+      retryDelayMax: 500,
+    });
+
+    expect(client.getConfig().retryMaxAttempts).to.equal(2);
+    expect(client.getConfig().retriesTimeout).to.equal(5000);
+    expect(client.getConfig().retryDelayMin).to.equal(100);
+    expect(client.getConfig().retryDelayMax).to.equal(500);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps defaults when retry-policy options are omitted', async () => {
+    const client = new DBSQLClient();
+
+    await client.connect({ ...connectOptions });
+
+    expect(client.getConfig().retryMaxAttempts).to.equal(5);
+    expect(client.getConfig().retriesTimeout).to.equal(15 * 60 * 1000);
+    expect(client.getConfig().retryDelayMin).to.equal(1000);
+    expect(client.getConfig().retryDelayMax).to.equal(60 * 1000);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('DBSQLClient.enableMetricViewMetadata', () => {
   it('should store enableMetricViewMetadata config when enabled', async () => {
     const client = new DBSQLClient();