Trajectory Governance
Status
Controlled
Vendor
Google
Agent
Proposal Drafting Agent
Session ID
AGT-2048
Business Owner
Finance Operations
Risk Level
HighTotal Cost
$1.84
Prevented Cost
$1.10
Decision
Approval Required
What the agent did
| Step | Action | Result | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Read source files for Q3 proposal | Completed | $0.18 |
| 2 | Drafted first version | Completed | $0.42 |
| 3 | Sent draft for self-review | Completed | $0.21 |
| 4 | Rewrote draft after self-review | Completed | $0.39 |
| 5 | Sent draft for self-review again | ⚠️ Repeated pattern detected | $0.23 |
| 6 | Rewrote draft again | ⚠️ Repeated pattern detected | $0.41 |
| 7 | Attempted third review cycle | 🛑 Stopped by policy | $0.00 |
Running total$1.84
Where it became risky
Loop / retry detection
- Repeated review cycle: 3 times
- Retry pattern: same task repeated
- Risk level: High
- Confidence: A
This agent stopped making progress and began spending money repeating the same work.
What caused the cost
| Useful work completed | $1.20 |
| Repeated loop cost | $0.64 |
| Total before control | $1.84 |
Waste share: 35%
Over one-third of the session cost came from repeated work that did not move the task forward.
What PromptKing decided
Decision: Approval required before agent can continue
Why:
- Loop threshold exceeded
- Waste threshold exceeded
- Same action repeated without progress
Actions taken:
- Further agent steps paused
- Session marked for human review
- Audit record written
PromptKing stopped the agent from continuing until a person reviews the session.
Cost prevented
| Actual cost incurred | $1.84 |
| Waste already incurred | $0.64 |
| Additional cost avoided | $1.10 |
CFO summary: This session had already begun wasting money through repeated work. PromptKing detected the pattern, stopped further spend, and likely prevented an additional $1.10 in unnecessary cost.
An AI agent entered a repetitive rewrite loop, wasted 35% of session spend, and was stopped before it could generate more unnecessary cost.
Audit timeline
⚠️
1
Risk detected
🧠
2
Decision made
✋
3
Action taken
⏸️
4
Session paused