A Timeout Is Not a Failure: Build Idempotent Tool Calls for AI Agents in TypeScript
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An agent calls a tool. The tool times out. So the agent tries again. That sounds responsible. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it is a second charge on a customer's card. A timeout tells you what the client saw. It does not tell you what the server did. That distinction matters a lot more now that agents…
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- 2026-10-04 13:06 · DEV Community — AI
A Timeout Is Not a Failure: Build Idempotent Tool Calls for AI Agents in TypeScript