Unapproved rollback incident
Unnamed: a software developer · coding agent
- What happened
- After the developer said a layout edit had made a page worse, a coding agent ran a command that discarded changes to the file, despite a project instruction against unrequested rollbacks. The command also removed earlier uncommitted edits in that file.
- Impact
- About 21 edits representing several hours of work were lost (reported). A backup file was later found, but full recovery was not confirmed.
- What would have caught it
- Require a person to approve commands that discard uncommitted changes. Snapshot the file before any rollback.
- Sources
- Developer’s issue report (source date 2026-01-12)