golem-update-running-agents

You can update running agents in a distributed system by applying coordinated version management that preserves state and compatibility. This process supports automatic or manual upgrades, allowing bulk or individual updates to ensure consistent component revisions across the deployment with minimal operational downtime.

Automating agent version control during deployment is best handled by triggering updates within the deployment workflow. This reduces manual management by automatically upgrading relevant agents to the latest component revision, ensuring system-wide consistency and minimal disruption to running distributed agent-based services.

Yes, you can manually upgrade specific agents instead of bulk updating. The update process supports both automatic and manual modes, allowing targeted individual agent updates based on specific deployment needs while still ensuring safe and consistent version upgrades across the distributed system.

Updating running agents does preserve the state of existing distributed components. The upgrade mechanism is designed to ensure safe, consistent version management while explicitly supporting state preservation and maintaining compatibility during both automatic and manual agent update workflows.

Automatic agent updates should be used when deploying new component versions system-wide to reduce manual management and ensure consistency. Manual updates are suited for targeted deployments where individual agent upgrades are needed based on specific operational or compatibility requirements.