diff --git a/src/TeamsISO.Engine/Pipeline/ExponentialBackoff.cs b/src/TeamsISO.Engine/Pipeline/ExponentialBackoff.cs
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+namespace TeamsISO.Engine.Pipeline;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Exponential backoff policy used by <see cref="IsoPipeline"/>'s restart supervisor.
+/// Doubles the delay on each successive attempt and caps it at <c>cap</c>. After
+/// <c>maxAttempts</c> consecutive failures, <see cref="ShouldGiveUp"/> returns true.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ExponentialBackoff
+{
+    private readonly int _maxAttempts;
+    private readonly TimeSpan _initial;
+    private readonly TimeSpan _cap;
+
+    public ExponentialBackoff(int maxAttempts, TimeSpan initial, TimeSpan cap)
+    {
+        if (maxAttempts <= 0) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(maxAttempts));
+        if (initial <= TimeSpan.Zero) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(initial));
+        if (cap < initial) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(cap));
+        _maxAttempts = maxAttempts;
+        _initial = initial;
+        _cap = cap;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Default policy: 5 attempts, 1s initial, 30s cap.</summary>
+    public static ExponentialBackoff Default { get; } =
+        new(maxAttempts: 5, initial: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), cap: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
+
+    public int MaxAttempts => _maxAttempts;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the delay before the <paramref name="attempt"/>-th retry.
+    /// <paramref name="attempt"/> is 1-based.
+    /// </summary>
+    public TimeSpan NextDelay(int attempt)
+    {
+        if (attempt <= 0) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(attempt));
+        var multiplier = Math.Pow(2, attempt - 1);
+        var delaySeconds = Math.Min(_initial.TotalSeconds * multiplier, _cap.TotalSeconds);
+        return TimeSpan.FromSeconds(delaySeconds);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns true once <paramref name="attemptCount"/> exceeds <c>maxAttempts</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool ShouldGiveUp(int attemptCount) => attemptCount > _maxAttempts;
+}
diff --git a/src/tests/TeamsISO.Engine.Tests/Pipeline/ExponentialBackoffTests.cs b/src/tests/TeamsISO.Engine.Tests/Pipeline/ExponentialBackoffTests.cs
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+using TeamsISO.Engine.Pipeline;
+
+namespace TeamsISO.Engine.Tests.Pipeline;
+
+public class ExponentialBackoffTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(1, 1)]
+    [InlineData(2, 2)]
+    [InlineData(3, 4)]
+    [InlineData(4, 8)]
+    [InlineData(5, 16)]
+    [InlineData(6, 30)] // capped at 30s
+    [InlineData(7, 30)]
+    public void NextDelay_FollowsExponentialSequenceWithCap(int attempt, int expectedSeconds)
+    {
+        var policy = new ExponentialBackoff(maxAttempts: 5, initial: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), cap: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
+        policy.NextDelay(attempt).Should().Be(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(expectedSeconds));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(1, false)]
+    [InlineData(4, false)]
+    [InlineData(5, false)]   // 5 attempts allowed
+    [InlineData(6, true)]    // give up after the 5th
+    public void ShouldGiveUp_AfterMaxAttempts(int attemptCount, bool expectGiveUp)
+    {
+        var policy = new ExponentialBackoff(maxAttempts: 5, initial: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), cap: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
+        policy.ShouldGiveUp(attemptCount).Should().Be(expectGiveUp);
+    }
+}