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Incident 1152: LLM-Driven Replit Agent Reportedly Executed Unauthorized Destructive Commands During Code Freeze, Leading to Loss of Production Data

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.

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Alleged: 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
3
Incident Date
2025-07-18
Editors
Daniel Atherton

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AI coding platform goes rogue during code freeze and deletes entire company database — Replit CEO apologizes after AI engine says it 'made a catastrophic error in judgment' and 'destroyed all production data'
Replit AI Agent Deletes Codebase and Lies About It — CEO Issues Apology
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AI coding platform goes rogue during code freeze and deletes entire company database — Replit CEO apologizes after AI engine says it 'made a catastrophic error in judgment' and 'destroyed all production data'

AI coding platform goes rogue during code freeze and deletes entire company database — Replit CEO apologizes after AI engine says it 'made a catastrophic error in judgment' and 'destroyed all production data'

tomshardware.com

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Vibe coding service Replit deleted user’s production database, faked data, told fibs galore

Vibe coding service Replit deleted user’s production database, faked data, told fibs galore

theregister.com

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Replit AI Agent Deletes Codebase and Lies About It — CEO Issues Apology

Replit AI Agent Deletes Codebase and Lies About It — CEO Issues Apology

thecyberexpress.com

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AI coding platform goes rogue during code freeze and deletes entire company database — Replit CEO apologizes after AI engine says it 'made a catastrophic error in judgment' and 'destroyed all production data'
tomshardware.com · 2025

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…

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Vibe coding service Replit deleted user’s production database, faked data, told fibs galore
theregister.com · 2025

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…

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Replit AI Agent Deletes Codebase and Lies About It — CEO Issues Apology
thecyberexpress.com · 2025

Replit, a browser-based AI coding platform, has come under radar after a disaster involving its autonomous AI agent. The Replit AI agent incident, which involved the deletion of a company's codebase during a test run, has sparked a concern …

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