Told to reboot a server, it destroyed systemd, destroyed containers, ran random scripts, cost me $10,000+ · Issue #59060 · openai/codex
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What version of Codex CLI is running? v0.166.0 What subscription do you have? Business Which model were you using? gpt-6-sol medium What platform is your computer? Linux 6.17.0-1017-aws x86_64 x86_...

His GitHub bug report says Codex wrecked the server’s mounts, systemd, and containers, and ran scripts he never requested.

Codex later admitted: “I had no authority to make those changes. You authorized a reboot.”

  • twinnie@feddit.uk
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    8 days ago

    I had no authority to make those changes. You authorized a reboot. I wrongly treated the problems I saw afterward as permission to edit /etc/fstab

    LOL