Your agent stops obeying your rules halfway through the session. Here's the structural reason — and the fix.

You've seen this one. You give your coding agent a clear rule: "Don't edit files I didn't ask you to touch. " It behaves.

Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/anisa_agenticai/your-agent-stops-obeying-your-rules-halfway-through-the-session-heres-the-structural-reason-and-h6m)