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Retry Policy

Retry policy for outbound provider calls

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Goals

- Retry per HTTP request, not per multi-step flow.

- Use ''retry_after'' when available, otherwise fallback to exponential backoff.

- Markdown parse errors are not retried; they fallback to plain text.

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Defaults

- Retry per request (message send, media upload, reaction, vote, sticker).

- Compound flows do not retry completed steps.

- Jitter: 0.1 (10 percent)

- Provider defaults:

- Telegram min delay: 400 ms

- Discord min delay: 500 ms

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Behavior

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Telegram

- Retries on transient errors (429, timeout, connect/reset/closed, temporarily unavailable).

- Uses ''retry_after'' when available, otherwise exponential backoff.

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Configuration

Set retry policy per provider in ''~/.openclaw/openclaw.json'':

- Use ''retry_after'' when available, otherwise fallback to exponential backoff.

- Markdown parse errors are not retried; they fallback to plain text.

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Notes

- Retries apply per request (message send, media upload, reaction, poll, sticker).

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{
  channels: {
    telegram: {
      retry: {
        attempts: 3,
        minDelayMs: 400,
        maxDelayMs: 30000,
        jitter: 0.1,
      },
    },
    discord: {
      retry: {
        attempts: 3,
        minDelayMs: 500,
        maxDelayMs: 30000,
        jitter: 0.1,
      },
    },
  },
}
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Notes

- Retries apply per request (message send, media upload, reaction, poll, sticker).

- Composite flows do not retry completed steps.