Handle unhandled promise rejections and implement exponential backoff for rate limit errors #191
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The event pipeline was crashing with UnhandledPromiseRejection errors when hitting Alchemy API rate limits. The application would terminate completely and require manual restart.
Root causes:
No error handling in the schedule function - Errors from the scraper functions would bubble up as unhandled promise rejections, causing Node.js to crash
No retry backoff logic - After rate limit errors, the pipeline would retry immediately at the same rate, continuing to hit rate limits
Solution
Added top-level error handling to schedule function
Wrapped all async operations in try-catch blocks
Prevents unhandled promise rejections from crashing the application
Enables automatic recovery from transient failures
Implemented exponential backoff retry logic
Tracks consecutive errors and increases delay between retries (2s → 4s → 8s → 16s → 32s)
Caps maximum backoff at 60 seconds to ensure eventual recovery
Resets error counter on successful runs
Reduces pressure on the API during rate limit periods