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Module 17 · Chapter 11: Cost and monitoring

Step traces and silent failures

5 min read5 min readReviewed 26 October 2026

In short

Record every agent step with markers, not content, and never store secrets in logs. Processes that die silently are caught by heartbeats and a separate checker, not by error messages.

After this lesson you can

  • Design useful agent step logs that store no secrets
  • Add heartbeats to processes that can die silently

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