const withMaxAttemptsAndBackoff = ({
  waitTime = 100,
  maxAttempts = 3,
}) => promise => (...args) => {
  if (maxAttempts < 2) return promise(...args)

  return promise(...args).catch(_ =>
    wait(waitTime).then(() =>
      withMaxAttemptsAndBackoff({
        waitTime: Math.min(waitTime * 2, 5000),
        maxAttempts: maxAttempts - 1,
      })(promise)(...args)
    )
  )
}
//usage
const getRecord = (id) => dbClient.get({id})
const waitForRecord = withMaxAttemptsAndBackoff({maxAttempts:10})(getRecord)
return waitForRecord(4).then(record => expect(record).to.eql(testRecord))