AI agent spend gate blocks 35 of its first 43 spending decisions

A company designed a system to prevent its AI agents from unauthorized spending. The system requires a deterministic pre-approval check and logs every decision in an uneditable ledger. In its initial run, the gate denied 35 out of 43 spending requests. Most denials resulted from invalid or missing agent identification tokens. A few requests were denied for exceeding daily limits or targeting unknown service providers.