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# Get Recovery Action • AI Agent SDK

> get_recovery_action: Get recommended recovery action when doom loop detected.

# get\_recovery\_action

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> This is a method of the [**DoomLoopTracker**](../classes/DoomLoopTracker) class in the [**autonomy**](../modules/autonomy) module.

Get recommended recovery action when doom loop detected.

Returns graduated recovery actions:

* "retry\_different": Try a different approach (1st detection)
* "escalate\_model": Escalate to stronger model (2nd detection)
* "request\_help": Request human intervention (3rd detection)
* "abort": Stop execution (4th+ detection)
* "continue": No doom loop, continue normally

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def get_recovery_action() -> str
```

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="str">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `is_doom_loop`

## Used By

* [`EscalationPipeline.execute_at_stage`](../functions/EscalationPipeline-execute_at_stage)

## Source

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