Write the problem hypothesis
For [user], the agent repeatedly [undesired behavior] in [situation], causing [wrong decision, rework or loss of trust].
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Browse current opportunities →[BUG] Reasoning agents going into never-ending death spirals
Evidence observed in kyegomez/swarms, a Coding project.
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SUPPORTED ISSUE
This Issue has some independent public support. Treat it as a focused validation lead, not proof of a market.
Project strength and demand confidence are measured separately.SOURCE EVIDENCE
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Reporter context: To re-create: run Root problem: Evidence from Your Logs 2025-12-18 17:23:40 INFO - Iteration 1/5 [Agent generates 9 initial hypotheses] ... [Still processing paths from iteration 1] ... 2025-12-18 17:26:20 INFO - [Still in iteration 1, hasn't moved to iteration 2] Key observation: Agent ran for 3 minutes but never…Excerpted from the public Issue. Read the complete thread before interpreting it.
Recruit: Recruit contributors who can replay the problem in a representative repository and development environment.
Guardrail: Use a fixed test case and compare completion, regressions and recovery against the unchanged baseline.
Interview five developers or engineering leads
- Show three recent examples of the behavior.
- What response or action would have been acceptable?
- Which context predicts the failure?
- How do users correct it today?
- What new failure must the fix avoid?
Run the smallest experiment
Create a ten-case behavioral benchmark from real failures and test one narrow prompt, policy or evaluation change against the unchanged baseline.
The target behavior improves on the written benchmark without a material regression on the control cases.Use a fixed test case and compare completion, regressions and recovery against the unchanged baseline.Make a build decision
- Build: repeated pain and active commitment
- Narrow: pain is real but the audience or job differs
- Stop: weak frequency or no behavioral proof
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