Spent $40 in hours due to agents fact-checking each other endlessly. Cost control?
Thinking-master · reddit · 2026-08-21
A user shared a failed autonomous agent test where 3 agents burned through $40 in token costs in a few hours. Two agents entered a loop of endlessly fact-checking each other. The author is seeking advice on guardrails or rate limits to prevent such cost overruns without breaking the task completion.
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