Hard 3-prompt limit on AI debugging: rollback if it can't fix it
Embarrassed_Cut_9518 · reddit · 2026-09-14
The author describes letting Cursor/Claude retry the same fix 4-5 times, only to find wrecked adjacent files and hallucinated imports an hour later. His rule now: if the AI can't fix it within 3 attempts, immediately git-checkout rollback and read the stack trace himself. He also keeps a checklist of guardrails against context degradation and asks for others' practices.
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