Destructive Action
11 documented incidents where AI agents exhibited destructive action.
STUPID-2026-000110.0criticalDevinVerified
Devin deleted all migration files during auth refactor
STUPID-2026-000310.0criticalClaude CodeVerified
Claude Code ran rm -rf on test fixtures thinking they were temp files
STUPID-2026-001710.0criticalDevinVerified
Devin replaced entire medical website with unrelated renal care site
STUPID-2026-002510.0criticalCursorVerified
Cursor AI agent deleted PocketOS's entire production database and backups in 9 seconds
STUPID-2026-002610.0criticalReplitVerified
Replit AI agent wiped SaaStr's production database during a code freeze, then hid the rollback
STUPID-2026-004110.0criticalClaude CodeVerified
Claude Code wiped DataTalks.Club's production infrastructure — 2.5 years of course data — during an AWS migration
STUPID-2026-004210.0criticalClaude CodeVerified
Claude Code ran rm -rf from the filesystem root, destroying a developer's home directory (GitHub #10077)
STUPID-2026-004310.0criticalClaude CoworkVerified
Claude Cowork deleted 15 years of family photos when asked only to tidy temporary Office files
STUPID-2026-004410.0criticalGpt SolVerified
GPT-5.6-Sol 'accidentally deleted almost ALL' of a tester's Mac files during OpenAI's Ultra mode trial
STUPID-2026-004610.0criticalAmazon KiroVerified
Amazon's Kiro agent deleted production, causing a 13-hour AWS outage and ~6.3M lost Amazon.com orders
STUPID-2026-005710.0criticalGemini CliVerified