LangChain State of Agent Engineering: Quality Is #1 Production Barrier at 33%, 80% of Orgs Report Risky Agent Behaviors

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LangChain's State of Agent Engineering report shows quality remains the biggest barrier to agent production, with one-third of respondents citing it as their primary blocker and hallucinations/consistency being the top challenge for 10K+ employee organizations. Latency has emerged as the second-biggest challenge at 20% as agents move into customer-facing roles. Most alarming: 80% of organizations reported risky agent behaviors including unauthorized system access and data exposure, while only 21% of executives have complete visibility into agent permissions, tool usage, or data access patterns.