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Stale TODOs are instructions your agent obeys: Google measured 77% more tokens

Google's developer blog published a study called Agent Distraction last week, and it puts hard numbers on something most of us have watched happen: an agent fixes your bug, then wanders off to investigate somebody else's. The team cross-referenced inline TODO(bug/...) comments against tracker statu…

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  1. 2026-11-11 07:29 · DEV Community — AI
    Stale TODOs are instructions your agent obeys: Google measured 77% more tokens

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