From ad281d1a9f3a2bb8b051d9649faf5bea5e8586b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Jackson <matthew@pq.io>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 14:51:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Retry stuck/incomplete jobs instead of marking permanently
 failed

Stuck and incomplete jobs now get retried up to max_retries (default 2)
before being permanently marked. Honeypots are still permanent.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 job_applier.mjs | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/job_applier.mjs b/job_applier.mjs
index e1ad4fa..9a9513f 100644
--- a/job_applier.mjs
+++ b/job_applier.mjs
@@ -328,14 +328,27 @@ async function handleResult(job, result, results, settings, profile, apiKey) {
       break;
 
     case 'skipped_honeypot':
-    case 'stuck':
-    case 'incomplete':
-      console.log(`    ⏭️  Skipped — ${status}`);
+      console.log(`    ⏭️  Skipped — honeypot`);
       updateJobStatus(job.id, status, { title, company });
       appendLog({ ...job, title, company, status });
       results.skipped_other++;
       break;
 
+    case 'stuck':
+    case 'incomplete': {
+      const retries = (job.retry_count || 0) + 1;
+      if (retries <= maxRetries) {
+        console.log(`    ⏭️  ${status} — will retry (attempt ${retries}/${maxRetries})`);
+        updateJobStatus(job.id, 'new', { title, company, retry_count: retries });
+      } else {
+        console.log(`    ⏭️  ${status} — max retries reached`);
+        updateJobStatus(job.id, status, { title, company });
+        appendLog({ ...job, title, company, status });
+      }
+      results.skipped_other++;
+      break;
+    }
+
     default:
       console.warn(`    ⚠️  Unhandled status: ${status}`);
       updateJobStatus(job.id, status, { title, company });