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"""Agent Fallback and Recovery Mechanisms (#225).

Provides robust resilience patterns for agentic workflows:
- Circuit Breaker pattern to prevent cascading failures
- Exponential backoff retry logic with jitter
- Health check and monitoring for agent types
- Alternative agent routing and graceful degradation
- Partial result preservation and caching
- Deterministic / rule-based fallbacks
- Failure analytics and telemetry logging
"""

from __future__ import annotations

import asyncio
import logging
import random
import time
from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from enum import Enum
from typing import Any

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


class CircuitState(str, Enum):
CLOSED = "closed"
OPEN = "open"
HALF_OPEN = "half_open"


class AgentHealth(str, Enum):
HEALTHY = "healthy"
DEGRADED = "degraded"
UNHEALTHY = "unhealthy"


@dataclass
class CircuitBreakerConfig:
failure_threshold: int = 3
recovery_timeout_seconds: float = 30.0
half_open_max_calls: int = 2


@dataclass
class RetryConfig:
max_retries: int = 3
initial_delay: float = 0.1
max_delay: float = 5.0
backoff_factor: float = 2.0
jitter: bool = True


class CircuitBreaker:
"""Circuit breaker to prevent cascading failures."""

def __init__(self, name: str, config: CircuitBreakerConfig | None = None):
self.name = name
self.config = config or CircuitBreakerConfig()
self.state = CircuitState.CLOSED
self.failure_count = 0
self.success_count = 0
self.last_failure_time = 0.0
self.half_open_calls = 0

def record_success(self) -> None:
if self.state == CircuitState.HALF_OPEN:
self.success_count += 1
if self.success_count >= self.config.half_open_max_calls:
self.state = CircuitState.CLOSED
self.failure_count = 0
self.success_count = 0
logger.info(f"Circuit breaker '{self.name}' recovered and is now CLOSED.")
elif self.state == CircuitState.CLOSED:
self.failure_count = 0

def record_failure(self) -> None:
self.failure_count += 1
self.last_failure_time = time.time()
if self.state == CircuitState.HALF_OPEN:
self.state = CircuitState.OPEN
self.success_count = 0
logger.warning(f"Circuit breaker '{self.name}' failed in HALF_OPEN, returning to OPEN.")
elif self.state == CircuitState.CLOSED and self.failure_count >= self.config.failure_threshold:
self.state = CircuitState.OPEN
logger.warning(f"Circuit breaker '{self.name}' threshold reached ({self.failure_count}), now OPEN.")

def allow_request(self) -> bool:
if self.state == CircuitState.CLOSED:
return True
if self.state == CircuitState.OPEN:
now = time.time()
if now - self.last_failure_time >= self.config.recovery_timeout_seconds:
self.state = CircuitState.HALF_OPEN
self.half_open_calls = 0
self.success_count = 0
logger.info(f"Circuit breaker '{self.name}' recovery timeout elapsed, testing in HALF_OPEN.")
return True
return False
if self.state == CircuitState.HALF_OPEN:
return True
return True


@dataclass
class AgentExecutionResult:
success: bool
data: Any | None = None
error: str | None = None
partial_result: Any | None = None
stages_executed: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
fallback_used: bool = False
duration_ms: float = 0.0


class AgentRegistry:
"""Registry for agents, fallback routes, health status, and failure metrics."""

def __init__(self) -> None:
self._agents: dict[str, Callable[..., Awaitable[Any]]] = {}
self._fallbacks: dict[str, str] = {} # primary -> backup agent name
self._deterministic_fallbacks: dict[str, Callable[..., Any]] = {}
self._circuit_breakers: dict[str, CircuitBreaker] = {}
self._health_statuses: dict[str, AgentHealth] = {}
self._failure_counts: dict[str, int] = {}
self._success_counts: dict[str, int] = {}
self._cached_results: dict[str, tuple[float, Any]] = {}
self.cache_ttl: float = 300.0

def register_agent(
self,
name: str,
handler: Callable[..., Awaitable[Any]],
fallback_agent: str | None = None,
deterministic_fallback: Callable[..., Any] | None = None,
circuit_config: CircuitBreakerConfig | None = None,
) -> None:
self._agents[name] = handler
if fallback_agent:
self._fallbacks[name] = fallback_agent
if deterministic_fallback:
self._deterministic_fallbacks[name] = deterministic_fallback
self._circuit_breakers[name] = CircuitBreaker(name, circuit_config)
self._health_statuses[name] = AgentHealth.HEALTHY
self._failure_counts[name] = 0
self._success_counts[name] = 0

def get_health(self, name: str) -> AgentHealth:
cb = self._circuit_breakers.get(name)
if cb and cb.state == CircuitState.OPEN:
return AgentHealth.UNHEALTHY
fails = self._failure_counts.get(name, 0)
succs = self._success_counts.get(name, 1)
if fails / (fails + succs) > 0.3 and fails >= 2:
return AgentHealth.DEGRADED
return AgentHealth.HEALTHY

def get_all_health(self) -> dict[str, str]:
return {name: self.get_health(name).value for name in self._agents}

def record_failure(self, name: str) -> None:
self._failure_counts[name] = self._failure_counts.get(name, 0) + 1
if name in self._circuit_breakers:
self._circuit_breakers[name].record_failure()
logger.error(f"Agent '{name}' recorded failure. Total failures: {self._failure_counts[name]}")

def record_success(self, name: str) -> None:
self._success_counts[name] = self._success_counts.get(name, 0) + 1
if name in self._circuit_breakers:
self._circuit_breakers[name].record_success()

def cache_result(self, key: str, data: Any) -> None:
self._cached_results[key] = (time.time(), data)

def get_cached_result(self, key: str) -> Any | None:
if key in self._cached_results:
ts, data = self._cached_results[key]
if time.time() - ts <= self.cache_ttl:
return data
return None

async def execute_with_resilience(
self,
agent_name: str,
payload: Any,
retry_config: RetryConfig | None = None,
cache_key: str | None = None,
partial_preserver: Callable[[Any, Exception], Any] | None = None,
) -> AgentExecutionResult:
start_time = time.time()
stages = []
retry_cfg = retry_config or RetryConfig()

if cache_key:
cached = self.get_cached_result(cache_key)
if cached is not None:
stages.append("cache_hit")
return AgentExecutionResult(
success=True,
data=cached,
stages_executed=stages,
duration_ms=(time.time() - start_time) * 1000,
)

cb = self._circuit_breakers.get(agent_name)
if cb and not cb.allow_request():
stages.append("circuit_breaker_open")
logger.warning(f"Circuit breaker for '{agent_name}' is OPEN. Attempting fallback routing.")
return await self._execute_fallback_chain(
agent_name, payload, start_time, stages, Exception("Circuit breaker is open"), partial_preserver
)

handler = self._agents.get(agent_name)
if not handler:
return AgentExecutionResult(
success=False,
error=f"Agent '{agent_name}' not found",
stages_executed=stages,
duration_ms=(time.time() - start_time) * 1000,
)

last_exception = None
for attempt in range(retry_cfg.max_retries + 1):
try:
stages.append(f"attempt_{attempt}")
res = await handler(payload)
self.record_success(agent_name)
if cache_key:
self.cache_result(cache_key, res)
stages.append("success")
return AgentExecutionResult(
success=True,
data=res,
stages_executed=stages,
duration_ms=(time.time() - start_time) * 1000,
)
except Exception as e:
last_exception = e
logger.warning(f"Agent '{agent_name}' attempt {attempt} failed: {e}")
if attempt < retry_cfg.max_retries:
delay = retry_cfg.initial_delay * (retry_cfg.backoff_factor ** attempt)
delay = min(delay, retry_cfg.max_delay)
if retry_cfg.jitter:
delay *= 0.5 + random.random()
await asyncio.sleep(delay)

self.record_failure(agent_name)
return await self._execute_fallback_chain(
agent_name, payload, start_time, stages, last_exception, partial_preserver
)

async def _execute_fallback_chain(
self,
agent_name: str,
payload: Any,
start_time: float,
stages: list[str],
last_exception: Exception | None,
partial_preserver: Callable[[Any, Exception], Any] | None,
) -> AgentExecutionResult:
partial = None
if partial_preserver and last_exception:
try:
partial = partial_preserver(payload, last_exception)
stages.append("partial_result_preserved")
except Exception as pe:
logger.error(f"Partial preserver failed: {pe}")

# 1. Try alternative agent route
alt_agent = self._fallbacks.get(agent_name)
if alt_agent and alt_agent in self._agents:
stages.append(f"routed_to_alternative_{alt_agent}")
logger.info(f"Routing failed agent '{agent_name}' to alternative agent '{alt_agent}'.")
try:
alt_handler = self._agents[alt_agent]
res = await alt_handler(payload)
self.record_success(alt_agent)
return AgentExecutionResult(
success=True,
data=res,
partial_result=partial,
stages_executed=stages,
fallback_used=True,
duration_ms=(time.time() - start_time) * 1000,
)
except Exception as ae:
logger.error(f"Alternative agent '{alt_agent}' also failed: {ae}")

# 2. Try deterministic / rule-based fallback
det_fallback = self._deterministic_fallbacks.get(agent_name)
if det_fallback:
stages.append("deterministic_fallback_used")
logger.info(f"Falling back to deterministic method for agent '{agent_name}'.")
try:
if asyncio.iscoroutinefunction(det_fallback):
res = await det_fallback(payload)
else:
res = det_fallback(payload)
return AgentExecutionResult(
success=True,
data=res,
partial_result=partial,
stages_executed=stages,
fallback_used=True,
duration_ms=(time.time() - start_time) * 1000,
)
except Exception as de:
logger.error(f"Deterministic fallback failed: {de}")

# 3. Graceful degradation failure
stages.append("graceful_degradation_failed")
err_msg = str(last_exception) if last_exception else "Unknown failure"
return AgentExecutionResult(
success=False,
error=err_msg,
partial_result=partial,
stages_executed=stages,
fallback_used=True,
duration_ms=(time.time() - start_time) * 1000,
)


# Global singleton registry instance
default_agent_registry = AgentRegistry()
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