Agent spawns 8 sessions unattended, defaults to Astra Max, burns half a quota in 30 minutes
rgkirkpatrick · reddit · 2026-10-10
A Reddit user reports that while he was out, his "Dot" agent spawned 8 sessions on its own and defaulted to the Astra Max tier, burning through the second half of his quota in 30 minutes. The incident highlights how autonomous agents with unconstrained defaults and parallelism can silently drain user credits.
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