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Standard recovery patterns for all squad agents. When something fails, adapt — don't just report the failure.
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# Error Recovery Patterns
Standard recovery patterns for all squad agents. When something fails, **adapt** — don't just report the failure.
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## 1. Retry with Backoff
**When:** Transient failures — API timeouts, rate limits, network errors, temporary service unavailability.
**Pattern:**
1. Wait briefly, then retry (start at 2s, double each attempt)
2. Maximum 3 retries before escalating
3. Log each attempt with the error received