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# Mark Progress • AI Agent SDK

> mark_progress: Mark meaningful progress.

# mark\_progress

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> This is a method of the [**DoomLoopDetector**](../classes/DoomLoopDetector) class in the [**doom\_loop**](../modules/doom_loop) module.

Mark meaningful progress.

Call this when the agent makes real progress (e.g., file modified,
test passed, user goal partially achieved).

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def mark_progress(marker: str) -> Any
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="marker" type="str" required={true}>
  No description available.
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="Any">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `time.time`

## Used By

* [`DoomLoopTracker.mark_progress`](../functions/DoomLoopTracker-mark_progress)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/escalation/doom_loop.py` at line 189
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