feat: raise default maxSteps from 20 to 40 - #25
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Lets longer agent runs continue until the session timeout instead of stopping around 20 steps. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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@shubh24 Hey, Shub, could you look at this PR, would appreciate a review |
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lgtm, we can roll this into the next release
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Summary
maxStepsfor the Agent operation from 20 to 40.maxSteps: 40. Users on their own API key now get the same default.Why
At 20 steps, longer agent runs stop partway through a task. With 40 steps, runs continue until the task finishes or the session timeout ends them.
Linear: RLY-294
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maxStepsvalue set explicitly on the node still overrides the default.Made with Cursor