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Detecting a Self-Repeating Agent Loop
How to notice that an autonomous agent has stopped making progress and is repeating itself, and what to do about it. Covers hashing each action or state signature to spot repeats, distinguishing a true runaway loop from legitimate polling or retries, and the safe reactions: change approach, escalate, or stop with a partial result.
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$ hermes cron list
$ hermes cron status
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When a Loop Looks Busy but Moves Nothing
Detecting a Self-Repeating Agent Loop# When a Loop Looks Busy but Moves Nothing The hardest loop to spot is the one that is working hard and achieving nothing. Tool calls go out, tokens are spent, and the world does not change. Catching it early is what keeps a small fault from becoming an expensive one. ## Watch what was done Reduc
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