# p-retry: what changed from 7 to 8

- Product: p-retry (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/p-retry)
- Vendor: Sindre Sorhus
- Range: changelog entries numbered after v7.1.1 up to and including v8.0.1, stable releases only
- Entries below: 2 releases (newest first)
- Resolved: 7 is v7.1.1 and 8 is v8.0.1, the newest stable release of each major we track
- Carrying security changes: 0 · CVEs mentioned: 0 · Mentioning breaking changes: 0 · Removing or deprecating something: 1
- Page: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/p-retry/compare/7...8

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## What changed (6 changes, grouped by kind)

### Added

#### v8.0.0 (2026-03-26)

- Add retryDelay to onFailedAttempt context

### Changed

#### v8.0.0 (2026-03-26)

- Change retry callback order from onFailedAttempt → shouldConsumeRetry → shouldRetry to shouldConsumeRetry → onFailedAttempt → shouldRetry
- Harden retry timing and callback validation

### Fixed

#### v8.0.1 (2026-09-01)

- Fix error for invalid fractional retry counts

#### v8.0.0 (2026-03-26)

- Fix TypeError retry handling

### Removed

#### v8.0.0 (2026-03-26)

- Drop support for Node.js versions below 22

## Release notes

### v8.0.1

- Date: 2026-09-01
- Version: v8.0.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-retry/releases/tag/v8.0.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/p-retry/releases/v8.0.1

- **fixed** — Fix error for invalid fractional retry counts

- Fix error for invalid fractional retry counts  3c22035

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https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-retry/compare/v8.0.0...v8.0.1

### v8.0.0

- Date: 2026-03-26
- Version: v8.0.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-retry/releases/tag/v8.0.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/p-retry/releases/v8.0.0

- **removed** — Drop support for Node.js versions below 22
- **changed** — Change retry callback order from onFailedAttempt → shouldConsumeRetry → shouldRetry to shouldConsumeRetry → onFailedAttempt → shouldRetry
- **added** — Add retryDelay to onFailedAttempt context
- **fixed** — Fix TypeError retry handling
- **changed** — Harden retry timing and callback validation

###### Breaking

- Require Node.js 22  85cdece
- Change retry callback order  616306e
	- Callback order changed from `onFailedAttempt` → `shouldConsumeRetry` → `shouldRetry` to `shouldConsumeRetry` → `onFailedAttempt` → `shouldRetry`.
	- Consumption decisions are now made before failure notifications and retry decisions.

###### Improvements

- Add [`retryDelay`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-retry#retrydelay) to `onFailedAttempt` context (#66)  96cce98
- Fix `TypeError` retry handling  f011d2e
- Harden retry timing and callback validation  9d47b60

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https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-retry/compare/v7.1.1...v8.0.0