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# Is Doom Loop • AI Agent SDK

> is_doom_loop: Check if we're in a doom loop.

# is\_doom\_loop

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> This is a method of the [**DoomLoopTracker**](../classes/DoomLoopTracker) class in the [**autonomy**](../modules/autonomy) module.

Check if we're in a doom loop.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def is_doom_loop() -> bool
```

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="bool">
  True if doom loop detected
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `is_doom_loop`

## Used By

* [`DoomLoopTracker.is_doom_loop`](../functions/DoomLoopTracker-is_doom_loop)
* [`DoomLoopTracker.get_recovery_action`](../functions/DoomLoopTracker-get_recovery_action)
* [`DoomLoopDetector.record_action`](../functions/DoomLoopDetector-record_action)
* [`EscalationPipeline.execute_at_stage`](../functions/EscalationPipeline-execute_at_stage)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/agent/autonomy.py` at line 398
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