Retry Is Not a Reset: Four Myths About Duplicate Side Effects in Agent Loops
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Retry Is Not a Reset: Four Myths About Duplicate Side Effects in Agent Loops My agent created the same ticket four times last week. One call timed out. The loop retried. The upstream was flaky for eleven seconds. I ended up with four tickets and three apologies. The bug was not in the model. It was…
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- 2026-09-15 02:36 · DEV Community — AI
Retry Is Not a Reset: Four Myths About Duplicate Side Effects in Agent Loops