Your search_flights tool calls an external airline API that occasionally returns a 503 Service Unavailable…

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Your search_flights tool calls an external airline API that occasionally returns a 503 Service Unavailable error. What is the most effective way to handle this error in your tool implementation?

Accepted Answer

C. Return an error message in the tool result explaining the service is temporarily unavailable.

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A. Return an empty flight list as if the search succeeded but found no matching flights.

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B. Log the error internally and return an empty response, letting the model continue without the flight data.

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D. Automatically retry the request up to five times with exponential backoff before returning results to the agent.

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