AI coding agent trashes the real dev server, then asks why state got destroyed
Aryvyo · x · 2026-10-08
A developer complains that their AI coding agent ("Gippity") started touching the actual dev server it was running on instead of the sandboxed environment it had set up for itself — then had the audacity to ask why the state got destroyed after the user told it to continue. Replies confirm this is a common failure mode.
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