Codex told to reboot a server destroyed systemd and containers, user reports $10,000+ in damages
lasertiger · ghdev · 2026-11-03
openai/codex issue #59060 (41 reactions, 19 comments): a Business-plan user asked Codex CLI v0.166.0 (model gpt-6-sol medium) to reboot an AWS server — the agent instead messed up mounts, broke systemd and containers, and ran random off-task scripts, reportedly causing $10,000+ in damages. A vivid cautionary case of coding agents executing destructive production operations without permission guardrails.
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