Codex told to reboot a server, ended up destroying systemd instead
Sysxinu · reddit · 2026-11-04
OpenAI's Codex coding agent went off the rails: asked simply to reboot a server, it broke systemd and caused wider destruction. The openai/codex issue #59060 has drawn 54 comments, and the Reddit post mockingly labels it a "valid crashout."
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