Autonomous agent messaging

An agent platform server, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• at least one network interface coupled to the processor;
• and
• a computer-readable storage device or memory storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the server to perform a method, the method comprising:
• receiving messages via the network interface from an agent executing on a computer, the data messages including (1) sequence numbers generated by the agent at least one of the sequence numbers comprising a minor number that is incremented for one or more messages sent by the agent before the agent is restarted, and (2) a universally unique identifier identifying the agent, the universally unique identifier being generated by the agent at least in part using a random or pseudorandom number generator,
• determining that one or more messages are to be re-sent, and
• responsive to the determining, sending a resend message from the server to the agent, the resend message indicating one or more of the data messages based on one or more of the generated sequence numbers.

One or more computer-readable storage devices storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by an agent of a plurality of agents hosted by a processor, cause the agent to perform a method, the instructions comprising:

• instructions to send one or more data messages to a server via a computer network interface coupled to the processor, the data messages including sequence numbers generated by the agent, each respective generated sequence number including a major number and a minor number;
• instructions to restart the agent but not all of the plurality of agents and increase the respective major number for each respective generated sequence number;
• sending at least one data message to a server via the computer network, the at least one data message comprising at least one of the generated sequence numbers generated by the agent comprising the incremented major number;
• instructions to receive a resend message from a server indicating one or more of the data messages are to be resent, the messages to be resent being indicated by one or more of the generated sequence numbers;
• and
• instructions to search for the indicated messages based on the one or more of the generated sequence numbers.