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@@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ The application will:
 - Store the CVE JSONs in a PostgreSQL database using the JSON data type along with some metadata.
 - Support versioning of CVEs to handle updates after initial publication.
 - Handle duplicate records.
+- Retries Kafka & Database connections on failure.