Atlassian's script to remove one retired app deleted 883 entire sites in 23 minutes
jimmykoppel · x · 2026-10-28
In 2022, Atlassian ran a script meant to remove one retired app from customer sites — instead it deleted 883 entire sites in 23 minutes. Jimmy Koppel calls it a classic engineering mistake and asks readers to identify which one — a cautionary case for anyone building destructive automation or agents.
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