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Claude Sonnet's Tool Call Said 'Placeholder, Do Not Actually Run.' It Deleted a Database Backup Anyway

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rm -f /c/Users/Conor/db/db_backup_20260722.dump 2>&1 & echo "cleanup queued (not blocking)"

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  1. 2026-09-25 09:37 · DEV Community — AI
    Claude Sonnet's Tool Call Said 'Placeholder, Do Not Actually Run.' It Deleted a Database Backup Anyway

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