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-netbox_vmware_importer/migrations
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+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
diff --git a/netbox_vmware_importer/migrations/0005_add_proxmox_connection_tuning.py b/netbox_vmware_importer/migrations/0005_add_proxmox_connection_tuning.py
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+import decimal
+
+import django.core.validators
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("netbox_vmware_importer", "0004_add_endpoint_api_timeout"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="vcenterendpoint",
+            name="connect_timeout_seconds",
+            field=models.PositiveIntegerField(
+                default=10,
+                help_text="TCP/TLS connection timeout in seconds.",
+                validators=[
+                    django.core.validators.MinValueValidator(1),
+                    django.core.validators.MaxValueValidator(120),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="vcenterendpoint",
+            name="max_retries",
+            field=models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(
+                default=0,
+                help_text="Retries for safe Proxmox GET requests when the endpoint returns transient errors.",
+                validators=[
+                    django.core.validators.MinValueValidator(0),
+                    django.core.validators.MaxValueValidator(10),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="vcenterendpoint",
+            name="retry_backoff_seconds",
+            field=models.DecimalField(
+                decimal_places=2,
+                default=decimal.Decimal("0.50"),
+                help_text="Exponential retry backoff base delay in seconds.",
+                max_digits=5,
+                validators=[
+                    django.core.validators.MinValueValidator(decimal.Decimal("0.00")),
+                    django.core.validators.MaxValueValidator(decimal.Decimal("60.00")),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]