SafeWave Agent Failure Patch

A tiny proof-of-control demo: the same agent loop runs once without execution boundaries, then once with SafeWave-style containment.

The model didn't fail. The execution loop did.

Unbounded Agent Loop

The agent keeps retrying after bad tool calls. Failures compound. Cost rises. Stability collapses.

Idle No Boundaries

Retries

0

Cost

$0

Stability

100%

SafeWave-Bounded Loop

The same failure is constrained by retry budget, escalation limits, and recovery conditions.

Idle Bounded Execution

Retries

0

Cost

$0

Stability

100%

What this demonstrates: intelligence is not the only risk surface. A capable agent can still fail when execution is unbounded: retries, escalation, propagation, and recovery collapse become the system-level problem. SafeWave-style containment changes the execution behavior before the failure becomes systemic.