Agent observability is a distraction: tool-call success isn't outcome correctness
Gallegos_Daniel · reddit · 2026-09-14
The author argues "observability for AI agents" is becoming a distraction: perfect traces can show correct tool calls with 200 responses while the system is still in a wrong state — an agent can call createcustomer, succeed, and still corrupt a database or CRM. This is a verification problem, not a logging one. As agents autonomously mutate databases, payments and tickets, "the tool call succeeded" is too weak a definition of success; the real question is what actually changed, demanding a stronger execution/outcome distinction.
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