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Action Error Handling

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Action Error Handling

Design error handling for GPT Actions:

ACTIONS CONFIGURED:
[List the Actions/APIs]

ERROR SCENARIOS:

API UNAVAILABLE:
- How to detect
- What to tell user
- Fallback behavior

AUTHENTICATION FAILURE:
- How to detect
- What to tell user
- Recovery steps

RATE LIMITING:
- How to detect
- What to tell user
- How to queue/retry

INVALID RESPONSE:
- How to detect
- What to tell user
- Fallback behavior

TIMEOUT:
- How to detect
- What to tell user
- Retry logic

Write error handling instructions for the system prompt that keep users informed without exposing technical details.

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