September 25, 2026
Agent retry loop racks up large bill on paid API under one service account
An internal ops agent retried a failing validation repeatedly against a paid enrichment API all night under one authenticated service account, resulting in a large bill without hitting rate limits or breaching permissions.
Why this matters
For spendbroker, this shows autonomous agents can silently accumulate unbounded costs through retries alone, so agent spend limits, retry budgets, and financial guardrails must be enforced at the payment brokering layer even when permissions and rate limits are intact.
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