Loading…
Loading…
Written by Max Zeshut
Founder at Agentmelt
A flow control mechanism that slows or pauses an AI agent's task intake when downstream systems can't keep up. Without backpressure, an agent processing thousands of tasks can overwhelm APIs, databases, or human review queues. Backpressure ensures the agent operates within the capacity of the systems it depends on, preventing cascading failures and data loss.
A data agent ingesting customer records hits the CRM's API rate limit. Backpressure pauses new ingestion tasks until the rate limit resets, rather than dropping records or crashing the pipeline.