Naive Happy-Path Cost
0 Retries
$0.024
Theoretical zero-failure run cost
Expected Stochastic Cost
+182% Inflated
$0.068
Average cost factoring real failure loops
P95 Tail Budget Blowout
Worst 5%
$0.142
Multi-retry worst-case runaway cost
Search API Waste Ratio
High
42.8%
API dollars lost to discarded retried steps
Execution Latency (P50/P95)
Waterfall
4.2s / 12.8s
End-to-end task completion time