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Kill Switches

Amrood provides multiple levels of containment for suspicious or compromised accounts.

Agent States

Owner-Level Freeze

Freezing an owner instantly freezes all agents under that owner:
Unfreezing restores all frozen agents to active:

Bulk Agent Operations

Freeze or quarantine multiple agents at once:

Quarantine Mode

Quarantine is a special state designed for investigation:
  • Agent can receive payments (prevents senders from knowing the agent is flagged)
  • Agent cannot send payments (prevents further fund dispersal)
  • Policy engine blocks all outbound transactions with reason "Agent is quarantined"

Defense Layers

  1. Real-time scoring catches obvious patterns instantly
  2. Policy engine enforces velocity and counterparty limits
  3. Graph analysis catches coordinated multi-agent patterns
  4. Admin reviews flagged alerts and takes containment action
  5. Kill switches provide immediate containment

Cooldown on Limit Changes

When an agent’s spending limits are increased, a mandatory cooldown period (default 24 hours) prevents immediate use of the higher limits. This protects against compromised accounts quickly raising limits and draining funds.