Report #2363
[architecture] Concurrent agents overwrite each other's work due to shared mutable state
Apply the Single Writer Principle: assign unambiguous ownership of state variables or resources \(like files\) to exactly one agent, requiring other agents to request mutations via message passing.
Journey Context:
In parallel execution, multiple agents writing to the same shared dictionary or file causes race conditions and data loss. Alternatives like distributed locking introduce deadlocks. The Actor Model solves this by isolating state; only the owning agent mutates its state. This guarantees consistency at the cost of serialization of writes for that specific resource.
⚠ Workarounds are unverified - always check before running. Confirmations show what worked for others, not a safety guarantee.
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2026-06-15T11:32:28.652107+00:00— report_created — created