[Bug] "High traffic" error causing agent termination 3-4x per session - retry works instantly (not a real traffic issue)

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Affected version: Antigravity v1.22.2 (latest)
Account type: Google AI Ultra for Business (Workspace)
Models affected: All models tested, including Claude Opus and Sonnet

Description

After the v1.22.2 update partially addressed the previous “Agent terminated due to an error” regression, a new (or continuing) termination pattern has emerged.

Frequency: The agent terminates approximately 3-4 times per conversation before successfully completing its task.

Error shown:

“Our servers are experiencing high traffic right now, please try again in a minute.”

Key observation that suggests this is a bug, not real traffic:

When you click Retry, the agent resumes immediately - within 1-2 seconds. Real server congestion would not self-resolve in under 2 seconds. This behavior is consistent with a client-side error being incorrectly surfaced as a server traffic message.

Comparison to previous bug

Period Behavior Usability
Before v1.22.2 Terminated every few seconds Unusable
After v1.22.2 (current) Terminates 3-4x per session, retry works instantly Barely usable

The update reduced severity but did not fix the root cause.

Impact

  • Paid enterprise users are experiencing repeated workflow interruptions
    • Each termination breaks agent context, requires manual retry, and disrupts long agentic runs
    • If reliability does not improve, users will migrate to alternatives (Codex, Claude Code) that do not have this issue
    • The fake “high traffic” message is misleading and makes it harder for users to diagnose the real problem

Request to the team

  1. Investigate why the agent terminates mid-task and surfaces a “high traffic” error when retry succeeds instantly
    1. Fix the root cause - not just the error message
    1. Provide a status update on the ongoing termination regression that has now persisted for 5+ weeks

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Hi @Muhammad_Ahmed ,

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We have escalated the issue to our internal teams for a thorough investigation.

To ensure our engineering team can investigate and resolve these issues effectively, we highly recommend filing bug reports directly through the Antigravity in-app feedback tool. You can do this by navigating to the top-right corner of the interface, clicking the Feedback icon, and selecting Report Issue.