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Rate limits, retries and the thundering herd you caused

Handle 429s with backoff and jitter, make retries idempotent, and add a queue before your traffic adds one for you.

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  • Implement exponential backoff with jitter and a retry ceiling
  • Avoid double-charging a user for a retried request
  • Degrade to a queue or a smaller model instead of failing
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