Instruction: Explain how you would handle partial writes and repeated actions in an agent workflow.
Context: Tests how the candidate diagnoses the problem, chooses the safest next step, and reasons through recovery. Explain how you would handle partial writes and repeated actions in an agent workflow.
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I would redesign the workflow around idempotency and compensating actions. If the agent can partially succeed and then retry or continue, the downstream systems need a way to recognize duplicate intent and either ignore repeats or roll back safely.
I also want the orchestrator to track...
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