fix retry when it is a live forever-lived http request

config/config.go

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func NewConfig() *Config {
 	proxyConfig := middleware.ProxyConfig{
 		Skipper:    middleware.DefaultSkipper,
 		ContextKey: "target",
-		RetryCount: 0,
+		RetryCount: len(configFile.TezosHost) + 1,
 		Balancer:   balancer,
 		RetryFilter: func(c echo.Context, err error) bool {
 			if httpErr, ok := err.(*echo.HTTPError); ok {

config/viper.go

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 
 func initViper() *ConfigFile {
 
-
 	// Set the configuration file name and path
 	viper.SetConfigName("tzproxy")
 	viper.SetConfigType("yaml")

main.go

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fraidev/echo-contrib/echoprometheus"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4/middleware"
-	"github.com/marigold-dev/tzproxy/middlewares"
 	"github.com/marigold-dev/tzproxy/config"
+	"github.com/marigold-dev/tzproxy/middlewares"
 	"github.com/ziflex/lecho/v3"
 )
 

middlewares/cache.go

@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ func Cache(config *config.Config) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 	return echocache.New(&echocache.Config{
 		TTL: config.CacheTTL,
 		Cache: func(r *http.Request) bool {
-			if !config.ConfigFile.Cache.Enabled || r.Method != http.MethodGet {
+			if !config.ConfigFile.Cache.Enabled ||
+				r.Method != http.MethodGet ||
+				strings.Contains(r.URL.Path, "mempool") ||
+				strings.Contains(r.URL.Path, "monitor") {
 				return false
 			}
 

middlewares/retry.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package middlewares
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 	"github.com/marigold-dev/tzproxy/config"
@@ -11,7 +12,10 @@ import (
 func Retry(config *config.Config) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 	return func(next echo.HandlerFunc) echo.HandlerFunc {
 		return func(c echo.Context) (err error) {
-			if config.ConfigFile.TezosHostRetry == "" {
+			if config.ConfigFile.TezosHostRetry == "" ||
+				c.Request().Method != http.MethodGet ||
+				strings.Contains(c.Request().URL.Path, "mempool") ||
+				strings.Contains(c.Request().URL.Path, "monitor") {
 				return next(c)
 			}