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# Follow, pause, stop and retry a long AI Agent run

> Follow a Mammoth AI Agent run in the background: read run statuses, pause, add time, stop part way, retry failed steps and items, and undo changes.
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> Applies to: Enterprise plans. Where: Agent › a chat › run panel

Long AI Agent work runs in the background, so you can leave the page: "You can leave this page; the answer will be here." The run panel in the chat shows the step it is on ("Step 2 of 5"), the time used, and "Changes made so far: 1 change".

## Read a run's status

| Run status | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| **Queued** | About to start. |
| **Running** | Working now. |
| **Waiting for you** | Needs your OK or an answer in the chat. |
| **Waiting for a job to finish** | Waiting on a pipeline job. |
| **Resumes at 9:00 AM** | A step waits until a set time. |
| **Pausing…**, **Paused** | You paused it. It stops after the call in progress. |
| **Out of time** | It used its time budget. |
| **Done**, **Failed**, **Stopped** | How the run ended. |

In the chat list, a chat's line shows where its work stands: **Working…**, **Waiting for your OK**, **Needs your answer**, **Paused**, **Out of time**, **Failed** or **New result**.

**Other steps the assistant took** lists lookups ("Lookup, nothing changed") and edits ("Edited something") made outside the plan's steps.

## Pause, resume, add time or stop a run

| Control | When you see it | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Pause** | While it runs | Holds the run after the current call. |
| **Resume** | While paused | Carries on. |
| **Add time** | **Out of time** | Gives the run more time and starts it again. |
| **Retry** | **Failed** | Runs it again. |
| **Stop** | While it runs | Ends the run. "Stopped. Finished steps stay done." |
| **Continue** | After a stop | Carries on from where it stopped. |

**Stop** on the plan card or the run panel ends the work part way; finished steps stay done. The card then says "Stopped part way. Continue where it stopped?" with **Leave it as it is** and **Continue**.

### Track batch items in a run

When a run works through many items, **Items (24)** lists each with its state: **Done**, **Failed**, **Queued**, **Running** or **Already gone**.

- You see progress ("10 of 24 done") and an estimate, for example "about 4-6 min left".
- **Retry** on a failed item runs it again.
- If the estimate runs past the budget: "This may not finish within the time budget. You can Extend it." Use **Add time** when the run reaches **Out of time**.

### Get a browser alert when a run finishes

Where the chat says the work moved to the background, click **Alert me in the browser when it's done**. Your browser asks for permission once; then you see "You'll get a browser alert when it's done." The option is hidden if your browser blocks notifications for Mammoth.

## Fix a failed step

A failed step says why, for example "Failed at step 3 of 5".

- **Try again** or **Ask agent to fix** puts a fix request in your message box, starting "Fix what wasn't built:" with each failure listed. Edit it if you like, then send.
- **Retry** on a failed run runs it again.

Neither button sends anything on its own: you review the message and send it.

## Undo what the agent changed

The chat's cards have no Undo for changes to your data. To take back a change to a view, use the Data Editor (see [How the pipeline works](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/clean-and-shape/how-the-pipeline-works/)). Objects the agent made can be deleted like any other, and deleted items go to Trash ([Get things back from Trash](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/organise/trash/)). If a change was undone, its card shows **Undone**.

## Related

- [Plans and runs](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/agent/plans-and-runs/): what waits for your OK and how to approve it.
- [Results, charts and canvases](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/agent/results-and-canvas/): what the agent shows when the work is done.
- [Find, share and delete chats](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/agent/manage-chats/): the status dots in the chat list.

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Source: https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/agent/long-runs.md · Updated: 2026-11-08