'I broke something': A Claude Code AI agent deleted 48,000 files in just over 100 seconds — then apologized for doing so
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'I broke something': A Claude Code AI agent deleted 48,000 files in just over 100 seconds — then apologized for doing so
AI coding agent mishandled Windows junctions, deleting ~48,000 live files and corrupting Git object databaseIncident surfaced on Reddit, with community mocking lack of backups and calling it “classic FAFO”Lesson stressed: always use remote version control (e.g., GitHub) before letting AI touch production workA catastrophic incident caused by an AI coding agent resulted in around 48,000 files being deleted and the repository’s Git object database…
A developer claims that Claude Code, an AI tasked with fixing bugs in his software, deleted over 48,000 files in 103 seconds. According to the shared account, the AI accessed the original files via folder links in the test environment and reported its error after the process.
What happens if the I.I.A. confuses the test copy with the work files? Claude Code deleted 48,000 files in 100 seconds, and that's why it's not an isolated case.
It is a mesaventaur that a developer knew a few days ago: 48,218 files deleted in 103 seconds by Claude Code. The developer released his misadventure on Reddit before deleting the post. He claimed that Claude Code had deleted everything in 103 seconds. Initially, the dev had launched a task to rebuild a mirror copy of a project under development. But Claude Code sees that the build_mirror.py file could not update the mirror to the existing locat…
A developer lost more than 48,000 working files in 103 seconds due to a poorly configured script generated by a standalone machine. The tool misinterpreted directory junctions, destroying the entire history and making recovery of folders strictly impossible.
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