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When is a coding agent's task actually done?

An agent stops typing and the spinner goes away. Is the task finished? It's tempting to say yes. It isn't: the agent has only run out of things to do and is waiting for my next message. I haven't read the diff, the checks haven't run on the merged result, and nothing is on main. So I treat 'done' a…

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  1. 2026-11-04 14:02 · DEV Community — AI
    When is a coding agent's task actually done?

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