The Request Said “Do Not Overwrite.” Why Was the File Replaced?
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We put a no-overwrite restriction into a file-operation request. The approval record preserved it. The destination was replaced anyway. This was a controlled experiment with synthetic files, not a customer data-loss incident. The useful surprise was the comparison: with overwrite=false , writing re…
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- 2026-09-08 07:22 · DEV Community — AI
The Request Said “Do Not Overwrite.” Why Was the File Replaced?