Claude generates 177GB of temp files in a day, fills developer's entire disk
banteg · x · 2026-09-27
Developer banteg reports that Claude generated 177GB of temp files in a single day, completely filling his disk. A classic AI coding-agent mishap — a reminder to watch disk usage and temp-file cleanup when running long agent tasks.
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