fleet/changes/31916-retry-policy-automations
Konstantin Sykulev c6746e5967
Automatic retry of failed policy automations of scripts and software installs (#38018)
**Related issue:** Resolves #31916

# Checklist for submitter

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- [x] Changes file added for user-visible changes in `changes/`,
`orbit/changes/` or `ee/fleetd-chrome/changes`.
See [Changes
files](https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/blob/main/docs/Contributing/guides/committing-changes.md#changes-files)
for more information.
- [x] Input data is properly validated, `SELECT *` is avoided, SQL
injection is prevented (using placeholders for values in statements)

## Testing

- [x] Added/updated automated tests
- [x] Where appropriate, [automated tests simulate multiple hosts and
test for host
isolation](https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/blob/main/docs/Contributing/reference/patterns-backend.md#unit-testing)
(updates to one hosts's records do not affect another)
- [x] QA'd all new/changed functionality manually

## Database migrations

- [x] Checked schema for all modified table for columns that will
auto-update timestamps during migration.
- [x] Confirmed that updating the timestamps is acceptable, and will not
cause unwanted side effects.
- [x] Ensured the correct collation is explicitly set for character
columns (`COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci`).

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* Script and software installer policy automations now automatically
retry up to three times on failure.
* Retry attempt counters automatically reset when policies transition
from failing to passing state.
* Enhanced attempt tracking for improved monitoring and troubleshooting
of policy automation executions.

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* Script and software installer policy automations will retry up to three times if attempts to run them fail.