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7. Zombie Orchestration Chains (Dangling Tasks)

7. Zombie Orchestration Chains (Dangling Tasks)

Attack: A task chain defined via LangGraph or CrewAI fails midway, leaving partially executed sub-tasks alive. Impact: Unfinished Nmap scans, dangling file handles, inconsistent state. Mitigation:
  • Use orchestration health-checks and timeouts
  • Cleanup hooks on failure
  • Log and trace every task transition statefully
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