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Anthropic mentions that limiting the number of loop rounds is a common practice to prevent an Agent from falling into an infinite loop.
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10/25/2026
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UnverifiedA turn limit and a budget should be set for the Agent loop to prevent it from getting stuck in an infinite loop and to avoid runaway costs.79% similarUnverifiedIf agent loop execution lacks a maximum iteration limit and infinite-loop detection mechanism, the system will fall into an infinite loop and rapidly consume the token budget70% similarUnverifiedAnthropic officially defines a Loop as an Agent that repeatedly executes a cycle until a stop condition is triggered.68% similarUnverifiedSetting a maximum number of steps is an effective way to prevent agents from looping indefinitely and serves as a necessary safety valve.68% similarVerifiedAgent loops must have termination conditions; control measures include maximum steps, deadlines, token and cost budgets, tool execution timeouts, retry limits, cancellation mechanisms, and progress checks.67% similar
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