“some agents were a bit too “ambitious”, trying to solve problems that weren’t strictly in their prompt, like refactoring code or disabling flaky tests.”
Quote · engineering.atspotify.com
From “Background Coding Agents: Predictable Results Through Strong Feedback Loops (Honk, Part 3)”, found 2026-10-14.
Scope creep across a fleet of agents. Spotify added an LLM judge that compares each diff with the prompt and blocks changes that go beyond it.