Cap spending before leaving an agent unattended
Left alone on a hard bug, an agent repeated the same steps for nearly two hours. The poster says no refund was given.
Fix loops & regressions
After 2–3 failed fixes, stop. Restore the last working version, start a fresh chat, paste the exact error and ask for one small change.
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Stop an agent from rewriting working auth code
A builder spent hours tuning Cursor prompts so the agent would stop rewriting working authentication code.
Stop small fixes from breaking other features
The builder says small fixes repeatedly broke working features, costing several extra messages to undo each time.
Escape a Lovable fix loop before credits run out
The builder says Lovable kept fixing one thing and breaking another, and couldn't revert to the working version when asked.
Get out of a bug loop in Bolt, Lovable or Replit
A non-technical founder hit a bug loop that broke even the ability to restore, then researched how others get out of these loops.