claudeenmodel: claude-sonnet-4-20250514
AI Gateway Adds Automatic Retry Functionality for Upstream Provider Failures
Key Points
- Automatic retry on upstream provider failures
- Configurable retry policies with up to 5 attempts
- No client-side code changes required
Summary
Cloudflare AI Gateway now includes automatic retry capabilities at the gateway level when upstream providers return errors. This feature eliminates the need for client-side retry logic implementation.
Key Points
- Configurable retry parameters: Set retry count (up to 5 attempts), delay between retries (100ms to 5 seconds), and backoff strategy (Constant, Linear, or Exponential)
- Gateway-level implementation: Retries happen automatically without requiring client-side code changes
- Per-request overrides: Default retry policies can be overridden using request headers
- Ideal for uncontrolled clients: Particularly useful when you cannot modify the client making the request
- Complex failover support: For advanced scenarios like cross-provider failover, use Dynamic Routing feature