Glossary
What Is an Runaway Agent Loop? — sipi.bot Glossary
A failure mode where an autonomous agent repeats a paid action indefinitely — due to a reasoning loop, a prompt injection, or a logic error — accumulating costs until stopped.
By the sipi.bot team · Published 2026-07-19
Definition
Runaway loops are the nightmare scenario for agent deployments. A single-looping agent ran up $4,200 in Pinecone API costs in 3 hours. An agent spend firewall with velocity limits and daily caps would have stopped it after $100. This is the core problem sipi.bot solves.
Why It Matters
Without proper runaway agent loop controls, autonomous agents can accumulate significant unexpected costs. sipi.bot automates runaway agent loop enforcement so you deploy agents with confidence.