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Fixes #7377

Summary

This PR addresses issue #7377 where AWS Bedrock throttling exceptions (specifically ThrottlingException with "Too many tokens, please wait before trying again") were incorrectly classified as context window exhaustion (LLMContextLengthExceededError), triggering context window recovery/summarization instead of retrying with backoff.

Changes:

  1. Throttling Classification (crewai.llms.providers.bedrock.throttling):
    • Added is_bedrock_throttling_error helper to detect Bedrock throttling responses via botocore ClientError and EventStreamError error codes (ThrottlingException, TooManyRequestsException, RequestLimitExceeded, ModelNotReadyException) and message patterns.
    • Inspects __cause__ and __context__ exception chains to properly classify wrapped exceptions even when error messages are neutral.
  2. Context Window Disambiguation (crewai.utilities.exceptions.context_window_exceeding_exception & agent_utils):
    • Added THROTTLING_OR_RATE_LIMIT_INDICATORS to ensure rate-limit and throttling phrases (such as "please wait before trying again") are not misclassified as context-window exhaustion.
    • Updated is_context_length_exceeded() to yield False when an exception matches is_bedrock_throttling_error().
  3. Exponential Backoff Retry with Bounded Jitter (crewai.llms.providers.bedrock.completion):
    • Added configurable parameters: max_retries (default: 3), retry_delay (default: 1.0s), max_retry_delay (default: 30.0s) with exponential backoff and bounded jitter.
    • Added Pydantic field validation to reject negative values for max_retries, retry_delay, and max_retry_delay.
    • Wrapped sync and async Bedrock Converse calls (converse) in retry mechanisms (_call_with_retry and _acall_with_retry).
    • Handled sync and async Bedrock streaming (converse_stream) with retry before chunks or tool-use events are emitted to avoid event duplication or corrupted replays.
    • Handled is_bedrock_throttling_error() in call and acall before falling back to is_context_length_exceeded().
    • Added complete docstrings across all touched methods satisfying documentation standards.
  4. Unit Tests (tests/llms/bedrock/test_bedrock_throttling.py):
    • Added 22 unit tests covering error classification, causal chain unwrapping, rate-limit vs context-limit distinction, parameter validation, bounded jitter, sync retry, async retry, streaming retry, and retry exhaustion without false context-error escalation.

Verification

  • Tests added or updated for the changed behavior

  • Relevant tests and quality checks pass locally

  • Unit test suite: uv run pytest lib/crewai/tests/llms/bedrock/test_bedrock_throttling.py (22 passed, 100%)

  • Linter: uv run ruff check (passed)

  • Formatter: uv run ruff format --check (passed)

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Resolves crewAIInc#7377

- Add is_bedrock_throttling_error classifier to distinguish throttling/rate-limit exceptions from genuine context window exceeded errors.
- Exclude rate limit and throttling phrases (such as 'Too many tokens, please wait before trying again') from context window exhaustion detection.
- Add configurable exponential backoff retry mechanism (max_retries, retry_delay, max_retry_delay) with jitter to sync and async Bedrock Converse calls.
- Add unit tests covering throttling classification, context window disambiguation, and exponential backoff retry behavior.
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Bedrock throttling errors now use dedicated classification and jittered bounded exponential backoff. Synchronous, asynchronous, and streaming converse paths retry eligible throttling errors. Context-length detection excludes throttling errors. Tests cover classification, validation, retry behavior, and streaming recovery.

Changes

Bedrock throttling handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Throttling classification and context handling
lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/bedrock/throttling.py, lib/crewai/src/crewai/utilities/...
Adds Bedrock throttling code and message detection. Context-length checks now exclude throttling and rate-limit errors.
Configurable retry execution
lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/bedrock/completion.py
Adds validated retry settings, jittered bounded backoff, synchronous and asynchronous retry wrappers, throttling-specific failure events, and output-gated streaming retries.
Classification and retry validation
lib/crewai/tests/llms/bedrock/test_bedrock_throttling.py
Tests throttling classification, configuration validation, jitter bounds, retry success and exhaustion, non-retryable errors, asynchronous backoff, and pre-output streaming retries.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant BedrockCompletion
  participant AWSBedrock
  participant ThrottlingClassifier
  participant Backoff
  BedrockCompletion->>AWSBedrock: Submit converse or converse_stream request
  AWSBedrock-->>BedrockCompletion: Return throttling error
  BedrockCompletion->>ThrottlingClassifier: Check error
  ThrottlingClassifier-->>BedrockCompletion: Confirm throttling
  BedrockCompletion->>Backoff: Wait with jittered bounded delay
  BedrockCompletion->>AWSBedrock: Retry before output emission
  AWSBedrock-->>BedrockCompletion: Return response or final error
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This change adds Bedrock throttling detection and retry handling. No verified issues were identified in the available review evidence, so the change appears mergeable as reviewed.

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Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The direct synchronous streaming path now invokes _invoke_after_llm_call_hooks before returning. The summary states that this change matches the existing asynchronous path. Hook invocation is not co… Remove the synchronous streaming hook change from this pull request, or link it to a separate coding requirement and review it as separate scope.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the main change: Bedrock throttling errors are classified as retryable rate limits with exponential backoff.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes the required Related issue, Summary, Verification, and Additional context sections. It explains the implementation, documents the linked issue, lists tests and quality checks,…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #7377 requirements are met. Bedrock throttling codes, message patterns, wrapped exceptions, and stream errors are classified as retryable. Context-length recovery excludes throttling while genui…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 95.65% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 46 functions across 5 files.
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The direct synchronous streaming path now invokes _invoke_after_llm_call_hooks before returning. The summary states that this change matches the existing asynchronous path. Hook invocation is not connected to the throttling classification, context-error distinction, or retry requirements in issue #7377.

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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/bedrock/completion.py`:
- Around line 365-367: The _calculate_backoff_delay method currently returns
only deterministic exponential backoff, causing concurrent clients to retry
together. Add bounded jitter to the calculated delay while preserving the
existing retry_delay growth and max_retry_delay cap, ensuring the final value
never exceeds max_retry_delay.
- Around line 1060-1068: Update the streaming handlers around _call_with_retry,
_acall_with_retry, and converse_stream so EventStreamError throttlingException
failures during iteration are retried only before any chunk or tool event has
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- Around line 250-252: Update BedrockCompletion model validation to reject
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three retry settings are non-negative before the retry loop or
_calculate_backoff_delay() uses them.

In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/bedrock/throttling.py`:
- Around line 54-56: Update the exception classification helper around
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Classify Bedrock throttles as retryable rate limits with exponential backoff

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