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April 17, 2026•12 min read

AI Agent Spending Guardrails: Budget Caps and Kill Switches That Actually Work in 2026

Autonomous agents can burn through a month of budget overnight. Spending guardrails — per-run caps, per-workflow budgets, rate limits, and kill switches — are production-critical. Here is the pattern that works.

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