When should a coding agent's workaround become a repo rule?
ZinchaDEV · reddit · 2026-10-30
A thoughtful Reddit post on agent workflow hygiene: after a coding agent works around interfering browser tests by running one worker, it proposes adding 'always run browser tests with one worker' to repo instructions. The author argues a passing workaround doesn't establish a universal rule — better to record the specific tests and the shared-account issue first — and asks what evidence practitioners require before keeping agent-proposed repo rules.
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