diff --git a/metagpt/roles/engineer.py b/metagpt/roles/engineer.py
index c83a776c2..7c91ec6f9 100644
--- a/metagpt/roles/engineer.py
+++ b/metagpt/roles/engineer.py
@@ -297,6 +297,6 @@ class Engineer(Role):
             self.set_todo(self.summarize_todos[0])
 
     @property
-    def todo(self) -> str:
+    def action_description(self) -> str:
         """AgentStore uses this attribute to display to the user what actions the current role should take."""
         return self.next_todo_action
diff --git a/metagpt/roles/role.py b/metagpt/roles/role.py
index 3a790005c..5da39f80f 100644
--- a/metagpt/roles/role.py
+++ b/metagpt/roles/role.py
@@ -523,19 +523,34 @@ class Role(SerializationMixin, ContextMixin, BaseModel):
         return not self.rc.news and not self.rc.todo and self.rc.msg_buffer.empty()
 
     async def think(self) -> Action:
-        """The exported `think` function"""
+        """
+        Export SDK API, used by AgentStore RPC.
+        The exported `think` function
+        """
+        await self._observe()  # For compatibility with the old version of the Agent.
         await self._think()
         return self.rc.todo
 
     async def act(self) -> ActionOutput:
-        """The exported `act` function"""
+        """
+        Export SDK API, used by AgentStore RPC.
+        The exported `act` function
+        """
         msg = await self._act()
         return ActionOutput(content=msg.content, instruct_content=msg.instruct_content)
 
     @property
-    def first_action(self) -> str:
-        """AgentStore uses this attribute to display to the user what actions the current role should take."""
-        # FIXME: this is a hack, we should not use the first action to represent the todo
+    def action_description(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Export SDK API, used by AgentStore RPC and Agent.
+        AgentStore uses this attribute to display to the user what actions the current role should take.
+        `Role` provides the default property, and this property should be overridden by children classes if necessary,
+        as demonstrated by the `Engineer` class.
+        """
+        if self.rc.todo:
+            if self.rc.todo.desc:
+                return self.rc.todo.desc
+            return any_to_name(self.rc.todo)
         if self.actions:
             return any_to_name(self.actions[0])
         return ""
diff --git a/metagpt/utils/common.py b/metagpt/utils/common.py
index 879fe2637..509d355b6 100644
--- a/metagpt/utils/common.py
+++ b/metagpt/utils/common.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from typing import Any, List, Tuple, Union
 import aiofiles
 import loguru
 from pydantic_core import to_jsonable_python
-from tenacity import RetryCallState, _utils
+from tenacity import RetryCallState, RetryError, _utils
 
 from metagpt.const import MESSAGE_ROUTE_TO_ALL
 from metagpt.logs import logger
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ def role_raise_decorator(func):
                 self.rc.memory.delete(self.latest_observed_msg)
             # raise again to make it captured outside
             raise Exception(format_trackback_info(limit=None))
-        except Exception:
+        except Exception as e:
             if self.latest_observed_msg:
                 logger.warning(
                     "There is a exception in role's execution, in order to resume, "
@@ -514,6 +514,12 @@ def role_raise_decorator(func):
                 # remove role newest observed msg to make it observed again
                 self.rc.memory.delete(self.latest_observed_msg)
             # raise again to make it captured outside
+            if isinstance(e, RetryError):
+                last_error = e.last_attempt._exception
+                name = any_to_str(last_error)
+                if re.match(r"^openai\.", name) or re.match(r"^httpx\.", name):
+                    raise last_error
+
             raise Exception(format_trackback_info(limit=None))
 
     return wrapper
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 93ad653dc..d54a1d22e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ lancedb==0.4.0
 langchain==0.0.352
 loguru==0.6.0
 meilisearch==0.21.0
-numpy==1.24.3
+numpy>=1.24.3
 openai==1.6.0
 openpyxl
 beautifulsoup4==4.12.2