Skip to the card

Card 890 of 9982026-08-21 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-08-21

Toren’s Kill Test

toren.run Observed source
Editorial interest 84/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

An open-source runtime for AI agents designed to keep long-running processes alive across crashes, deploys, and a literal kill -9.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-21 issue.

Why it surfaced

Toren records completed model and tool calls in a Postgres event log, so a resumed run does not pay for them again. Its central demo is refreshingly direct: kill the agent and watch it keep working.

An open-source runtime for AI agents designed to keep long-running processes alive across crashes, deploys, and a literal kill -9.

Observed signals

Read the marks

Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.

⊠LoginAccess appeared gated
$PaidCommerce or pricing visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use

One card from the complete issue

The Missing Knob Bulletin

359,677 arrived 1,000 judged 998 catalogued Enter the complete issue
toren.run

Landing page observed 2026-08-21. The live site may have changed.