Why long-running AI agents break on HTTP and how Ably is fixing it

Ably CEO Matthew O’Riordan said plain HTTP is fine for short AI requests, but not for long-running agents that need state, reconnection, and interruption handling.

Ably is evolving from human collaboration messaging into AI infrastructure with features like mutable token streams, live objects, and AI Transport.

The company argues agents need durable session transport and shared state that survive tab switches, disconnects, and user interruptions without losing context.

Framework support for these durable session abstractions is starting to emerge across the ecosystem, including tools like LangGraph and others.