# Why AI agents need idempotent payments · Mattia Ciuni

> An agent that does not retry loses money, but retries are exactly what breaks naive payment flows. Why the idempotency key is the memory of an agent's intentions.

- URL: https://mattiaciuni.pages.dev/notes/idempotent-payments-for-ai-agents
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- Published: 2026-09-12

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