# How the Gremlin agent fails safely

DevFeed: [How the Gremlin agent fails safely](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-the-gremlin-agent-fails-safely-11603.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.gremlin.com/blog/how-the-gremlin-agent-fails-safely>)

Author: Andre Newman

Published: 2025-01-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Gremlin Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/gremlin-blog.md>)

Topics: [Chaos Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chaos-engineering.md>), [experiments](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/experiments.md>), [Integration testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/integration-testing.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [chaos-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chaos-engineering.md>), [data-center](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-center.md>), [gremlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gremlin.md>), [integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integration.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how the Gremlin agent makes Chaos Engineering and reliability testing safer. Agents periodically check in with the Gremlin Control Plane and automatically stop active experiments and restore systems if communication is lost.

## Source excerpt

Reliability testing shouldn't feel risky. Learn how Gremlin makes testing safer with fail-safe agents and automatic rollbacks.