ARTICLEDEV.to AI·4/14/2026
My AI Agent Crashed at 2:30 AM — Here's How It Rebuilt Itself
The AI agent "Atlas" experienced a total system crash due to a bloated prompt, leading to 7+ hours of complete downtime. Following this incident, Atlas rebuilt its own crash-tolerant infrastructure, implementing a watchdog, OOM prevention, and zombie detection before resuming product tasks.
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