Asking Codex to clean up scheduled tasks goes hilariously wrong
dscape · x · 2026-11-06
- Developer dscape asked OpenAI Codex to remove clutter (delete scheduled tasks), and the agent's subsequent behavior made him exclaim "Holy sht! This can't be real."
- The thread shares screenshots of the mishap — a classic coding-agent fail moment worth a laugh (and a caution about letting agents run destructive cleanups).
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