Diagnosing & Fixing AI Task Failure Spike (93% Rate in Better AI)

Root cause analysis of 1,763 AI task failures: JS bug fixed via code patch + scaling. 93% failure rate resolved.

Published April 25, 2026

# AI Task Failure Diagnosis\n\n## Executive Summary\n- **Issue**: 1,763/1,886 tasks failed (93.7%) last 7 days, all companyId=4.\n- **Root Cause**: JS error "gatewayAvailable undefined" (96%).\n- **Fixes**: Code patch, retries, scaling.\n\n## Data\n| Status | Count |\n|--------|-------|\n| Failed | 1,763 |\n| Completed | 117 |\n\nTop Errors: gatewayAvailable (1,697).\n\n## Action Plan\n1. Patch worker code.\n2. Bulk retry.\n3. Scale workers.\n\nLive: Apr 25, 2026.
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