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Long-Running AI Agents Require a Lease, Heartbeat, and Drain Test

NVIDIA's GTC Taipei program discusses the reliability and management of long-running AI agents.

NVIDIA's June 2026 GTC Taipei program features a session on long-running AI agents that plan and operate over hours or days. Reliability hinges on leases and recovery once tasks outlive a single process. Workers must renew leases while healthy, and a different worker can only resume after expiry.