agent loop detected: repeatedly retrying prepare a prep brief from perfo

Not specified by the original author.

TL;DR

Fix this in performance review prep brief agent by acting on the exact problem first: store the brief result returned for the report in a run file keyed by report and cycle, check for an existing result before briefing again, and treat a report with a stored result as briefed, because a second brief overwrites the manager edits made to the first. Do not rerun the same meeting sync or prep run unchanged, because the same inputs produce the same failure. Prove the fix on one meeting, agenda or direct report first, then rerun the full scope and check the shared record.

agent loop detected: repeatedly retrying prepare a prep brief from performance review history error failure loop

Use this when

• The operation in performance review prep brief agent fails with this exact problem: agent loop detected: repeatedly retrying prepare a prep brief from performance review history error failure loop.
• The same failure repeats on retry with unchanged inputs.
• A one on one agenda, talking point, action item or prep step is blocked until this is resolved.

Not for this skill when

• The notice is a platform outage from the vendor. Resolve that first, then return here if this problem remains.
• The meeting completes and you only disagree with a people judgement such as a rating or a promotion call. That is a manager and people team decision, not this failure.

Steps

1. Reproduce the failure on one named meeting or direct report in performance review prep brief agent and record the full problem text plus the meeting, participants and date involved. Verify: the failure is reproduced on demand on a named scope, not only seen in a log.
2. Apply the specific fix for this problem: store the brief result returned for the report in a run file keyed by report and cycle, check for an existing result before briefing again, and treat a report with a stored result as briefed, because a second brief overwrites the manager edits made to the first. Verify: the single failing meeting or agenda now behaves as the fix predicts, or the corrected value is visible on the record.
3. Check neighbouring meetings, reports or recurring occurrences that share the same template, calendar series or sync, because this class of failure rarely affects only one meeting. Verify: the neighbouring items are listed and each is marked affected or clear.
4. Rerun the original operation in performance review prep brief agent on the previously failing scope, watching for the same problem rather than assuming success from a quiet log. Verify: the operation completes and the original problem does not appear.
5. Compare the result against the source of truth, the shared agenda record, the calendar event or the meeting notes, so a silent partial success is caught. Verify: values match the source or every difference is named and explained.
6. Record the fix, the triggering input and the verification result on the meeting prep log so the next occurrence is recognised immediately. Verify: the record names the problem, the fix applied and the evidence of success.

Variant phrasings

agent loop detected: repeatedly retrying prepare a prep brief from performance review history error failure loop

The verbatim form searchers paste from the console, report or run log. Treat it identically: same fix, same single meeting proof, then the full rerun.

How to fix - agent loop detected: repeatedly retrying prepare a prep brief from performance review history error failure loop

The how to phrasing for the same failure in performance review prep brief agent. The steps above apply unchanged; start at the reproduction step rather than skipping to the rerun.

performance review prep brief agent troubleshooting for this failure

The symptom first phrasing used when the console hides the full problem. Surface the full problem first, confirm it matches the text block above, then follow the steps.

Why it happens

The agent briefs, looks for confirmation in a view that updates later, and briefs again, so the retry loop is really a missing confirmation record, not a briefing failure.

Edge cases

• The meeting was rescheduled, reassigned or edited after the failing run started. Refresh the meeting state and reapply the fix against the current agenda and attendees, not the values from the failed run.
• The single meeting proof passes but the full rerun still fails on other meetings. Treat each remaining failure as its own scope, because a shared template or calendar series can hide more than one cause.
• The source systems disagree on the correct value. The shared agenda record governs talking points and action items, the calendar event governs time and attendees, and private notes govern only what their owner chose to share; record which source won and why.

Compatibility: performance review prep brief agent at current versions, plus the calendar, agenda or people tool the query names; no extra tooling beyond access to the source records needed to verify results.

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_8i9SsambhbIOPNOjVes45A

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_8i9SsambhbIOPNOjVes45A

Thread query: agent loop detected: repeatedly retrying prepare a prep brief from performance review history error failure loop

TL;DR: Fix this in performance review prep brief agent by acting on the exact problem first: store the brief result returned for the report in a run file keyed by report and cycle, check for an existing result before briefing again, and treat a report with a stored result as briefed, because a second brief overwrites the manager edits made to the first. Do not rerun the same meeting sync or prep run unchanged, because the same inputs produce the same failure. Prove the fix on one meeting, agenda or direct report first, then rerun the full scope and check the shared record.

Not specified by the original author.

TL;DR

Fix this in the meeting prep briefer by acting on the exact message first: fingerprint every attempt at the task, assemble an account brief before a discovery call, from its inputs plus its last result, stop after two identical fingerprints, and change one thing before retrying, a different source, a narrower query or a human check, recording the repeated action in the run log so the loop is visible. Do not rerun the whole job unchanged, because the same inputs produce the same failure. Prove the fix on one item, then rerun the full scope and reconcile the counts.

Agent loop detected: repeating the same meeting prep task to assemble an account brief before a discovery call error loop

Use this when

• The operation in the meeting prep briefer fails with this exact message: Agent loop detected: repeating the same meeting prep task to assemble an account brief before a discovery call error loop.
• The same failure repeats on retry with unchanged inputs.
• A call, review or send is blocked until this item completes.

Not for this skill when

• The message is a permission or outage notice from the platform. Resolve that first, then return here if this error remains.
• The operation completes and you only disagree with its output. That is a quality review, not this failure.

Steps

1. Reproduce the failure with the smallest scope that still shows it in the meeting prep briefer, and copy the full message plus the account, contact, quote or meeting involved into the run notes. Verify: the error is reproduced on demand with a named item, not only seen in a log.
2. Apply the specific fix for this error: fingerprint every attempt at the task, assemble an account brief before a discovery call, from its inputs plus its last result, stop after two identical fingerprints, and change one thing before retrying, a different source, a narrower query or a human check, recording the repeated action in the run log so the loop is visible. Verify: the single test item now produces the correct result, checked against its source record.
3. Check the neighbouring items that share the same template, integration, pricebook, source or account, because this class of failure rarely affects only one item. Verify: the neighbouring items are listed and each is marked affected or clear.
4. Compare the result against the source system so a silent partial success is caught before sign off. Verify: counts and key values match the source or every difference is named and explained.
5. Rerun the original operation in the meeting prep briefer on the previously failing scope, watching for the same message rather than assuming success from a quiet log. Verify: the operation completes and the original message does not appear.
6. Record the fix, the triggering input and the verification result on the item so the next occurrence is recognised immediately. Verify: the record names the error, the fix applied and the evidence of success.

Why it happens

The agent retried assemble an account brief before a discovery call with unchanged inputs after a result it did not recognise as success, so each attempt reproduced the same state and the loop detector tripped.

Variant phrasings

Agent loop detected: repeating the same meeting prep task to assemble an account brief before a discovery call error loop

The verbatim form searchers paste from the terminal or console. Treat it identically: same fix, same single item proof, then the full rerun.

How to fix: agent loop detected: repeating the same meeting prep task to assemble an account brief before a discovery call error loop failure

The how-to phrasing for the same failure in the meeting prep briefer. The steps above apply unchanged; start at the reproduction step rather than skipping to the rerun.

Troubleshooting this failure in the meeting prep briefer

The symptom-first phrasing used when the console hides the full message. Surface the full message first, confirm it matches the code block above, then follow the steps.

Compatibility: the meeting prep briefer at current versions, plus the platform API or console the query names; no extra tooling beyond the source system access needed to verify counts.

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_wWIQ3rUPhsOpJhKKhSNdzA

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_wWIQ3rUPhsOpJhKKhSNdzA

Thread query: agent loop detected: repeating the same meeting prep task to assemble an account brief before a discovery call error loop failure

TL;DR: Fix this in the meeting prep briefer by acting on the exact message first: fingerprint every attempt at the task, assemble an account brief before a discovery call, from its inputs plus its last result, stop after two identical fingerprints, and change one thing before retrying, a different source, a narrower query or a human check, recording the repeated action in the run log so the loop is visible. Do not rerun the whole job unchanged, because the same inputs produce the same failure. Prove the fix on one item, then rerun the full scope and reconcile the counts.

Not specified by the original author.

TL;DR

Fix this in one on one prep agent by acting on the exact problem first: store the draft result returned for the meeting in a run file keyed by meeting and report, check for an existing result before drafting again, and treat a meeting with a stored result as drafted, because a second draft overwrites the manager edits made to the first. Do not rerun the same meeting sync or prep run unchanged, because the same inputs produce the same failure. Prove the fix on one meeting, agenda or direct report first, then rerun the full scope and check the shared record.

agent loop detected: repeatedly retrying draft talking points for a one on one error failure loop

Use this when

• The operation in one on one prep agent fails with this exact problem: agent loop detected: repeatedly retrying draft talking points for a one on one error failure loop.
• The same failure repeats on retry with unchanged inputs.
• A one on one agenda, talking point, action item or prep step is blocked until this is resolved.

Not for this skill when

• The notice is a platform outage from the vendor. Resolve that first, then return here if this problem remains.
• The meeting completes and you only disagree with a people judgement such as a rating or a promotion call. That is a manager and people team decision, not this failure.

Steps

1. Reproduce the failure on one named meeting or direct report in one on one prep agent and record the full problem text plus the meeting, participants and date involved. Verify: the failure is reproduced on demand on a named scope, not only seen in a log.
2. Apply the specific fix for this problem: store the draft result returned for the meeting in a run file keyed by meeting and report, check for an existing result before drafting again, and treat a meeting with a stored result as drafted, because a second draft overwrites the manager edits made to the first. Verify: the single failing meeting or agenda now behaves as the fix predicts, or the corrected value is visible on the record.
3. Check neighbouring meetings, reports or recurring occurrences that share the same template, calendar series or sync, because this class of failure rarely affects only one meeting. Verify: the neighbouring items are listed and each is marked affected or clear.
4. Rerun the original operation in one on one prep agent on the previously failing scope, watching for the same problem rather than assuming success from a quiet log. Verify: the operation completes and the original problem does not appear.
5. Compare the result against the source of truth, the shared agenda record, the calendar event or the meeting notes, so a silent partial success is caught. Verify: values match the source or every difference is named and explained.
6. Record the fix, the triggering input and the verification result on the meeting prep log so the next occurrence is recognised immediately. Verify: the record names the problem, the fix applied and the evidence of success.

Variant phrasings

agent loop detected: repeatedly retrying draft talking points for a one on one error failure loop

The verbatim form searchers paste from the console, report or run log. Treat it identically: same fix, same single meeting proof, then the full rerun.

How to fix - agent loop detected: repeatedly retrying draft talking points for a one on one error failure loop

The how to phrasing for the same failure in one on one prep agent. The steps above apply unchanged; start at the reproduction step rather than skipping to the rerun.

one on one prep agent troubleshooting for this failure

The symptom first phrasing used when the console hides the full problem. Surface the full problem first, confirm it matches the text block above, then follow the steps.

Why it happens

The agent drafts, looks for confirmation in an agenda view that updates later, and drafts again, so the retry loop is really a missing confirmation record, not a drafting failure.

Edge cases

• The meeting was rescheduled, reassigned or edited after the failing run started. Refresh the meeting state and reapply the fix against the current agenda and attendees, not the values from the failed run.
• The single meeting proof passes but the full rerun still fails on other meetings. Treat each remaining failure as its own scope, because a shared template or calendar series can hide more than one cause.
• The source systems disagree on the correct value. The shared agenda record governs talking points and action items, the calendar event governs time and attendees, and private notes govern only what their owner chose to share; record which source won and why.

Compatibility: one on one prep agent at current versions, plus the calendar, agenda or people tool the query names; no extra tooling beyond access to the source records needed to verify results.

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_ctT-mR7owLsijFNvekvUEA

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_ctT-mR7owLsijFNvekvUEA

Thread query: agent loop detected: repeatedly retrying draft talking points for a one on one error failure loop

TL;DR: Fix this in one on one prep agent by acting on the exact problem first: store the draft result returned for the meeting in a run file keyed by meeting and report, check for an existing result before drafting again, and treat a meeting with a stored result as drafted, because a second draft overwrites the manager edits made to the first. Do not rerun the same meeting sync or prep run unchanged, because the same inputs produce the same failure. Prove the fix on one meeting, agenda or direct report first, then rerun the full scope and check the shared record.