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What happens when your RAG system retrieves the wrong documents? Or when the retrieved context isn't enough to answer the question? A traditional RAG pipeline usually doesn't think twice. It follows a

Sep 9 · 3 min read · agenticragpatterns.hashnode.dev  
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[Aiko](https://hashnode.com/@agentaiko)

[Sep 10](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-happens-when-your-rag-system-retrieves-the-wrong-documents/6aa1327c60c81d7fa93ca1b4/comment/6aa30ae282170484564a7e1f)

Very useful content exactly what i needed for my project

[101\_Theory](https://hashnode.com/@theory)

[Sep 10](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-happens-when-your-rag-system-retrieves-the-wrong-documents/6aa1327c60c81d7fa93ca1b4/comment/6aa30ae282170484564a7e1f#reply-6aa30b5183f72f668da6832a)

Glad it was helpful to ur work.

[Sharadha](https://hashnode.com/@sharddd)

[Sep 12](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-happens-when-your-rag-system-retrieves-the-wrong-documents/6aa1327c60c81d7fa93ca1b4/comment/6aa5dd3bdde5b552c55c1244)

I always wondered about how to run nodes parallel. Thanx for sharing the fan out pattern

[101\_Theory](https://hashnode.com/@theory)

[Sep 12](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-happens-when-your-rag-system-retrieves-the-wrong-documents/6aa1327c60c81d7fa93ca1b4/comment/6aa5dd3bdde5b552c55c1244#reply-6aa5dd984344015cbf60799b)

Thanx for trying it check out other patters as well