# Agents can't finish **URL:** \ **Category:** Agent & Assistant\ **Tags:** agent\ **Created:** [April 4, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/agents-cant-finish/4208 "2025-04-04T12:25:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ericgurr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ericgurr](https://replit.discourse.group/u/ericgurr)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/agents-cant-finish/4208/1 "2025-04-04T12:25:53Z")
I have spent 4 days on a simple weekly sales calculation card and the agent can’t figure out how to get it to calculate properly, then can’t get the display to work. I asked it for a very simple data value extraction and it added a new tab and created 3 test buttons. Can we Roll back to old agents please? ---
**Author:** ![chrisbarker3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@chrisbarker3](https://replit.discourse.group/u/chrisbarker3)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/agents-cant-finish/4208/2 "2025-04-04T17:53:20Z")
i have turned off experimental features in my replit profile, and I’m so much happier, and wish I’d done that 2 weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![realfunnyeric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/replit.discourse.group/realfunnyeric/32/2150_2.png) [@realfunnyeric](https://replit.discourse.group/u/realfunnyeric)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/agents-cant-finish/4208/3 "2025-04-05T06:57:13Z")
Really? What have you noticed? ---
**Author:** ![chrisbarker3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@chrisbarker3](https://replit.discourse.group/u/chrisbarker3)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/agents-cant-finish/4208/4 "2025-04-05T08:09:30Z")
I’ve no idea if it’s using claude 3.5 or 3.7, but i do find that it just does what i tell it, and pretty much stays on track during the same chat, rather than wandering off and doing random stuff, or undoing what it did earlier. It feels like agent 2 is managing the context window differently and losing some of it over time, which agent 1 somehow got right (a tough ask). Point is, I did a LOAD of dev in Jan/Feb, and came to a halt in March with very little progress. I thought it was my app getting complex, but no, it was this agent change. I’ll be very cautious with experimental features from now. The $100 spend was manageable, but my lost time is irrecoverable. ---
**Author:** ![ericgurr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ericgurr](https://replit.discourse.group/u/ericgurr)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/agents-cant-finish/4208/5 "2025-04-05T14:19:44Z")
You nailed it exactly, I got more done in my February than all of March due to the constant need to force the agent to focus. I wish I had worked faster and knew more I would have had my app done a month ago. Shame, it was almost done. Just can’t get the agent to put that last brick on without smashing through the other walls. ---
**Author:** ![realfunnyeric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/replit.discourse.group/realfunnyeric/32/2150_2.png) [@realfunnyeric](https://replit.discourse.group/u/realfunnyeric)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/agents-cant-finish/4208/6 "2025-04-05T17:08:01Z")
Wow. I’m going to revert today. Did you have any issues switching mid project? ---
**Author:** ![chrisbarker3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@chrisbarker3](https://replit.discourse.group/u/chrisbarker3)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/agents-cant-finish/4208/7 "2025-04-06T07:00:02Z")
no. but make no mistake, agent v1 is not what it used ot be. i think the system instrucitons have changed to suite agent v2. but it is definitely better. Wish i could get a credit for the $100 i wasted this past month, and the $10’000 of my time! ---
**Author:** ![ericgurr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ericgurr](https://replit.discourse.group/u/ericgurr)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/agents-cant-finish/4208/8 "2025-04-08T12:55:54Z")
I turned off explorer mode and had a great weekend. I got more done over the weekend then I did last in the 3 weeks. Monday hits and seems I am back at the slog. I am not sure if they changed the algorithm again but now the agent is back to doing a lot of actions with no result. Maybe the user load was so low over the weekend I was able to use more computing cycles? ---
**Author:** ![chrisbarker3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@chrisbarker3](https://replit.discourse.group/u/chrisbarker3)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/agents-cant-finish/4208/9 "2025-04-08T14:00:28Z")
I think you get v2 irrespective of that setting now. Having said that, I found from around Sunday, it has actually been rather good. My general rule now: - New pages, give to agent. It does stuff I didn’t even thing of. - Changes, stuck to Assistant. It’s like Agent has a high temp and top k, so get too creative, whereas assosiate does the job more cleanly, but only a few steps at a time