fix: add warning to retry_target to avoid incorrect usage

googleapis · Oct 26, 2023 · 439605a · 439605a
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commit 439605a
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diff --git a/google/api_core/retry.py b/google/api_core/retry.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ def check_if_exists():
 import random
 import sys
 import time
+import inspect
 from typing import Any, Callable, TypeVar, TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import requests.exceptions
@@ -201,7 +202,10 @@ def retry_target(
 
     for sleep in sleep_generator:
         try:
-            return target()
+            result = target()
+            if inspect.isawaitable(result):
+                raise exceptions.GoogleAPIError("Warning: Use google.api_core.retry_async.AsyncRetry for async calls!")
+            return result
 
         # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # This function explicitly must deal with broad exceptions.