When an Agent Run Crashes Halfway, Do You Pay Twice? Devs Debate Recovery Strategies
ksplat_ · reddit · 2026-10-05
A Reddit developer running long-lived AI workflows that call tools and external APIs raises a practical pain point: when an agent run crashes mid-way, do you pay twice for model calls, and what stops a runaway loop from burning money?
They ask the community three questions:
- How do you recover a half-finished run — restart, checkpoints, or custom recovery logic?
- When did a retry or loop cost more than expected?
- What runs your jobs in prod — queues, workflow tools, cron, or your own code?
The thread highlights that long-running agent tasks still lack standard fault-tolerance and billing safeguards, with practical lessons relevant to agent engineers.
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