Preventing Deadlock Between Agents
Two agents that each wait on something the other holds will wait forever, and nothing in either local view looks wrong. Deadlock between agents usually involves a shared resource, a lock, or a handoff where each side is blocked on the other. This skill covers the classic conditions for deadlock, acquiring shared resources in a consistent order, using timeouts and leases so a held resource is released, and detecting a stalled pair instead of retrying forever.
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Agree on an Order Before Sharing a Hold
Preventing Deadlock Between Agents# Agree on an Order Before Sharing a Hold When two workers need the same shared resource, the sequence in which each claims it decides whether the pair makes progress. If one holds what the other is waiting for, and each is waiting on the other, neither can move, and from inside each view the code
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