Screenshot retry-loop incident
Unnamed: a user running automated QA testing · coding agent
- What happened
- During browser-automation testing, a coding agent repeatedly tried to read a screenshot larger than the image size limit. It retried the same operation at least five times (reported) despite four instructions from the user to stop.
- Impact
- Wasted usage and a stalled testing session (reported); no monetary amount was reported.
- What would have caught it
- Cap retries of the same rejected operation and raise a stall alert. Act on a person’s stop request before any further tool call.
- Sources
- QA user’s issue report (source date 2026-01-06)