Persistent Anthropic API Connection Failures with Exponential Backoff Retry

Bug Description
⎿ API Error (Connection error.) · Retrying in 1 seconds… (attempt 1/10)
⎿ TypeError (fetch failed)
⎿ API Error (Connection error.) · Retrying in 1 seconds… (attempt 2/10)
⎿ TypeError (fetch failed)
⎿ API Error (Connection error.) · Retrying in 2 seconds… (attempt 3/10)
⎿ TypeError (fetch failed)
⎿ API Error (Connection error.) · Retrying in 4 seconds… (attempt 4/10)
⎿ TypeError (fetch failed)
⎿ API Error (Connection error.) · Retrying in 8 seconds… (attempt 5/10)
⎿ TypeError (fetch failed)
⎿ API Error (Connection error.) · Retrying in 16 seconds… (attempt 6/10)
⎿ TypeError (fetch failed)
⎿ API Error (Connection error.) · Retrying in 39 seconds… (attempt 7/10)
⎿ TypeError (fetch failed)

Environment Info

• Platform: win32
• Terminal: vscode
• Version: 1.0.81
• Feedback ID:

Errors

[{"error":"AggregateError\n    at Gp.from (file:///C:/Users/rober/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:690:7205)\n    at XV.K1 (file:///C:/Users/rober/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:693:10122)\n    at XV.emit (node:events:530:35)\n    at XV.emit (node:domain:489:12)\n    at Ji1.<computed> (file:///C:/Users/rober/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:64:1161)\n    at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:518:28)\n    at ClientRequest.emit (node:domain:489:12)\n    at emitErrorEvent (node:_http_client:104:11)\n    at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (node:_http_client:518:5)\n    at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:518:28)\n    at nB1.request (file:///C:/Users/rober/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:695:2088)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async VhQ (file:///C:/Users/rober/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:696:38329)\n    at async Z (file:///C:/Users/rober/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:696:37391)\n    at async ChQ (file:///C:/Users/rober/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:696:38503)\n    at async zhQ (file:///C:/Users/rober/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:696:39057)","timestamp":"2025-08-14T22:59:04.897Z"},{"error":"AggregateError\n    at Gp.from (file:///C:/Users/rober/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:690:7205)\n    at XV.K1 (file:///C:/Users/rober/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:693:10122)\n    at XV.emit (node:events:518:28)\n    at XV.emit (node:domain:489:12)\n    at Ji1.<computed> (file:///C:/Users/rober/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:64:1161)\n    at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:518:28)\n    at ClientRequest.emit (node:domain:489:12)\n    at emitErrorEvent (node:_http_client:104:11)\n    at TLSSocket

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