From 3f1ace16afc7877b0bfad374cb286d4d84140960 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: t <t@tjp.lol>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 09:46:49 -0600
Subject: failure retries scheme

---
 libpanto/src/config.zig | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

(limited to 'libpanto/src/config.zig')

diff --git a/libpanto/src/config.zig b/libpanto/src/config.zig
index 114280c..eca81ff 100644
--- a/libpanto/src/config.zig
+++ b/libpanto/src/config.zig
@@ -87,6 +87,25 @@ pub const CompactionConfig = struct {
     model: ?ProviderConfig = null,
 };
 
+/// Policy for retrying transient provider/API failures. Conservative
+/// defaults: four attempts (one initial + three retries) with exponential
+/// backoff and jitter, capped at 10s per delay.
+pub const RetryConfig = struct {
+    /// Total attempts including the first. `4` => initial try + up to 3
+    /// retries. Must be >= 1.
+    max_attempts: usize = 4,
+    /// Base delay before the first retry, in milliseconds.
+    initial_delay_ms: u64 = 500,
+    /// Upper bound on any single backoff delay, in milliseconds. Also caps
+    /// a provider-supplied `Retry-After`.
+    max_delay_ms: u64 = 10_000,
+    /// Exponential growth factor applied per retry.
+    multiplier: f64 = 2.0,
+    /// When true, apply random jitter in `[0, computed_delay)` (full
+    /// jitter) to avoid thundering-herd retries.
+    jitter: bool = true,
+};
+
 /// An immutable snapshot of everything the agent consults per turn: which
 /// provider/model to talk to, and which tools to expose. The agent holds a
 /// `*const Config` and re-reads it each turn; replacing the pointer swaps
@@ -99,6 +118,7 @@ pub const Config = struct {
     provider: ProviderConfig,
     registry: *const ToolRegistry,
     compaction: CompactionConfig = .{},
+    retry: RetryConfig = .{},
 
     pub fn style(self: Config) APIStyle {
         return self.provider.style();
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