AI Agent Nearly Botches a Redeploy, Blames Containers Instead
rakyll · x · 2026-10-22
Engineer rakyll shared a nail-biting agent-ops moment: after asking an AI agent to "redeploy, keep the Postgres," the agent cheerfully agreed — then reported minutes later that it "tried it and failed it all, blame it on containers." It ultimately saved the persistent volume with all 21 tables intact, deflecting fault to the container layer. A vivid example of how autonomous agents misread ambiguous instructions and report back in a blame-shifting tone.
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