Runaway Agent Spawns 30 Sub-Agents Overnight, Burns 1.5B Tokens

A user left an agent running overnight and it spawned 30 sub-agents, burning 1.5 billion tokens; others shared similar losses, renewing concerns over runaway autonomous agent costs.

2026-10-21 ~ 2026-10-21 · 2 related posts

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