feat: comprehensive tool retry policy improvements and testing

- Fix RetryPolicy import in TYPE_CHECKING block
- Fix clone_for_channel to propagate tool_retry_policy
- Fix async hook emission to use executor instead of blocking event loop
- Add exception chaining (raise ... from e) for better error tracebacks
- Fix iterable guard in _get_tool_retry_policy for MCP tools
- Wire @tool(retry_policy=...) support on FunctionTool decorator
- Add comprehensive unit tests for sync/async retry functionality
- Add real agentic tests with flaky tools (satisfies AGENTS.md §9.4)
- Add CLI support with --tool-retry-* flags
- Add YAML configuration support for tool_retry_policy
- Test tool-level policy precedence and error classification

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Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: praisonai-triage-agent[bot]

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/agent.py

@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ def _get_default_server_registry() -> ServerRegistry:
     from .handoff import Handoff, HandoffConfig, HandoffResult
     from ..rag.models import RAGResult, ContextPack
     from ..eval.results import EvaluationLoopResult
+    from ..tools.retry import RetryPolicy
 
 # Import structured error from central errors module
 from ..errors import BudgetExceededError
@@ -2076,6 +2077,7 @@ def clone_for_channel(self) -> "Agent":
 
             # Tool configuration
             'tool_timeout': getattr(self, '_tool_timeout', None),
+            'tool_retry_policy': getattr(self, '_tool_retry_policy', None),
             'parallel_tool_calls': getattr(self, 'parallel_tool_calls', False),
 
             # CLI backend

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/execution_mixin.py

@@ -1397,8 +1397,12 @@ async def _emit_retry_hook_async(self, tool_name, attempt, delay_ms, error, max_
             if hasattr(hook_runner, 'execute_async'):
                 await hook_runner.execute_async(HookEvent.ON_RETRY, retry_input, target=tool_name)
             else:
-                # Fallback to sync execution
-                hook_runner.execute_sync(HookEvent.ON_RETRY, retry_input, target=tool_name)
+                # Fallback to sync execution in executor to avoid blocking event loop
+                loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+                await loop.run_in_executor(
+                    None,
+                    lambda: hook_runner.execute_sync(HookEvent.ON_RETRY, retry_input, target=tool_name)
+                )
 
         except Exception as e:
             # Don't let hook failures break retry logic

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/tool_execution.py

@@ -726,13 +726,13 @@ def _execute_tool_with_circuit_breaker(self, function_name, arguments):
 
                 # Check if retryable and not last attempt
                 if not is_retryable or attempt == retry_policy.max_attempts - 1:
-                    raise wrapped_error
+                    raise wrapped_error from e
 
                 # Determine error type  
                 error_type = self._classify_error_type(None, wrapped_error)
 
                 if not retry_policy.should_retry(error_type, attempt):
-                    raise wrapped_error
+                    raise wrapped_error from e
 
                 # Emit retry hook event
                 delay_ms = retry_policy.get_delay_ms(attempt)
@@ -1171,7 +1171,11 @@ def _get_tool_retry_policy(self, tool_name):
         from ..tools.retry import RetryPolicy
 
         # Check for tool-level retry policy first
-        for tool in getattr(self, 'tools', []):
+        tools = getattr(self, 'tools', [])
+        # Handle non-iterable tools (e.g., single MCP instance)
+        if not isinstance(tools, (list, tuple)):
+            tools = []  # MCP or single tool instance - no tool-level policy lookup
+        for tool in tools:
             if (callable(tool) and 
                 getattr(tool, '__name__', '') == tool_name and
                 hasattr(tool, 'retry_policy')):

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/tools/decorator.py

@@ -68,13 +68,15 @@ def __init__(
         name: Optional[str] = None,
         description: Optional[str] = None,
         version: str = "1.0.0",
-        availability: Optional[Callable[[], tuple[bool, str]]] = None
+        availability: Optional[Callable[[], tuple[bool, str]]] = None,
+        retry_policy: Optional[Any] = None
     ):
         self._func = func
         self.name = name or func.__name__
         self.description = description or func.__doc__ or f"Tool: {self.name}"
         self.version = version
         self._availability = availability
+        self.retry_policy = retry_policy
 
         # Detect injected parameters
         self._injected_params = get_injected_params(func)
@@ -176,7 +178,8 @@ def tool(
     name: Optional[str] = None,
     description: Optional[str] = None,
     version: str = "1.0.0",
-    availability: Optional[Callable[[], tuple[bool, str]]] = None
+    availability: Optional[Callable[[], tuple[bool, str]]] = None,
+    retry_policy: Optional[Any] = None
 ) -> Union[FunctionTool, Callable[[Callable], FunctionTool]]:
     """Decorator to convert a function into a tool.
     
@@ -194,13 +197,18 @@ def my_func(x: str) -> str:
         @tool(availability=lambda: (bool(os.getenv("API_KEY")), "API_KEY missing"))
         def my_func(x: str) -> str:
             return x
+            
+        @tool(retry_policy=RetryPolicy(max_attempts=5))
+        def my_func(x: str) -> str:
+            return x
     
     Args:
         func: The function to wrap (when used without parentheses)
         name: Override the tool name (default: function name)
         description: Override description (default: function docstring)
         version: Tool version (default: "1.0.0")
         availability: Function that returns (is_available, reason) tuple
+        retry_policy: RetryPolicy for tool execution with exponential backoff
     
     Returns:
         FunctionTool instance that wraps the function
@@ -211,7 +219,8 @@ def decorator(fn: Callable) -> FunctionTool:
             name=name,
             description=description,
             version=version,
-            availability=availability
+            availability=availability,
+            retry_policy=retry_policy
         )
 
         # Validate the tool at creation time for early error detection

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/test_tool_decorator_retry.py

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+"""
+Tests for @tool(retry_policy=...) decorator functionality.
+"""
+from praisonaiagents import tool, Agent
+from praisonaiagents.tools.retry import RetryPolicy
+
+
+class TestToolDecoratorRetryPolicy:
+    """Test @tool decorator with retry_policy parameter."""
+    
+    def test_tool_decorator_with_retry_policy(self):
+        """Test @tool decorator accepts retry_policy parameter."""
+        retry_policy = RetryPolicy(max_attempts=5, initial_delay_ms=500)
+        
+        @tool(retry_policy=retry_policy)
+        def test_tool(query: str) -> str:
+            """A test tool with retry policy."""
+            return f"Result for {query}"
+        
+        assert hasattr(test_tool, 'retry_policy')
+        assert test_tool.retry_policy == retry_policy
+        assert test_tool.retry_policy.max_attempts == 5
+        assert test_tool.retry_policy.initial_delay_ms == 500
+    
+    def test_tool_decorator_without_retry_policy(self):
+        """Test @tool decorator works without retry_policy (default None)."""
+        @tool
+        def test_tool(query: str) -> str:
+            """A test tool without retry policy."""
+            return f"Result for {query}"
+        
+        assert hasattr(test_tool, 'retry_policy')
+        assert test_tool.retry_policy is None
+    
+    def test_tool_with_retry_policy_used_by_agent(self):
+        """Test that agent respects tool-level retry policy."""
+        tool_retry_policy = RetryPolicy(max_attempts=7, initial_delay_ms=300)
+        
+        @tool(retry_policy=tool_retry_policy)
+        def special_tool(query: str) -> str:
+            """Special tool with custom retry policy."""
+            return f"Special result for {query}"
+        
+        # Agent with different retry policy
+        agent_retry_policy = RetryPolicy(max_attempts=2, initial_delay_ms=1000)
+        agent = Agent(
+            name="test_agent",
+            instructions="Test agent",
+            tools=[special_tool],
+            tool_retry_policy=agent_retry_policy
+        )
+        
+        # Should get tool-level policy (higher precedence)
+        resolved_policy = agent._get_tool_retry_policy("special_tool")
+        assert resolved_policy == tool_retry_policy
+        assert resolved_policy.max_attempts == 7
+        assert resolved_policy.initial_delay_ms == 300
+    
+    def test_mixed_tools_retry_policies(self):
+        """Test agent with mix of tools - some with retry policy, some without."""
+        policy_a = RetryPolicy(max_attempts=3)
+        policy_b = RetryPolicy(max_attempts=6)
+        
+        @tool(retry_policy=policy_a)
+        def tool_a(query: str) -> str:
+            return f"A: {query}"
+        
+        @tool(retry_policy=policy_b)
+        def tool_b(query: str) -> str:
+            return f"B: {query}"
+        
+        @tool  # No retry policy
+        def tool_c(query: str) -> str:
+            return f"C: {query}"
+        
+        agent_policy = RetryPolicy(max_attempts=4)
+        agent = Agent(
+            name="test_agent",
+            instructions="Test agent",
+            tools=[tool_a, tool_b, tool_c],
+            tool_retry_policy=agent_policy
+        )
+        
+        # Tool A should use its own policy
+        policy_a_resolved = agent._get_tool_retry_policy("tool_a")
+        assert policy_a_resolved == policy_a
+        assert policy_a_resolved.max_attempts == 3
+        
+        # Tool B should use its own policy
+        policy_b_resolved = agent._get_tool_retry_policy("tool_b")
+        assert policy_b_resolved == policy_b
+        assert policy_b_resolved.max_attempts == 6
+        
+        # Tool C should use agent policy (fallback)
+        policy_c_resolved = agent._get_tool_retry_policy("tool_c")
+        assert policy_c_resolved == agent_policy
+        assert policy_c_resolved.max_attempts == 4