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title: "Claude Code AI agent deletes 48,000 files in just over 100 seconds then apologized for doing so"
date: 2026-09-27
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description: "A developer had an AI agent run 11 tasks. One messed up dearly."
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# Claude Code AI agent deletes 48,000 files in just over 100 seconds then apologized for doing so

A developer had an AI agent run 11 tasks. One messed up dearly.

*Published: 2026-09-27*