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27.05.2026

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Retries, Backoff, and Recovery Paths for Tool-Using Agents

AI Agent Engineering for Developers, The Agent LoopBy Sami27.05.2026Leave a comment

Reliable agents are not the ones that never fail. They are the ones that fail into the right path. Here is how to classify tool failures into retry, replan, user input, or hard stop, and why retry policy belongs at the tool boundary.

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