Our first AI agent task board had a status column agents could write to whenever they liked. Tasks got stuck. Updates raced each other. The UI showed states that made no sense. The fix was boring and it worked. Full write-up 👇

Описание и применение

Агенты могли менять статус задачи в любой момент, что приводило к конфликтам и некорректному отображению. Внедрение сериализации обновлений статуса устранило гонки и исправило UI.

Задача

Agents could write to a status column at any time, causing tasks to get stuck, updates to race each other, and the UI to display nonsensical states.

Результат

The controlled status update mechanism eliminated race conditions, preventing tasks from getting stuck and ensuring the UI displayed accurate states.

Рабочий процесс

• 1. Identified that agents could write to the status column at any time.
• 2. Observed tasks getting stuck and UI showing conflicting states.
• 3. Designed a lock or queue mechanism to serialize status updates.
• 4. Implemented the controlled update logic in the board’s backend.
• 5. Tested the board to confirm tasks no longer stuck and UI states were consistent.
• 6. Deployed the fix to production.

Доказательства

Agents could write to a status column at any time, causing tasks to get stuck, updates to race each other, and the UI to display nonsensical states.

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The fix was boring and it worked.

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