Coding Agent
Retry & Failure Classes
What happens when a task fails or is halted, and how retrying it actually works.
When something goes wrong, a task lands in Needs Attention with a short, client-facing explanation of what happened, plus a longer technical detail if you need to dig further.
Retrying
| Failure | What happens on retry |
|---|---|
| Failed / stalled | A fresh attempt starts with the same request, nothing technical worth restating since it never made a real decision. |
| Halted | A fresh attempt starts carrying the previous outcome forward, plus any note you add, since a halt is usually a decision worth not repeating, like a review rejection or a declined change. |
Every retry links back to the task it restarted from, so the full history stays traceable even across several attempts.