Why your overnight AI agent paused after 10 seconds

Ever kick off an 8-hour agent job before bed, only to wake up and find it paused 10 seconds in on a permission check? Google Cloud Developer Relations Engineers Smitha Kolan and Luke Schlangen break down why asynchronous human-in-the-loop continuity changes how you run background cloud agents: * *Real world agent friction:* Local agent runs stall the moment they hit a permission prompt while you are away from your desk. * *Asynchronous continuity:* Because Gemini runs persistently in the cloud across CLI, web, mobile, and Workspace, human-in-the-loop checks follow you across devices. * *Unblo