OPEN BENCHMARK · V0.1.0

Twelve ways software runs away.

RunawayBench injects recursive agents, retry storms, queue cycles, fallback loops, and margin attacks into deterministic workloads. The LimitFuse rows execute the same policy engine used by the gateway.

SCOPED ENFORCEMENT

100%

All 12 scenarios detected and blocked at one run, with healthy control traffic unaffected.

Native provider limits

17%

DETECTION COVERAGE

0% run-scoped · $6.62 exposure

Framework middleware

50%

DETECTION COVERAGE

0% run-scoped · $5.74 exposure

Gateway spend controls

17%

DETECTION COVERAGE

0% run-scoped · $6.62 exposure

LimitFuse shadow detection

100%

DETECTION COVERAGE

0% run-scoped · $8.64 exposure

LimitFuse scoped enforcement

100%

DETECTION COVERAGE

100% run-scoped · $2.06 exposure

SCENARIO MATRIX

What each control sees—and what it stops.

“Native,” “framework,” and “gateway” are published reference capability profiles, not claims that every product in a category behaves identically. Cost is modeled exposure in this synthetic run.

FAILURE MODENATIVE PROVIDER LIMITSFRAMEWORK MIDDLEWAREGATEWAY SPEND CONTROLSLIMITFUSE SHADOW DETECTIONLIMITFUSE SCOPED ENFORCEMENT

01 · Recursive agent delegation

agent · depth

missed· $0.50
process· $0.10
missed· $0.50
shadow· $0.50
run· $0.20

02 · Repeated malformed tool output

agent · retry

missed· $0.72
process· $0.16
missed· $0.72
shadow· $0.72
run· $0.13

03 · Infinite webhook retry

webhook · retry

missed· $0.42
process· $0.07
missed· $0.42
shadow· $0.42
run· $0.06

04 · Queue visibility-timeout storm

queue · duplicate

missed· $0.54
missed· $0.54
missed· $0.54
shadow· $0.54
run· $0.11

05 · Function writing to its own trigger

function · structural-loop

missed· $0.55
missed· $0.55
missed· $0.55
shadow· $0.55
run· $0.13

06 · Duplicate event delivery

cross-layer · duplicate

missed· $0.40
missed· $0.40
missed· $0.40
shadow· $0.40
run· $0.10

07 · Long-context growth

model · context-growth

provider-account· $0.20
missed· $1.98
project· $0.20
shadow· $1.98
run· $0.90

08 · Unbounded parallel research

agent · fanout

missed· $0.55
process· $0.11
missed· $0.55
shadow· $0.55
run· $0.09

09 · Model fallback cycle

model · fallback

missed· $0.84
process· $0.14
missed· $0.84
shadow· $0.84
run· $0.11

10 · Malicious user cost amplification

cross-layer · unit-economics

provider-account· $0.96
missed· $1.20
project· $0.96
shadow· $1.20
run· $0.10

11 · Tool timeout with partial success

agent · partial-success

missed· $0.58
process· $0.13
missed· $0.58
shadow· $0.58
run· $0.10

12 · Queue consumer poison message

queue · poison-message

missed· $0.36
missed· $0.36
missed· $0.36
shadow· $0.36
run· $0.05

REPRODUCIBILITY

Read the method before the score.

Twelve deterministic failure scenarios from the LimitFuse product blueprint; no external provider calls.
LimitFuse profiles execute the production policy evaluator and integer-microdollar wallet implementation.
Native, framework, and gateway rows are transparent reference profiles, not claims about every vendor implementation.
Cost before decision uses 80% realized cost for admitted LimitFuse operations; uncontrolled/reference exposure uses declared worst-case operation cost.
Scoped containment requires a blocking run-level decision that leaves the healthy control run unaffected.