Agent Runtimes Are Learning When To Stop
Fresh OpenCode, Codex, OpenClaw, and Hermes Agent patches show agent tools turning long-running work into bounded, traceable runtime state.
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Cline fixed a small but revealing failure in its VS Code extension: change a message while a command approval is waiting, and the old run could keep waiting forever—then catch answers meant for the new one.
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The long-form map behind the daily paper: context, tools, loops, memory, delegation, safety, interface, and trust.