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Agent model out of streams

Agents hold a model stream for about 2 s per step. The deployment allows 30 streams; agents need about 50.

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Your goals

Success ≥ 95% of tasks, p99 ≤ 90 s.

The traffic

4 requests a second for 45 seconds: 100% task (writes).

The system

What each component does in this design, and what calls it. The simulator mimics each one from these settings.

ComponentIts job hereSettings
Load balancerLoad balancerTraffic enters here.Calls Agent API.Layer 4 balancers route by IP and port; layer 7 balancers read HTTP and can route by path or header.–
Agent APIApp serviceLoad balancer forwards to it.Calls Agent orchestrator.Little's law: throughput ≈ concurrency ÷ latency. 200 slots at 50 ms serve about 4,000 req/s.3 replicas × 500 slots · timeout 180 s
Agent orchestratorAgent orchestratorAgent API calls it.Calls Model, MCP tool servers.An agent loops: think, call a tool, read the result, repeat until done.400 slots · 6 steps
ModelLLM endpointAgent orchestrator calls it.Latency has two parts: time to the first token, then a steady stream of tokens per second.30 streams
MCP tool serversTool / MCP serverAgent orchestrator calls it.Tools give the model actions such as search or database queries; each call is another round trip.200 slots

Hints

Try it first. Open one hint at a time if you get stuck.

Hint 1

Streams in use = model calls a second × seconds per call.

Hint 2

Agent work multiplies: tasks a second × steps per task = calls a second on every tool the loop uses.

One way to solve it

Raise the model’s concurrent streams.

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