All your agents are going async

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Article

TL;DR

Agent tasks outlive HTTP sessions; durable transport and resumable sessions are now required infrastructure.

Key Takeaways

  • SSE breaks when client disconnects; agents need durable pub/sub channels to survive
  • Email, tmux/SSH, and Telegram are already used ad-hoc as async agent channels
  • Article is partly an Ably pitch — conflict of interest disclosed late, not upfront

Discussion

Top comments:

  • [TacticalCoder]: $5/month VPS + SSH + tmux already solves durable agent sessions

    $5 per month dedicated server, SSH, tmux.

  • [bozdemir]: Conflict of interest disclosure buried; Slack/email already solves async notification
  • [pdp]: Injecting messages into running agent context mid-stream doesn’t work well

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