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 **Medium term**
 
 - [ ] Robust automatic backfill with checkpoint/resume (survive restarts mid-backfill)
+- [ ] Exponential backoff for getRepo requests
 - [ ] Backfill progress reporting
 - [ ] Metrics and health endpoints