How should LLM apps handle provider timeouts mid-stream?
Suresh-R · reddit · 2026-09-26
A Reddit developer asks how to design fallbacks when an LLM provider times out mid-response. Switching models after tokens have already streamed risks a confusing mix of answers, unlike retrying before any output. Discussion covers showing an error, restarting with another model, user-choice retries, and managing conversation state to avoid duplicate tool calls and side effects.
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