{"record":{"id":"d01e2e33db645b4d","repo":"eyaltoledano/claude-task-master","slug":"exhausted-all-retries-for-role-attemptrole-f","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Exhausted all retries for role ${attemptRole} (${fnName} / ${providerName})","messagePattern":"Exhausted all retries for role (.+?) \\((.+?) / (.+?)\\)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"scripts/modules/ai-services-unified.js","lineNumber":478,"sourceCode":"\t\t\tif (isRetryableError(error) && retries < MAX_RETRIES) {\n\t\t\t\tretries++;\n\t\t\t\tconst delay = INITIAL_RETRY_DELAY_MS * 2 ** (retries - 1);\n\t\t\t\tlog(\n\t\t\t\t\t'info',\n\t\t\t\t\t`Something went wrong on the provider side. Retrying in ${delay / 1000}s...`\n\t\t\t\t);\n\t\t\t\tawait new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay));\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\tlog(\n\t\t\t\t\t'error',\n\t\t\t\t\t`Something went wrong on the provider side. Max retries reached for role ${attemptRole} (${fnName} / ${providerName}).`\n\t\t\t\t);\n\t\t\t\tthrow error;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\t// Should not be reached due to throw in the else block\n\tthrow new Error(\n\t\t`Exhausted all retries for role ${attemptRole} (${fnName} / ${providerName})`\n\t);\n}\n\n/**\n * Base logic for unified service functions.\n * @param {string} serviceType - Type of service ('generateText', 'streamText', 'generateObject').\n * @param {object} params - Original parameters passed to the service function.\n * @param {string} params.role - The initial client role.\n * @param {object} [params.session=null] - Optional MCP session object.\n * @param {string} [params.projectRoot] - Optional project root path.\n * @param {string} params.commandName - Name of the command invoking the service.\n * @param {string} params.outputType - 'cli' or 'mcp'.\n * @param {string} [params.systemPrompt] - Optional system prompt.\n * @param {string} [params.prompt] - The prompt for the AI.\n * @param {string} [params.schema] - The Zod schema for the expected object.\n * @param {string} [params.objectName] - Name for object/tool.\n * @returns {Promise<any>} Result from the underlying provider call.","sourceCodeStart":460,"sourceCodeEnd":496,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/eyaltoledano/claude-task-master/blob/c0c98d367c55296bfe69e65680625b6db437af02/scripts/modules/ai-services-unified.js#L460-L496","documentation":"_attemptProviderCallWithRetries throws this when the retry loop for a role's provider call exhausts all attempts without success or a non-retryable early exit. It is effectively a 'retries exhausted' sentinel; the last underlying error is normally thrown from inside the loop, so reaching this line signals the loop terminated unexpectedly (or all retries were consumed).","triggerScenarios":"Repeated failures of the role function (fnName) against providerName — e.g. persistent 429/5xx API errors, network timeouts, or invalid requests — across every configured retry attempt, with no successful response and no other error propagated out of the loop.","commonSituations":"Provider outages or rate limits lasting longer than the retry window, wrong model IDs causing repeated 404/400s, expired/invalid API keys producing persistent 401s, or network restrictions (proxy/firewall) blocking the endpoint.","solutions":["Check the logs just before this error for the last underlying error (status code) and fix that root cause.","Fix authentication (correct API key) or the model ID if errors were 401/404.","Wait out rate limits or reduce request frequency/concurrency; consider a fallback provider in config.","Increase retry count/backoff via the retry configuration if failures are transient.","Verify network connectivity to the provider endpoint (proxy/VPN/firewall)."],"exampleFix":"// before\ncfg.retry = { maxAttempts: 1, initialBackoff: 100 }; // exhausts almost immediately\n// after\ncfg.retry = { maxAttempts: 5, initialBackoff: 1000, onError: true }; // ride out transient errors","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":"// preflight: verify endpoint reachability before batch runs\ntry {\n  await fetch('https://api.anthropic.com', { method: 'HEAD' });\n} catch {\n  console.warn('Provider endpoint unreachable — expect retries to fail; check network/proxy.');\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try {\n  await generateTextService({ prompt, providerName });\n} catch (e) {\n  if (/Exhausted all retries/.test(e.message)) {\n    console.error('Provider call failed after all retries; check preceding logs for the underlying error, then retry with backoff or switch provider.');\n  } else throw e;\n}","preventionTips":["Read the logged underlying error (status code) above this message — it names the real cause.","Configure sensible retry counts/backoff for rate-limited providers.","Configure fallback provider roles so one outage doesn't kill the run.","Validate API keys and model IDs before long batch jobs."],"tags":["retry","ai-providers","network","resilience"],"backgroundTag":"retries-exhausted","analyzedSha":"c0c98d367c55296bfe69e65680625b6db437af02","analyzedAt":"2026-08-29T02:56:26.071Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-29T07:17:48.351Z"}