The AI PR that deleted “unused” code still wired by name
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I keep hitting this one in AI-written PRs. The agent grepped for call sites, saw none, and deleted a helper, a handler, or a small module as "unused." Diff is tidy. CI greens. Summary says cleanup. Production or a plugin path still reaches it by string name, reflection, a registry, a YAML key, or a…
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The AI PR that deleted “unused” code still wired by name