title: When to use ExponentialBackOffPolicy vs FixedBackOffPolicy when setting retry policy for a kafka consumer in a Spring boot app?
body: <p>When to use ExponentialBackOffPolicy vs FixedBackOffPolicy when setting retry policy for a kafka consumer in a Spring boot app?</p>
  
  <p>I see <strong>FixedBackOffPolicy</strong> as an implementation of BackOffPolicy that pauses for a fixed period of time before continuing and <strong>ExponentialBackOffPolicy</strong> as an implementation of BackOffPolicy that increases the back off period for each retry attempt in a given set.</p>
  
  <p>Apart from this, FixedBackOffPolicy extends StatelessBackOffPolicy whereas ExponentialBackOffPolicy don't. In this aspect, Please help me understand, what are the appropriate use cases to prefer one over the other?</p>