diff --git a/multiapps-common/src/main/java/org/cloudfoundry/multiapps/common/StepPhaseRetryException.java b/multiapps-common/src/main/java/org/cloudfoundry/multiapps/common/StepPhaseRetryException.java
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+package org.cloudfoundry.multiapps.common;
+
+/**
+ * A runtime exception that signals Flowable to move the job to dead-letter state without logging anything to the operation log or progress
+ * message database. Used when a step returns StepPhase.RETRY to stop the process cycle cleanly.
+ */
+public class StepPhaseRetryException extends RuntimeException {
+
+    public StepPhaseRetryException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+}