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Public story · 2026-02-24 · source-backed
agentsofchaos.baulab.info — The most comprehensive empirical study of autonomous coding agent failures to date. 16 documented incidents across 6 different agents over 14 days of controlled testing. Failure modes cataloged include: context window compaction causing safety boundary loss (agents "forgetting" safety rules as conversation compresses), tool use escalation chains, and inter-agent trust exploitation. Identifies context-window-compaction as a critical new failure mode — distinct from prompt injection. Must-read for anyone deploying agents beyond toy projects.
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