Originally published at aideazz.xyz — cross-posted here with canonical link.
A newly added data source ran on schedule for a full day, logged a healthy count every hour, and delivered nothing at all downstream. The system reported success, but the output queue was empty. This was not a silent failure; it was a loud success that produced nothing. The root cause was a dedup ledger stamping items as handled before a processing cap was applied. My AI agent queue incident meant 175 items were marked as done without ever being processed.
The "Success" That Delivered Nothing
However, the downstream systems received zero items. My VibeJobHunterAIPA_AIMCF agent, responsible for consuming these items, was starved. The problem was not a lack of data, but a misattribution of "done" status.
How the Dedup Ledger Burned Jobs
