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Broken Retries: Why 'Just Try Again' Kept 5 Automation Lanes Dead for 63 Minutes

Five automation lanes went down on the same morning. Every log said the same thing: "Failed, so I ran it again." Then again. Then again.

  • Five automation lanes failed and retried three times each, causing 63 minutes of downtime
  • Retry design assumes next attempt will succeed, failing in cases where it doesn't
  • Lack of failure type classification leads to confusion in monitoring and troubleshooting

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