AWS Bedrock agent | "failureReason": "Max iterations exceeded",

Question

hi there,

I have setup an AWS Bedrock Agent using anthropic.claude-v2:1 model. The purpose of this agent is to lookup a set of steps in a knowledge base and then   execute the steps using the tools at its disposal.

I am seeing that after 9-10 traces, I see this error in my trace![Bedrock max iterations](/media/postImages/original/IMA544YEv8Rx6Ur1taTIaRug).

Any insights on why this maybe so?

Cheers,
Shashank

Answer

Hello

Please note that this error is encountered because the maximum iterations limit for an agent is set by default. This currently is a hard limit and cannot be configured by users on a per-agent basis. When we hit this limit, we can encounter the "max iterations exceeded" error.

However, to solve this issue, please make sure that the request is not stuck in any loop when interacting with model or is not repeatedly asking same question.

Answer

Hi There

Is it possible that this request stuck in any loop when interacting with model? i.e. if model asked same question repeatedly (model input prompt and response for each iteration should be visible in agent trace)?

AWS Bedrock agent | "failureReason": "Max iterations exceeded",

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