Retry Thrash

Catches the same tool with the same input attempted repeatedly, whether the call succeeds or fails. Useful when an agent polls hoping for a different outcome.

Part of Behavior Guards. Thresholds and skip lists are configurable in Console.

What it catches

• Identical polls that succeed every time (status checks, gh run list, the same MCP args)
• Unlike Failure Loop, success does not clear the pattern
• Not the same as Tool Storm (any-tool burst volume)

Example

The agent polls kubectl get pods or a payment status MCP tool ten times with identical args. Failure Loop stays quiet; Retry Thrash warns, then asks or blocks.

Try it

Relay → Guards → Retry Thrash — Configure skip chips for noisy exploration tools, run Sample, confirm the nested incident.