Your request just failed. What does your client do next? Most retry logic panics. It fires the same...
Your request just failed. What does your client do next?
Most retry logic panics. It fires the same request again instantly. That panic can break a free model server for everyone.
I spent an afternoon testing this. Four retry strategies. One free model server. Two hundred requests per strategy. The results changed how I write clients.
Why Retries Are Dangerous
Free model servers share capacity. Your retry is not isolated. It competes with every other user's retry.
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