> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://praison.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Idle Timeout Breaker • AI Agent SDK

> IdleTimeoutBreaker: Circuit breaker for consecutive idle-timeout failures.

# IdleTimeoutBreaker

> Defined in the [**errors**](../modules/errors) module.

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Circuit breaker for consecutive idle-timeout failures.

Prevents runaway API costs when providers repeatedly stall.

## Properties

<ResponseField name="max_consecutive" type="int">
  No description available.
</ResponseField>

## Methods

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="record_idle_timeout()" icon="function" href="../functions/IdleTimeoutBreaker-record_idle_timeout">
    Returns True when the hard cap is reached.
  </Card>

  <Card title="reset()" icon="function" href="../functions/IdleTimeoutBreaker-reset">
    Instance method.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Source

<Card title="View on GitHub" icon="github" href="https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/errors.py#L51">
  `praisonaiagents/errors.py` at line 51
</Card>