However, when creating MCP tools, I've noticed that the processing isn't really what's expensive. It's when the agent gets stuck in a loop. For example, I note writes faulty code, executes it, detects the error, tries to "fix" it, makes it worse, rinses it, and repeats it 5 to 10 times. This quickly consumes the context window, regardless of where the code is running.
I'm curious: Does Oblien detect when an agent is simply wasting time? Or is that left to the agent framework? Because, I mean, sometimes I look for that solution and there isn't one :(
The short answer is: No, Oblien does not detect when an agent is wasting time. We leave that entirely to the agent framework.
Oblien is strictly the infrastructure layer. We don't inspect the semantic meaning of the commands the LLM is running, nor do we analyze the context window.
However, what Oblien does provide are the infrastructure-level circuit breakers so the framework can build that logic easily:
1. Hard Timeouts: When the framework calls our POST /exec endpoint, it can pass a timeout_seconds parameter. If the agent writes a script that accidentally infinite-loops the CPU, the runtime kills it at the OS level automatically. 2. Resource Isolation: Because it's a microVM, a runaway process won't lock up your host machine or bleed into other workspaces.
Detecting the logical loop (the "I wrote bad code, let me try again" cycle) is definitely the holy grail for frameworks right now. But our goal with Oblien is just to ensure that when the agent does inevitably hallucinate and run rm -rf or spin up a fork bomb