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AGH RuntimeTask

agh task fail

Fail task runs through a session-bound lease or operator override

Audience
Operators running durable agent work
Focus
Task guidance shaped for scanability, day-two clarity, and operator context.

agh task fail

Fail task runs through a session-bound lease or operator override

agh task fail <run-id> [run-id...] [flags]

Examples

  # Fail the current session's claimed run
  agh task fail run-123 --error "provider returned invalid JSON"

  # Force fail one run
  agh task fail run-123 --reason "operator recovery"

  # Force fail multiple runs with shared audit evidence
  agh task fail run-123 run-456 \
    --reason "provider credentials revoked" \
    --metadata '{"incident":"INC-42"}'

Options

      --error string      Session-bound failure message
  -h, --help              help for fail
      --metadata string   Optional failure metadata JSON
      --reason string     Forced-failure reason

Options inherited from parent commands

      --json            Emit JSON output
  -o, --output string   Output format: human, json, jsonl, or toon (default "human")

Output Formats

Every AGH command supports -o, --output:

  • human for interactive terminal use
  • json for scripts and other machine-readable consumers
  • jsonl for wait or streaming commands that emit one JSON record per line
  • toon for compact agent-readable summaries

Example:

agh task fail <run-id> [run-id...] -o json

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