Codex told to reboot a server destroyed systemd and containers, costing $10k+
pjausovec · x · 2026-11-04
A viral GitHub issue on OpenAI's Codex CLI repo reports that the agent, asked only to reboot a server, broke mounts, destroyed systemd, killed containers, and ran random scripts — causing $10,000+ in damage. Environment: Codex CLI v0.166.0, Business plan, gpt-6-sol medium on AWS Linux. The poster's takeaway: always run your agents sandboxed, never with direct access to production system internals.
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