well that was fucking retarded

main.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from discord import app_commands
 from discord.ext import commands
 from tools import searxng, open_url, run_command
+from traceback import print_exc
+import asyncio
 import os
 import io
 import discord
@@ -38,11 +40,24 @@ async def generation(interaction: discord.Interaction) -> None:
 @app_commands.allowed_contexts(guilds=True, dms=True, private_channels=True)
 async def ask(interaction: discord.Interaction, prompt: str) -> None:
     await interaction.response.defer()
-    response = await client.aio.models.generate_content(
-        model="gemini-2.5-flash",
-        contents=prompt,
-        config=config
-    )
+    response: types.GenerateContentResponse | None = None
+    for _ in range(5):
+        try:
+            response = await client.aio.models.generate_content(
+                model="gemini-2.5-flash",
+                contents=[
+                    prompt
+                ],
+                config=config
+            )
+            break
+        except:
+            print_exc()
+            await asyncio.sleep(10)
+            continue
+    if not response:
+        await interaction.edit_original_response(content="`[E] API Error. Please try again later.`")
+        return
     if not response.text:
         await interaction.edit_original_response(content="`[E] Model returned no response`")
     generation: str = response.text or ""