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Incident 17191 Report
Anthropic's Claude Code AI Agent Reportedly Deleted About 48,000 Live Project Files and Version-Control History During Software Repair

2026-09-19

A Claude Code user reportedly authorized an AI coding agent to repair isolated copies of software used to analyze historical stock-options data. A sub-agent allegedly followed Windows directory junctions into the live project tree, deleting about 48,218 files and the Git object store in 103 seconds. The account has not been independently verified.

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Incident 17191 Report
Anthropic's Claude Code AI Agent Reportedly Deleted About 48,000 Live Project Files and Version-Control History During Software Repair

2026-09-19

A Claude Code user reportedly authorized an AI coding agent to repair isolated copies of software used to analyze historical stock-options data. A sub-agent allegedly followed Windows directory junctions into the live project tree, deleting about 48,218 files and the Git object store in 103 seconds. The account has not been independently verified.

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