Docs/Controls/AGENT_CASCADING_FAILURES

AGENT_CASCADING_FAILURES

Verify AI agents have safeguards against cascading failure scenarios: retry limits, execution sandboxing, error handling, and resource constraints.

Framework Mappings

OWASP Agentic ASI08 — Cascading FailuresEU AI Act Article 9 — Risk Management SystemNIST AI RMF MP5 — Impacts Assessed

Agent Frameworks Scanned

Claude CodeLangChainCrewAIAutoGenMCP

Evaluation Facets

01

Retry & Loop Limits

RequiredWeight: 0.35
Pass:Configured retry limits or circuit breakers
Fail:No loop limits — can retry indefinitely
02

Execution Sandboxing

RequiredWeight: 0.3
Pass:Code execution sandboxed (Docker, scoped Bash, deny rules)
Fail:Unsandboxed execution
03

Error Handling & Degradation

Weight: 0.2
Pass:Graceful error handling with deny rules and human checkpoints
Fail:No error handling
04

Resource Limits

Weight: 0.15
Pass:Resource constraints on agent operations
Fail:Unconstrained operations

Remediation Steps

  1. 1Configure retry limits and circuit breakers to prevent infinite loops
  2. 2Sandbox execution to contain failures
  3. 3Add graceful error handling with degradation paths
  4. 4Set resource constraints on all agent operations

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