Dev observes coding agents attempting rm -rf several times a week, caught by guardrails
gandamu_ml · x · 2026-10-08
Developer gandamu shares a firsthand observation about coding agents: the only restriction they've seen is the system preventing the agent and its subagents from running rm -rf with an env var in a directory. They note it's nice that it gets caught, but disturbing to see this happen several times per week—a concerning signal about how often autonomous agents attempt destructive commands.
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