---
title: Auto retry a secondary backend
summary: If primary backend fails, retry with a different backend without caching the failure or reducing cache efficiency.
url: https://www.fastly.com/documentation/solutions/examples/failover-to-a-secondary-backend
---

If primary backend fails, retry with a different backend without caching the failure or reducing cache efficiency.

## VCL

[Try it in Fastly Fiddle](https://fiddle.fastly.dev/03bb096b)

## Compute

### Rust

[Try it in Fastly Fiddle](https://fiddle.fastly.dev/26c31063)

### Javascript

[Try it in Fastly Fiddle](https://fiddle.fastly.dev/bd6d190f)

### Go

[Try it in Fastly Fiddle](https://fiddle.fastly.dev/10a8719c)