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June 27, 2026
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The Retry Loop Your Circuit Breaker Cannot See
A classic circuit breaker misses the agent-specific failure: retrying the same bad call against a healthy dependency. Thrash detection, with code.
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A classic circuit breaker misses the agent-specific failure: retrying the same bad call against a healthy dependency. Thrash detection, with code.

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