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Agent drift

Definition

Agent drift is a gradual change in an AI agent's behavior or quality over time, caused by model updates, prompt edits, changing data or shifting user inputs.

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In more detail

Drift is caught by tracking scores, cost and failure rates over time and alerting when they move away from a baseline.

Related terms

Agent evaluation
LLM observability

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