[Bug] Missing exponential backoff retry for Anthropic API rate limit errors

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jun 12, 2026 by idealopamp Closed Jun 16, 2026

Bug Description
It's incredibly frustrating that Claude Code has no retry mechanism built in when receiving the rate limit error " API Error: Server is temporarily limiting requests (not your usage limit) · Rate limited".

Exponential-backoff retry is the standard solution to this. I shouldnt wake up in the morning and find that my agent has done nothing because it got a rate limit error. (And by the way it's not like I had a lot of agents running - I get Rate Limited errors often, so this is a real and frequent problem.)

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: tmux
  • Version: 2.1.153
  • Feedback ID: 85e41230-50c3-46ef-acaa-9e59c334a29e

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