Retry Is Not a Reset: Four Myths About Duplicate Side Effects in Agent Loops

Description and use

<h1> Retry Is Not a Reset: Four Myths About Duplicate Side Effects in Agent Loops </h1> <p>My agent created the same ticket four times last week.</p> <p>One call timed out. The loop retried. The upstream was flaky for eleven seconds. I ended up with four tickets and three apologies.</p> <p>The bug was not in the model. It was in my mental model of failure. So here are four myths I used to believe, the evidence that killed them, and the corrected model I use now.</p> <h2> Myth 1: <em>A failed call means nothing happened</em> </h2> <p>No. Transport failure and effect failure are different events

Problem

<h1> Retry Is Not a Reset: Four Myths About Duplicate Side Effects in Agent Loops </h1> <p>My agent created the same ticket four times last week.</p> <p>One call timed out. The loop retried. The upstream was flaky for eleven seconds. I ended up with four tickets and three apologies.</p> <p>The bug was not in the model. It was in my mental model of failure. So here are four myths I used to believe, the evidence that killed them, and the corrected model I use now.</p> <h2> Myth 1: <em>A failed call means nothing happened</em> </h2> <p>No. Transport failure and effect failure are different events

Outcome

<h1> Retry Is Not a Reset: Four Myths About Duplicate Side Effects in Agent Loops </h1> <p>My agent created the same ticket four times last week.</p> <p>One call timed out. The loop retried. The upstream was flaky for eleven seconds. I ended up with four tickets and three apologies.</p> <p>The bug was not in the model. It was in my mental model of failure. So here are four myths I used to believe, the evidence that killed them, and the corrected model I use now.</p> <h2> Myth 1: <em>A failed call means nothing happened</em> </h2> <p>No. Transport failure and effect failure are different events

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Retry Is Not a Reset: Four Myths About Duplicate Side Effects in Agent Loops

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