Idempotency Patterns for Agent Tool Calls With Side Effects
Agents multiply retry failures because LLM nondeterminism breaks standard idempotency tools.
11 min readSeptember 23, 2026
Agents hide costly failures in loops that look like progress.
Agents multiply retry failures because LLM nondeterminism breaks standard idempotency tools.
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