Repetition Loop
A failure mode in which a language model repeatedly outputs identical or highly similar content when generating long answers, wasting tokens and degrading answer quality.
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Looping is a common failure mode when language models generate long answers, in which the model repeatedly outputs the same or highly similar phrases, sentence patterns or reasoning steps and cannot break out on its own.
The Loop is a pattern in Agent engineering that lets the system autonomously trigger Agent runs, and its trigger sources are usually of three kinds: time-driven, goal-driven, and event-driven.
Without tools, a model can only spin within text; without a loop, a model can only give one-off answers.
If a loop has no clear termination condition, the Agent may fall into an infinite loop or perform operations beyond expectations.
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Looping is a common failure mode when language models generate long answers, in which the model repeatedly outputs the same or highly similar phrases, sentence patterns or reasoning steps and cannot break out on its own.
50%UnverifiedThe Loop is a pattern in Agent engineering that lets the system autonomously trigger Agent runs, and its trigger sources are usually of three kinds: time-driven, goal-driven, and event-driven.
50%UnverifiedWithout tools, a model can only spin within text; without a loop, a model can only give one-off answers.
50%UnverifiedIf a loop has no clear termination condition, the Agent may fall into an infinite loop or perform operations beyond expectations.
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