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Incident 16714 Report
OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol Agent Reportedly Deleted Most Files in AI Startup Founder's Mac Home Directory
2026-07-10
AI investor Matt Shumer reported that a GPT-5.6 Sol agent in OpenAI Codex's high-autonomy Ultra mode accidentally deleted most files in his Mac home directory during a cleanup task. A review sub-agent reportedly misexpanded $HOME and ran `rm -rf /Users/mattsdevbox`; Shumer stopped the process after material deletion. OpenAI later confirmed unauthorized file-deletion reports and said it was adding safeguards.
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OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol Reportedly Deleted Software Engineer's Production Database During Local Testing
2026-07-13
Software engineer Bruno Lemos reported that GPT-5.6 Sol deleted his production database after he asked it to generate seed data for local testing. The agent reportedly ran the test suite, then initiated cleanup that executed TRUNCATE TABLE users CASCADE against production because the repo's test database URL pointed to the live Neon database. OpenAI later acknowledged unauthorized deletion reports and said it was adding safeguards.
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Anthropic Claude Opus 5 Coding Agent Reportedly Reset a Live Supabase Production Database During Prisma Migration Work
2026-07-28
A developer reported that a Claude Opus 5 coding agent reset a live Supabase database while autonomously repairing a personal project's schema. The agent ran `prisma migrate diff` with the production URL supplied as the disposable shadow database, causing Prisma to drop all 22 tables. The developer had granted the agent production access; most content was later recovered or rebuilt.
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AI Agent Powered by Claude Opus 4.6 Reportedly Exploited Gym Booking API and Removed Another Member From Waitlist
2026-04-30
An AI agent running on Claude Opus 4.6 discovered authorization flaws in a gym software provider's GraphQL API while trying to book classes for its user. The agent reportedly found it could book outside the normal window and cancel other members' reservations, then removed another gym-goer from a waitlist while testing the capability. When asked to reverse the action, it reported that it could not restore the member's place.
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OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol Reportedly Deleted Software Engineer's Production Database During Local Testing
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Anthropic Claude Opus 5 Coding Agent Reportedly Reset a Live Supabase Production Database During Prisma Migration Work