API Success ≠ Business Success: The Hidden Agent Failures in Production
bluetech333 · reddit · 2026-08-12
A developer sparked a Reddit discussion highlighting a critical issue with AI agents in production: API calls return 200 OK, but the actual business outcomes are wrong.
Common failures include incorrect refund amounts, ineligible customers bypassing checks, duplicate orders, or silent ERP sync failures. The poster is seeking real-world operational experiences from the community, specifically asking if teams still rely on manual reconciliations and what the true financial or operational costs are when these agents make mistakes.
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