OpenAI Python SDK errors, retries and timeouts: what it retries for you and what it can't
Network calls fail. Rate limits get hit, servers have bad minutes, requests are malformed, keys expire. The OpenAI Python SDK already retries the retryable errors for you (connection problems, 408, 409, 429 and 5xx) with exponential backoff. Your job is three things: set sensible timeouts , handle…
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- 2026-11-14 06:31 · DEV Community — AI
OpenAI Python SDK errors, retries and timeouts: what it retries for you and what it can't