Overview
A loop can persist in the wrong direction if the goal is underspecified. The keyword research workflow demonstrates this clearly: the system reported completion even though it had produced a skill file rather than the requested user-facing application. The loop had activity and a completion state, but the output type was wrong.
Long-running loops also consume time and tokens. Some agentic jobs can operate for hours, and a swarm can remain only partly complete after substantial runtime. The operator therefore needs the ability to monitor progress, stop execution, and correct the target.
A judge is useful, but its declaration is not a substitute for human acceptance testing.