From fb5efd9809e891ac619c55c00204d9ac2ceb68a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Packer <packercharles@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:07:51 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: disable hidden SDK retries for streaming POSTs (#981)

---
 src/agent/message.ts | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/agent/message.ts b/src/agent/message.ts
index 6df142c..f0b92cc 100644
--- a/src/agent/message.ts
+++ b/src/agent/message.ts
@@ -46,11 +46,9 @@ export async function sendMessageStream(
     background?: boolean;
     agentId?: string; // Required when conversationId is "default"
   } = { streamTokens: true, background: true },
-  // TODO: Re-enable once issues are resolved - disabled retries were causing problems
   // Disable SDK retries by default - state management happens outside the stream,
   // so retries would violate idempotency and create race conditions
-  // requestOptions: { maxRetries?: number } = { maxRetries: 0 },
-  requestOptions: { maxRetries?: number } = {},
+  requestOptions: { maxRetries?: number } = { maxRetries: 0 },
 ): Promise<Stream<LettaStreamingResponse>> {
   const requestStartTime = isTimingsEnabled() ? performance.now() : undefined;
   const client = await getClient();