How to Stop Agents from Burning Money in Infinite Loops
Sea-Sheepherder9334 · reddit · 2026-07-20
The author poses a specific production question: **how to detect an agent's loop calls and retry storms before the API bill explodes**. They point out that rate limiting only catches "excessive volume" traffic, not legitimate requests where the agent meaninglessly calls the model repeatedly. Often, the issue is only noticed when dashboard numbers spike. The author eventually built a lightweight protection system featuring loop detection but wants to know: - Are there existing solutions in the industry? - Do people manually monitor usage charts or rely on custom logs/alerts? - How to systematically identify "normal-looking but money-burning" agent behavior in production?
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