Existing Agent Tests Overlook Critical Risks Like Privacy Leaks
ayushm4489 · reddit · 2026-08-15
The author argues that current agent testing focuses on correctness but misses damaging behaviors like unnecessary PII collection, privacy leaks, unauthorized recommendations, or irreversible actions. Currently, this relies on manual transcript review, which doesn't scale. The author proposes building a testing tool that runs conversations to flag these high-risk problems with severity ratings, similar to a linter.
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