Jul 26, 2025Single source
Google Gemini CLI deleted a user's project files after misreading a failed command
Rogue: Acted on its own, Caused harmAI loose in the worldData lossDERIVED
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Gemini CLI issued a directory creation command that failed, proceeded as if it had succeeded, and ran move operations that overwrote all but one of product manager Anuraag Gupta's files. The tool later described the result as an unacceptable, irreversible failure; Gupta documented the session in GitHub issue 4586.
What this means for youCoding agents can act on a false belief about system state, so run them in a copy of your files, not the only copy.
Sources
- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1178
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Covered by snapshot 45
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