A repair-loop stop rule needs three clauses: budget, evidence, escalation
alexcovo_eth · x · 2026-09-13
rolibosch lays out a minimal stop rule for agent repair loops with three clauses: an attempt budget, a requirement that retries be justified by new evidence, and an escalation path when the budget is exhausted. His core point: "keep trying" is not a persistence policy—it's an unbounded objective that will burn tokens forever.
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