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Retry policy

Goals

  • Retry per HTTP request, not per multi-step flow.
  • Preserve ordering by retrying only the current step.
  • Avoid duplicating non-idempotent operations.

Defaults

  • Attempts: 3
  • Max delay cap: 30000 ms
  • Jitter: 0.1 (10 percent)
  • Provider defaults:
    • Telegram min delay: 400 ms
    • Discord min delay: 500 ms

Behavior

Discord

  • Retries only on rate-limit errors (HTTP 429).
  • Uses Discord retry_after when available, otherwise exponential backoff.

Telegram

  • Retries on transient errors (429, timeout, connect/reset/closed, temporarily unavailable).
  • Uses retry_after when available, otherwise exponential backoff.
  • Markdown parse errors are not retried; they fall back to plain text.

Configuration

Set retry policy per provider in ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json:
{
  telegram: {
    retry: {
      attempts: 3,
      minDelayMs: 400,
      maxDelayMs: 30000,
      jitter: 0.1
    }
  },
  discord: {
    retry: {
      attempts: 3,
      minDelayMs: 500,
      maxDelayMs: 30000,
      jitter: 0.1
    }
  }
}

Notes

  • Retries apply per request (message send, media upload, reaction, poll, sticker).
  • Composite flows do not retry completed steps.