// marking as 'loop'
replyAnnouncement.setLoop(true);
backoffInterval = config.getBackoffStandbyInterval();
} else {
// normal, successful case: replying with the part of the topology which this instance sees
final ClusterView clusterView = clusterViewService
.getClusterView();
replyAnnouncement.setLocalCluster(clusterView);
announcementRegistry.addAllExcept(replyAnnouncement, clusterView,
new AnnouncementFilter() {