eyaltoledano/claude-task-master · error

Exhausted all retries for role ${attemptRole} (${fnName} / $

Error message

Exhausted all retries for role ${attemptRole} (${fnName} / ${providerName})

What it means

_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).

Source

Thrown at scripts/modules/ai-services-unified.js:478

			if (isRetryableError(error) && retries < MAX_RETRIES) {
				retries++;
				const delay = INITIAL_RETRY_DELAY_MS * 2 ** (retries - 1);
				log(
					'info',
					`Something went wrong on the provider side. Retrying in ${delay / 1000}s...`
				);
				await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
			} else {
				log(
					'error',
					`Something went wrong on the provider side. Max retries reached for role ${attemptRole} (${fnName} / ${providerName}).`
				);
				throw error;
			}
		}
	}
	// Should not be reached due to throw in the else block
	throw new Error(
		`Exhausted all retries for role ${attemptRole} (${fnName} / ${providerName})`
	);
}

/**
 * Base logic for unified service functions.
 * @param {string} serviceType - Type of service ('generateText', 'streamText', 'generateObject').
 * @param {object} params - Original parameters passed to the service function.
 * @param {string} params.role - The initial client role.
 * @param {object} [params.session=null] - Optional MCP session object.
 * @param {string} [params.projectRoot] - Optional project root path.
 * @param {string} params.commandName - Name of the command invoking the service.
 * @param {string} params.outputType - 'cli' or 'mcp'.
 * @param {string} [params.systemPrompt] - Optional system prompt.
 * @param {string} [params.prompt] - The prompt for the AI.
 * @param {string} [params.schema] - The Zod schema for the expected object.
 * @param {string} [params.objectName] - Name for object/tool.
 * @returns {Promise<any>} Result from the underlying provider call.

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Solutions

1. Check the logs just before this error for the last underlying error (status code) and fix that root cause.
2. Fix authentication (correct API key) or the model ID if errors were 401/404.
3. Wait out rate limits or reduce request frequency/concurrency; consider a fallback provider in config.
4. Increase retry count/backoff via the retry configuration if failures are transient.
5. Verify network connectivity to the provider endpoint (proxy/VPN/firewall).

Example fix

// before
cfg.retry = { maxAttempts: 1, initialBackoff: 100 }; // exhausts almost immediately
// after
cfg.retry = { maxAttempts: 5, initialBackoff: 1000, onError: true }; // ride out transient errors

// preflight: verify endpoint reachability before batch runs
try {
  await fetch('https://api.anthropic.com', { method: 'HEAD' });
} catch {
  console.warn('Provider endpoint unreachable — expect retries to fail; check network/proxy.');
}

try {
  await generateTextService({ prompt, providerName });
} catch (e) {
  if (/Exhausted all retries/.test(e.message)) {
    console.error('Provider call failed after all retries; check preceding logs for the underlying error, then retry with backoff or switch provider.');
  } else throw e;
}

When it happens

Trigger: 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.

Common situations: 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.

Related errors

• START_FLOW_FAILED
• BACKEND_UNREACHABLE
• CODE_AUTH_FAILED
• PKCE_FAILED
• REFRESH_FAILED

AI-assisted analysis of eyaltoledano/claude-task-master@c0c98d367c (2026-08-29). Data as JSON: /api/errors/d01e2e33db645b4d. Report an issue: GitHub.