Free lesson~8 minFresh · 2026-07-22 Path: Deploy a multi-agent workflow

Health signals: alive vs making progress

Heartbeat is not progress. Detect stuck agents before budgets burn.

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Two signals

**Heartbeat** — process is running

**Progress** — step N advanced

A hung tool call can heartbeat while progress freezes.

Missed heartbeats → restart budget

Heartbeat OK, progress stalled → different budget (slow vs dead)

Escalate after N stalls

Log stage id + progress token in every long job. Dashboards should show both.

Without health contracts, multi-agent fleets silently spend.

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