Use Exponential Backoff With Jitter
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Use Exponential Backoff With Jitter

April 6, 2026
When retrying failed LLM API calls, use exponential backoff with random jitter rather than fixed delays. This prevents thundering herd problems when multiple clients retry simultaneously after a provider outage.
Category: API Usage
Difficulty:intermediate

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