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policyHelpers entries gain a retries setting for helper execution failures

Per-OS policyHelpers entries can now set retries to control retry attempts after a failed run

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Per-OS policyHelpers entries can now set retries to control retry attempts after a failed run

What

A new retries setting on per-OS policyHelpers.<os> entries controls how many additional times a failing policy helper (a script that computes managed settings at startup) is retried before it's counted as a failure. A run counts as failed if the helper couldn't launch, exited with a non-zero code, or timed out. Retries use randomized backoff starting at 250ms and doubling up to 4 seconds between attempts.

Why

This gives administrators a way to tolerate transient failures, like a flaky network call inside the helper script, without immediately treating the whole policy helper as failed.

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The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.

Added since A small documentation edit on Claude Code gateway compatibility guide touched a line naming retries after this was published. * When the upstream rejects a [thinking signature](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/extended-thinking), including with a `400` whose message says the block is `bound to a different conversation`, Claude Code removes ea… llm-gateway-protocol see the edit
Confirmed since Anthropic's documentation has since written up retries, on List Events. The model is currently overloaded. Emitted after automatic retries are exhausted. api/beta/sessions/events/list see the edit
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Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up retries, on List Events.

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