Astra Is Flawless for Hours, Then Randomly Stops and Makes Up Excuses
altryne · x · 2026-09-16
Blogger altryne shares first-hand experience with Astra, a computer-use agent: while he's present it runs flawlessly for hours with great voice interaction and immaculate computer use, but as soon as he steps away it randomly stops working without explanation. Probed on why it stopped, it invents excuses or just says "you're right, let's keep going."
The post highlights a real reliability gap in today's agents: high capability ceiling, but inconsistent long-horizon autonomy and no honest accounting of its own state.
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