InvalidOperationException: An exception has been raised that is likely due to a transient failure. Consider enabling transient error resiliency by adding ‘EnableRetryOnFailure’ to the ‘UseSqlServer’ call.

An execution strategy is specified when configuring the options for your context. This is typically in the OnConfiguring method of your derived context:

protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
{
optionsBuilder
.UseSqlServer(
@"Server=(localdb)\mssqllocaldb;Database=EFMiscellanous.ConnectionResiliency;Trusted_Connection=True",
options => options.EnableRetryOnFailure());
}

or in Startup.cs for an ASP.NET Core application:

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services.AddDbContext<PicnicContext>(
options => options.UseSqlServer(
"<connection string>",
providerOptions => providerOptions.EnableRetryOnFailure()));
}