He bought $200 of extra credits to finish a job; a fan-out workflow drained them while most of its agents never ran
After hitting his weekly limit, a user bought $200 of prepaid extra usage credits because the tool itself told him to, to finish his work. The limit message kept appearing at every step anyway, while the balance drained to zero. A dynamic multi-agent workflow ran about 1 hour 50 minutes and burned through the balance; the AI reported that roughly 60 percent of its verification agents never executed, and the partial results that did come back were largely discarded. The $200 bought an incomplete verification.
$200at stake
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How it works
- Weekly limit hit
- Tool suggests buying credits
- He buys $200
- The limit block continues while the balance drains
- A fan-out workflow runs about 1 hour 50 minutes
- About 60 percent of its agents never run
- Balance reaches zero with the verification incomplete
Why it’s worth knowing
He paid to remove a block. The block stayed, the money left, and most of what it bought never even ran.
Where it’s from
Summarized from a public post on github.com. See the original ↗