How to solve a recursion to find a closed form solution?

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I have the following recursive process:

$f_n(t) = e^{t-1} f_{n-1}(1-(1-p)(1-t))$

The initial condition is that $f_0(t) = 1$

I calculated that $f_1(t) = e^{t-1}$

And then I also calculated $f_2(t), f_3(t)$ and $f_4(t)$.

However, the exponential terms just keep on increasing, and I am getting higher powers with non-linear terms. I don't seem to see a pattern that can be deduced here.

Any advice on how to solve this recursion would be very helpful.