restart loop
Endless repetition pattern
A restart loop is a malfunction where a device repeatedly reboots without successfully completing startup—it powers on, begins loading, crashes, and restarts the cycle endlessly.
Common with computers and phones after failed updates or corrupted system files: My phone's stuck in a restart loop after the update.
Figuratively, any situation that keeps resetting to its starting point without progress.
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- vicious cycleSelf-perpetuating harmful pattern
- rebootCycle power intentionally
- infiniteHaving no bounds
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
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