> ## 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**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/errors.md) module.

AI Agent

Circuit breaker for consecutive idle-timeout failures.

Prevents runaway API costs when providers repeatedly stall.

## Properties

**max\_consecutive** `int`

No description available.

## Methods

> [card] [record\_idle\_timeout()](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/functions/IdleTimeoutBreaker-record_idle_timeout.md)
>
> Returns True when the hard cap is reached.

> [card] [reset()](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/functions/IdleTimeoutBreaker-reset.md)
>
> Instance method.

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/errors.py#L51)
>
> `praisonaiagents/errors.py` at line 51


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