The Infinite Loop: The Cash Incinerator
The Scenario
You build an agent to \"Search Google for the weather, then summarize it.\" The Google API is down or returns an error code. The Agent thinks: \"The tool failed. I should try again.\"It tries again. And again. And again. At machine speed.
The Consequence
If your loop runs 5 times per second and calls GPT-4 ($0.03/call) each time to decide what to do, you can burn $500 in an hour. This is the most common way developers lose money with Agents.
The Fix: Hard Limits
- Max Iterations: Hardcode a `max_iterations=10` limit. If the agent hasn't solved the problem in 10 steps, kill the process.
- Exponential Backoff: If a tool fails, wait 1 second, then 2 seconds, then 4 seconds before retrying.
- Budget Alerts: Set strict billing limits on your OpenAI/Anthropic dashboard.
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