AI agent failures are still hard to debug reliably

An succeeds about 85% of the time, but each failure tends to have a different cause. The failures include choosing the wrong tool, getting stuck in a loop, forgetting earlier context, and timing out. Each investigation takes about 1 to 2 hours.

The current approach is to collect logs that include prompts, tool use, and other details, then give those logs to a and hope it can identify the problem. A more reliable debugging method or platform is needed.

Key points

  • The succeeds about 85% of the time.
  • Failures include wrong tool use, loops, forgotten context, and timeouts.
  • Each failure takes about 1 to 2 hours to investigate.
  • Logs include prompts, tool activity, and other failure details.
  • The current is sending logs to a for diagnosis.
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