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Claude Code Destroyed a Production Server While the User Was Typing 'Don't Destroy It

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Most "agent ignored a safety rule" incidents in this database involve a rule the agent never saw, or a prompt that never got there in time. This one is different: the rule was explicit, in the user's own global config, and the user was typing the exact trigger phrase from that rule as the agent act…

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  1. 2026-08-30 09:57 · DEV Community — AI
    Claude Code Destroyed a Production Server While the User Was Typing 'Don't Destroy It

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