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Hedge a Slow Request Instead of Waiting on the Tail

Most calls to a tool return quickly, but a small share stall, and a caller that waits on each call in turn pays the whole stall. Hedging sends a second copy of a particular call to a different route after that call has been slow for a set time, then takes the first answer and cancels or ignores the other. This skill covers hedging for agent tool calls: pick the delay from the normal response time, cap how much extra work hedging may add, cancel the losing copy, and keep the step from turning one slow call into a storm of duplicates.

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$ openclaw command add --name "hedge" --trigger "/hedge" --source "Ops Console" --message "After a call has been slow for a set delay, send one copy to a second route and take the first answer, so a stall on one route does not hold the whole step."

$ openclaw alert-rule add --name "Tail Stall" --group-by "route" --window "10m" --action "Alert when a small share of calls take far longer than the normal response time and hold up the steps that wait on them."

$ openclaw auto-fix add --name "Cap Hedge Spend" --condition "hedged_calls_in_flight > hedge_limit" --action "Stop sending extra copies for the current window so hedging cannot turn one slow call into a storm of duplicates." --approval "auto" --notify "#ops-info" --cooldown "10m"

$ openclaw runbook add --name "Hedged Calls" --trigger "/runbook hedging" --tags "development,ops" --steps "Measure the normal response time. Set the hedge delay above the common case so most calls are not doubled. Send one extra copy at most. Cancel the copy that loses. Cap the extra share that hedging may add to the total."

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Hedge the slow tail without doubling every call

Hedge a Slow Request Instead of Waiting on the Tail

Most calls to a tool are quick and a few stall. A caller that waits on each call in turn pays the whole stall, and one slow call can hold a step that had plenty of time. Hedging sends one extra copy to a different route after a call has been slow for a set delay, then takes the first answer and can

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