error-recovery

To handle transient API timeouts and network errors in squad agents, apply a retry with exponential backoff pattern. This recovery strategy automatically retries failed network requests at increasing intervals, resolving temporary outages without manual intervention.

The best way to manage tool failures is implementing fallback alternatives. This error recovery pattern automatically switches to secondary tools or methods when the primary option fails, ensuring the overall software development task continues without interruption.

To escalate complex software issues requiring human judgment, use an escalation pattern that bundles full error context. This ensures failed recovery attempts are reported with sufficient diagnostic information for immediate human intervention.

Yes, you can manage non-critical failures without stopping the task by using a graceful degradation pattern. This system resilience strategy allows the main workflow to continue running while logging the non-critical issue for later analysis.

You diagnose and fix build, test, and linting issues by using a structured diagnose-and-fix pattern. This error recovery strategy guides agents through structured error analysis to apply targeted fixes for software development failures.

Automated error recovery for squad agents is limited by the nature of the failure; while retry logic and fallback strategies resolve transient or tool-specific issues, complex systemic failures ultimately require escalation with context for human judgment.