The latest articles on DEV Community by Satyan Sharma (@satyan_sharma_d5b8362d7cc). https://dev.to/satyan_sharma_d5b8362d7cc https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4124324%2F1c9f475a-aeba-4e19-a2a6-ace48821312e.png https://dev.to/satyan_sharma_d5b8362d7cc en Satyan Sharma Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:11:36 +0000 https://dev.to/satyan_sharma_d5b8362d7cc/your-loop-has-no-stop-condition-ckf https://dev.to/satyan_sharma_d5b8362d7cc/your-loop-has-no-stop-condition-ckf <p>A production agent repeats for 40 steps with Zero exceptions or errors, The repetition detector that is usually recommended also said everything was fine.</p> <p>The detector was measuring the wrong thing. It checks whether an action repeated - not whether anything changed. </p> <p>A scenario demonstrating the detector is failing, and the fix - a progress signal that watches the world instead of the agent. </p> <p>If your agents run unattended and you can't say how you'd know that one of them was stuck right now - that's usually fixable in an afternoon, not a rebuild.</p> <p>Looking forward to your comments.</p> agents ai debugging