When Agents Sit Waiting for Human Approval Nobody Notices
pixelatrix · reddit · 2026-09-09
A developer describes a real pain point: agents in their dev workflow stall when they hit decisions they can't make (deploy target, approvals, table choice) and nobody knows they're waiting—one sat two hours on a question answerable in 20 seconds. They ask how others handle silent agent stalls: notification systems, human sweeps, or letting agents decide and fixing later.
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