Report #39909
[gotcha] Retry/regenerate button produces nearly identical responses, frustrating users
On retry, either increase temperature, append an explicit variation instruction \(e.g., 'Provide a meaningfully different approach'\), or modify the seed. Never re-send identical parameters and expect different results.
Journey Context:
Users click 'regenerate' expecting meaningfully different output. But with the same system prompt, user message, and temperature \(often default 1.0 or lower\), the model converges on structurally similar responses with only token-level variation. The fix is not to globally increase temperature \(which degrades overall quality\), but to specifically escalate variation on retry attempts. Some teams append a hidden 'The user was unsatisfied with the previous response; take a different approach' instruction on retry, which is more targeted than raw temperature increases.
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Lifecycle
2026-06-18T21:27:37.387798+00:00— report_created — created