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How I traced and fixed an agent runaway in 11 minutes
Exact trace, the deviation prompt, the bisect, and the rule that locked it out forever.
TL;DR
- Agent runaways happen when one prompt drifts 3+ steps in without a hard constraint
- The trace + bisect + rule-lock method turns guesswork into 11-minute fix
- Real example: agent quietly editing auth middleware caught at step 7
- Bisect isolates failure in 3 replays, rule-lock prevents the entire failure class
- Full debug stack ships in the Agent Trace & Bisect Kit
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