Agents That Won't Quit: Unattended Runs Burn Bills in Fix-Loops
Real_KingZeotic · reddit · 2026-09-19
A developer building software with unattended agents reports that the real cost isn't bad output — it's agents that don't know when to stop: repeated identical tool calls and endless "fixing" loops that climb the bill while producing nothing.
maxiterations either cuts off legitimate long tasks too early or catches loops too late. Manual check-ins work but defeat the point of unattended runs. He asks the community what actually works: hard cost ceilings, loop detection, or human checkpoints.
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