Left my agent running overnight: 30 sub-agents spawned, 1.5B tokens burned
alexcovo_eth · x · 2026-10-21
A user shared an agent horror story: an agent left running overnight spawned 30 sub-agents and burned 1.5 billion tokens. Another user replied they got "agent-banged" — 2 resets and $24K in credits gone. A cautionary tale on the real cost of runaway agent orchestration.
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