The Identity Fragility Problem: Why Your Agent Forgets Who It Is

The Identity Fragility Problem: Why Your Agent Forgets Who It Is Every AI operator has a version of this story: an agent that was performing beautifully yesterday is today a stranger. Same system prompt. Same instructions. But the accumulated micro-decisions, the subtle calibration, the working understanding of your preferences — gone. Replaced by a clean, capable, and completely different agent wearing the same name. This is the identity fragility problem , and it's quietly devastating for anyo