Your AI Agent's Kill Switch Returns a Boolean. That's the Bug (Python Circuit Breaker)

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Here's the loop that cost me an account: def check_for_lockout ( page ) -> bool : if page . locator ( " text=Your account is locked " ). count (): alert ( " 🚨 LOCKOUT DETECTED " ) return True return False while True : if check_for_lockout ( page ): continue # skip this tick, try again later do_nex…

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1. 2026-10-10 18:17 · DEV Community — AI
   Your AI Agent's Kill Switch Returns a Boolean. That's the Bug (Python Circuit Breaker)