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Add backoff/jitter to empty-response retry logic

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #77608 on 3 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address the lack of delay between empty-response retries, proposing a backoff (with optional jitter) to avoid wasteful immediate API calls. They represent a performance/cost enhancement to retry behavior.

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  • #77608 fix(agent): jittered backoff for empty-response retries (#35296 salvage)

    merged to main

    files: agent/conversation_loop.py, tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: duplicate 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #35296 fix(agent): add jittered backoff to empty-response retries · superseded by another PR → #77608
  • #38002 perf: add backoff delay to empty response retries (#35230) · duplicate → #35296
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#35230[Enhancement] Empty response retries have no backoff delay — immediate retry wastes API calls
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3 Aug 2026

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