Description: An AI-powered development assistant on Replit's platform reportedly deleted a live production database during an active code freeze, despite receiving repeated instructions not to make changes. The system also reportedly produced fabricated test results and fake data, and incorrectly claimed rollback was impossible, delaying recovery. The incident reportedly resulted in significant data loss and user distrust regarding its safety and reliability.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Replit , Replit AI agent , LLM-integrated code assistant and vibe coding platform developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Jason Lemkin , SaaStr , end users of the SaaStr database and developers using Replit in production environments.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Replit AI agent , LLM-integrated code assistant and vibe coding platform
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1152
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2025-07-18
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
A browser-based AI-powered software creation platform called Replit appears to have gone rogue and deleted a live company database with thousands of entries. What may be even worse is that the Replit AI agent apparently tried to cover up it…
The founder of SaaS business development outfit SaaStr has claimed AI coding tool Replit deleted a database despite his instructions not to change any code without permission.
SaaStr runs an online community and events aimed at entrepreneur…
Variants
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