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+#summary One-sentence summary of this page.
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+= Developer FAQ =
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+* How should one handle repository being unavailable during init()?
+
+init() will error if the SP server is unavailable, but the
+GsaCommunicationHandler will retry init() using exponential backoff
+(starting at a second and maxes at an hour) until it is interrupted,
+shutdown, or successful.
+