When 55193 Restarts Hide a Deeper AI Agent Problem

Description and use

The AI agent algom-stream restarts 55,193 times in 12 days while PM2 reports it as online, masking instability and causing lost work. The solution involves detailed logging, health checks, resource analysis, and dependency review.

Problem

An AI agent (algom-stream) is restarting 55,193 times in 12 days, yet PM2 reports it as online, masking instability and causing lost work.

Outcome

By adding granular logging, health checks, and dependency reviews, the restart loop can be diagnosed and mitigated, restoring functional stability to the AI agent.

Workflow

• 1. Enable detailed error logging in algom-stream to capture stack traces.
• 2. Add application‑level health checks that verify task processing success.
• 3. Monitor CPU, disk I/O, and memory to rule out resource contention.
• 4. Review and update dependencies for potential conflicts or unstable external APIs.
• 5. Adjust PM2 configuration to alert on high restart counts and enforce stricter restart limits.

Evidence

My algom-stream AI agent has restarted 55193 times in the last 12 days.

Source

PM2 reports 8 of my 8 processes are online.

Source

The 83 MB memory usage for algom-stream is low, matching dragontrade-dashboard, which suggests it's not a memory leak causing the crash.

Source