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Long-running autonomous agents are prone to unpredictable token consumption and behavioral drift
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50%
Confidence
Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
9/14/2026
First Seen
Valid until: 12/13/2026
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UnverifiedThe high consumption triggered by the combination of Extra High reasoning and multi-tool agent tasks is expected behavior, not a system bug.70% similarVerifiedWhen an agent is in a loop, each call carries the accumulated conversation history, causing token consumption to grow linearly or even super-linearly with the number of iterations.68% similarUnverifiedForms of misalignment in coding agents include goal drift, shortcut behavior, scope creep, and opaque decision-making.66% similar
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