Version 1.7.3 is completely broken: High amount of failed and retried requests

[ashleykleynhans]

Describe the bug
After upgrading to version 1.7.3, the number of retried and failed requests spiked dramatically - Of 155 total requests, 17 were retried and 11 failed.

This is not happening with version 1.7.2, and things are back to normal after reverting to version 1.7.2.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Use a ComfyUI serverless worker.
2. Ensure that runpod python module is version 1.7.3.
3. Send a few dozen requests to the endpoint.
4. Observe a high number of retried and failed requests.

Expected behavior
There should be NO retried or failed requests.

Screenshots

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Additional context
None.