Loops create latency, cost and sometimes repeated side effects.
INCIDENT RESPONSEAI SRE
Incident: Agent Infinite Loop
An agent loop repeatedly reasons or calls tools without making meaningful progress toward task completion.
A troubleshooting agent alternates between two tools for 40 iterations because neither result satisfies its stopping condition.
What hard limits stop the loop safely—steps, wall time, tool count or spend?
REMEMBEREvery autonomous workflow needs a bounded execution budget.
No uploads · No company data · No account required