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Beyond the Happy Path: Applying Distributed Systems Principles to Fix AI Agent Retry Loops and Reliability

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Originally published on tamiz.pro . Introduction AI agents are increasingly built as stateful services that call external models, APIs, or tools. When a call fails, the naive response is to retry immediately—often in a tight loop. This "happy‑path‑only" mindset ignores the realities of distributed…

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  1. 2026-10-20 06:10 · DEV Community — AI
    Beyond the Happy Path: Applying Distributed Systems Principles to Fix AI Agent Retry Loops and Reliability

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