H-08Retry / Recovery Loop

/harnesses/retry-loop

On failure, classify what kind of failure it was — and only then decide how to retry.

Key insight

The classification step is the whole pattern. Transient errors want patience; systematic errors want a different strategy.

Failure mode

Blind retries: re-running the identical attempt against a deterministic failure just multiplies cost by the retry budget.

Further reading

Elsewhere in the atlas