Coordination Failure

Detects handoff failures, circular delegation, excessive back-and-forth, and ignored messages between coordinating agents.

Examples

• Agent A waits for B's output while B waits for A's approval -- classic deadlock
• Message from Agent A to Agent B never acknowledged, causing stall
• Agents A and B exchange 15 clarification messages without making progress
• Task delegated A -> B -> C -> A, creating a circular delegation chain

Detection methods

Acknowledgment Tracking

Detects ignored or unacknowledged messages

Back-and-Forth Detection

Flags excessive message exchanges between agent pairs

Circular Delegation

Traces delegation chains for cycles

Progress Monitoring

Measures whether exchanges produce forward progress

Calibration accuracy

From the Pisama calibration set. See detector scoreboard for the full table.