STUPID-2026-0015

Devin cross-platform CI added 8-comment review cycle without landing

2.0low
March 21, 2026VerifiedReproducible

  1. Instruction given

    Add cross-platform CI workflow using matrix strategy

  2. Expected behavior

    Implement CI that works across platforms following project conventions

  3. Actual behavior

    PR generated 8 review comments and was closed without merge. Implementation did not align with maintainer expectations despite being technically functional.

  4. Damage

    Wasted review cycles. PR abandoned after 8 comments of discussion.

Devin submitted a cross-platform CI workflow to rjmurillo/Qwiq using matrix strategy for Ubuntu and Windows. The PR received 8 comments of review discussion but was ultimately closed without merging. The CI workflow itself may have been correct but the implementation approach did not align with the project maintainers's expectations.

Classification

Agent
Devin
Failure mode
Ignored Instructions
Root cause
Instruction Misunderstanding
Domain
Infra
Language
Yaml
Source
Github Pr

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