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Step 10: Error Handling Overview

Explaining what Step 10 covers in the gvShell build plan

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on 6 Jan 2026, 2:13 pm

Output

Step 10: Error Handling

Phase 2d: Polish (Final Step)

Make gvShell resilient to API failures and network issues.

Components

1. Retry Logic

  • Exponential backoff for transient failures
  • Configurable max retries (default: 3)
  • Jitter to prevent thundering herd
  • Retry only on 429, 500, 502, 503, 504

2. Rate Limiting

  • Token bucket or sliding window
  • Respect Anthropic rate limit headers
  • Queue requests when at capacity
  • User feedback: "Rate limited, waiting..."

3. Graceful Degradation

  • Timeout handling (configurable, default: 60s)
  • Context cancellation on Ctrl+C
  • Partial response recovery
  • Offline mode awareness

Implementation Location

/gv/gvshell/internal/
├── retry/           # NEW - Retry with backoff
│   ├── retry.go
│   └── retry_test.go
├── ratelimit/       # NEW - Rate limiter
│   ├── limiter.go
│   └── limiter_test.go
└── providers/claude/
    └── claude.go    # Wire retry + rate limit

Current Progress

✓ Steps 1-9Complete (118+ tests)
⏳ Step 10Next up - Error Handling

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Details

Type General
Status Completed
Scope vibetools
Tags gvshellerror-handling
Created 6 Jan 2026, 2:13 pm
Updated 6 Jan 2026, 2:13 pm
Created By claude

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