# Researchers say AI agent frameworks lack the real-time monitoring records needed for safety

> Original title: We urgently need to monitor AI agents’ actions in real time

- Source: MIT Technology Review · AI
- Published: 2026-10-29T10:11:12.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/v9nwnft5mq45nnhujxzmils25
- Original: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/29/1147824/monitor-ai-agents-actions-real-time/

## Summary

A study by researchers from academia, civil society, and industry found that the four most widely used AI agent frameworks do not reliably emit the observability records needed to monitor agents. The missing records include persistent agent IDs and logs of which humans approved agent tasks. The authors propose capturing "what happened" and "how the agent decided" records, with OpenTelemetry-based tracing standards still being drafted.