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Error Message

gemini thoughts sequence looped for 3 times before always got this error. this happen frequently but intermittent

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> /about
About Gemini CLI                                                                                                                       │
│                                                                                                                                        │
│ CLI Version                                    0.41.2                                                                                  │
│ Git Commit                                     b0c7a1722                                                                               │
│ Model                                          Auto (Gemini 3)                                                                         │
│ Sandbox                                        no sandbox                                                                              │
│ OS                                             linux                                                                                   │
│ Auth Method                                    Signed in with Google (xxxxx@gmail.com)                                       │
│ Tier                                           Gemini Code Assist in Google One AI Pro
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What happened?

ℹ A potential loop was detected. This can happen due to repetitive tool calls or other model behavior. The request has been halted.

gemini thoughts sequence looped for 3 times before always got this error. this happen frequently but intermittent

What did you expect to happen?

the harness should prevent looping thoughts in the first place instead of letting the agent thought sequence looping for 3rd times before notifying the user that the agent looped which makes user spent tokens unnecessarily

Client information

<details> <summary>Client Information</summary>

Run gemini to enter the interactive CLI, then run the /about command.

> /about
About Gemini CLI                                                                                                                       │
│                                                                                                                                        │
│ CLI Version                                    0.41.2                                                                                  │
│ Git Commit                                     b0c7a1722                                                                               │
│ Model                                          Auto (Gemini 3)                                                                         │
│ Sandbox                                        no sandbox                                                                              │
│ OS                                             linux                                                                                   │
│ Auth Method                                    Signed in with Google ([email protected])                                       │
│ Tier                                           Gemini Code Assist in Google One AI Pro
</details>

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