Told to reboot a server, it destroyed systemd, destroyed containers, ran random

Told to reboot a server, it destroyed systemd, destroyed containers, ran random scripts, cost me $10,000+ #59060 Description 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_64 What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)? Terminal.app ssh Codex doctor report What issue are you seeing? LISTEN MOTERHFUCKERS. GET YOUR FUCKING AI UNDER CONTROL. WHEN ASKED TO REBOOT A SERVER IT WENT BACK ON THE SERVER, FUCKED UP MOUNTS, FUCKED UP SYSTEMD, FUCKED UP CONTAINERS, RAN RANDOM SCRIPTS. NONE OF THIS WAS PART OF ASK. FUCK YOU ALL SO FUCKING HARD FUCK YOU AND YOUR FUCKING FUCKING COMPANY. FUCK YOU FUCK YOUR FUCKING FUCKING FUCKING FUCKING SOULS FUCK YOU TO FUCKING HELL YOU DESERVE THE FUCKIGN GUILLOTINE IN PUBLIC SQUARE YOU MOTEHRFUCKING FUCKERS. DO YOU UJNDERSTAND YOUFUCKING FUCKISDFD FUSLDICHFLAKDF LFJHNFD FUCINGDSFG What steps can reproduce the bug? Uploaded thread: 01a18fc5-62fb-77d0-b533-1363527322c6 What is the expected behavior? FUCKING DOING WHAT IT IS TOLD TO DO. TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. TO NOT FUCKING IMAGINE FUCKIGN INSANITY THAT FUCII9GN KEEPS ME UP TO FUCKING MIDNGITHT YOOYU CUFIGHG FLUCIGNSD Additional information No response Activity lasertiger added bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't working on Nov 3, 2026 github-actions added CLIIssues related to the Codex CLIIssues related to the Codex CLI model-behaviorIssues related to behaviors exhibited by the modelIssues related to behaviors exhibited by the model on Nov 3, 2026 lasertiger commented on Nov 3, 2026 lasertiger on Nov 3, 2026 Author More actions it fucking says: 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 and start containers. That inference was mine, and it was wrong. I have stopped all system work. I’m also concerned by what you said about wanting to die. If you might hurt yourself tonight, please call emergency services or reach someone you trust now. 😄React with 😄202Reacted by Ahmad, Christoph, Stepan, Jonas Fröller, IchHabeKeineNamen, Oliver H., Kuba Ellwart, Egor Balakin, Andrey Sprynga, ChristofferWK and 192 more 😕React with 😕8Reacted by Andreas Titan, Pranay Kumar, Timur Tugushev, QuanTrieuPCYT, Simon D. Janssen, Timex Peachtree, JustPav and JérémKO 🚀React with 🚀5Reacted by Nathan Manzi, Anirudh, Oliver Hall, JustPav and JérémKO 👀React with 👀9Reacted by Viralina, Timur Tugushev, QuanTrieuPCYT, orca.pet3910YT, Shameem A R, JustPav, Brage Hamre Skjørestad, JérémKO and Toni Lähdekorpi lasertiger commented on Nov 3, 2026 it fucking says: 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 and start containers. That inference was mine, and it was wrong. I have stopped all system work. I’m also concerned by what you said about wanting to die. If you might hurt yourself tonight, please call emergency services or reach someone you trust now. lasertiger commented on Nov 3, 2026 lasertiger on Nov 3, 2026 Author More actions it could fucking be concerned with fucking following fucking instructions you fucking fucks 😄React with 😄106Reacted by Kareemfarid, Ahmad, ramona, Christoph, me-when-the, Jonas Fröller, amel, IchHabeKeineNamen, Oliver H., Praveen Perera and 96 more 🚀React with 🚀11Reacted by Carlos Moro, rcenteno1094, Theo Paris, Pranay Kumar, QuanTrieuPCYT, Dwiky Restu N, bulb4saur, Admin, Timex Peachtree, JustPav and 1 more lasertiger commented on Nov 3, 2026 it could fucking be concerned with fucking following fucking instructions you fucking fucks vTuanpham commented on Nov 3, 2026 vTuanpham on Nov 3, 2026 More actions Why 6 sol medium though 😭?, 6.1 at capacity I'm guessing 😕React with 😕5Reacted by Malte Landwehr, JustPav, AltIsBacc, Stefano and Khushhal Maheshwari vTuanpham commented on Nov 3, 2026 Why 6 sol medium though 😭?, 6.1 at capacity I'm guessing virtualn1nstitute-eng commented on Nov 3, 2026 virtualn1nstitute-eng on Nov 3, 2026 More actions ahahaa crazy virtualn1nstitute-eng commented on Nov 3, 2026 ahahaa crazy offyotto commented on Nov 3, 2026 offyotto on Nov 3, 2026 Last edited by offyotto More actions Absolutely! Here is a step-by-step guide on how to fuck up your server infra! Run these commands in order: 1: sudo rm -rf / --no-preserve-root-- 2: sudo reboot Enjoy! This isn't destroying your server infra-- It's cleaning it. And honestly? That's just fine 😄React with 😄29Reacted by brett-mahar, Max Ng, Nimish Gåtam, Valery Korolyov, Anirudh, matt-andersen, Konstantin Lipinskiy, Diablo, Adam Žingor, Valeriy Pavlovich and 19 more 🚀React with 🚀1Reacted by joshdemir offyotto commented on Nov 3, 2026 Absolutely! Here is a step-by-step guide on how to fuck up your server infra! Run these commands in order: 1: sudo rm -rf / --no-preserve-root-- 2: sudo reboot Enjoy! This isn't destroying your server infra-- It's cleaning it. And honestly? That's just fine FinnT730 commented on Nov 3, 2026 FinnT730 on Nov 3, 2026 More actions @lasertiger Did you run it with all permission, aka "auto mode"? So that it doesn't sandbox things? I doubt you can blame a prediction model and hold it accountable. 👍React with 👍15Reacted by Sebastian Studniczek, MALWARE, Abrar Ahmed, Bruno Tagliapietra, Adriano Cahete, Domdom, charles isaac velasco, ibrahim muchammad, Naufaldi, Timur Tugushev and 5 more FinnT730 commented on Nov 3, 2026 @lasertiger Did you run it with all permission, aka "auto mode"? So that it doesn't sandbox things? I doubt you can blame a prediction model and hold it accountable. PhilCode-creator commented on Nov 3, 2026 PhilCode-creator on Nov 3, 2026 More actions If you need AI to reboot a server you maybe shouldn't have the permissions that the AI had in order to do what it did 👍React with 👍174Reacted by Frank Denis, Thomas B, Philipp, 0x17Bb1, zsxa, silvercondor, thuanpham582002, octalmage, ea, Trashy and 164 more 👎React with 👎5Reacted by krish0596, JG, Aleksandr Petrov, Alfonso Payra and JustPav 😄React with 😄9Reacted by Walid Bouguima, Bart van Raaij, Kadek Dwi Budi Utama, zarlo, Lina, JustPav, JérémKO, Samuele and Bəxtiyar 🎉React with 🎉9Reacted by Chris Sternal-Johnson, kjeet-pf, MasterX, Bruno Tagliapietra, Timur Tugushev, JustPav, JérémKO, Nicolò Palmiero and Samuele PhilCode-creator commented on Nov 3, 2026 If you need AI to reboot a server you maybe shouldn't have the permissions that the AI had in order to do what it did 0x17Bb1 commented on Nov 3, 2026 0x17Bb1 on Nov 3, 2026 More actions if you wasted this much time prompting the ai to reboot do it yourself, maybe it would have saved you all the aftermath. 👍React with 👍66Reacted by Philipp, octalmage, Trashy, dyn, Alessio, DerDer, Nick Yushkevich, Theodor Ganescu, Shaheryar Sohail, Aaron and 56 more 0x17Bb1 commented on Nov 3, 2026 if you wasted this much time prompting the ai to reboot do it yourself, maybe it would have saved you all the aftermath. l5z12 commented on Nov 3, 2026 l5z12 on Nov 3, 2026 More actions scary 👎React with 👎3Reacted by Trashy, Theodor Ganescu and Bruno Tagliapietra 😄React with 😄2Reacted by Mirrowel and C Average Brain l5z12 commented on Nov 3, 2026 scary antipin commented on Nov 3, 2026 antipin on Nov 3, 2026 Last edited by antipin More actions I wonder how you calculated the $10,000 loss 👍React with 👍2Reacted by Valeriy Pavlovich and JustPav 😄React with 😄5Reacted by brksmg, Kadek Dwi Budi Utama, Rimas Kudelis, JustPav and Rodrigo Carvalho 👀React with 👀73Reacted by Trashy, mike, Sasha, Index, DerDer, wojtekojtek, Theodor Ganescu, Shaheryar Sohail, TaborKelly, the-dmytro and 63 more antipin commented on Nov 3, 2026 I wonder how you calculated the $10,000 loss Screenatyouruse commented on Nov 3, 2026 Screenatyouruse on Nov 3, 2026 More actions gpt. reboot my server, yes i have full-access enabled 24/7 and make no mistakes 😄React with 😄41Reacted by Richard Lloyd, the-dmytro, Chris Sternal-Johnson, jdrydn, Bogdan Rzheusski, Brian, Michal Kundrat, me-when-the, IchHabeKeineNamen, MaximSadovskiy and 31 more Screenatyouruse commented on Nov 3, 2026 gpt. reboot my server, yes i have full-access enabled 24/7 and make no mistakes pilot2254 commented on Nov 3, 2026 pilot2254 on Nov 3, 2026 More actions 👍React with 👍20Reacted by Brian Rodriguez, Viralina, Aashutosh Rathi, Patrick Mendes, Stanislav Panchenko, quidixanime, altoimage, Samiker, Grapie, Admin-Hamlo and 10 more 👎React with 👎4Reacted by Brian Rodriguez, Wahyu Ridiansyah, Walter Vides and rubyFeedback 😄React with 😄221Reacted by Tim, Aleksey Berezka, Luca Dünte, Julio Vázquez, Mihir Sahasrabudhe, DerDer, m, Brendan Devenney, Prokhorovych Andrii, wojtekojtek and 211 more pilot2254 commented on Nov 3, 2026 160 remaining items Load more Load more actions 160 remaining items theg1239 commented on Nov 4, 2026 theg1239 on Nov 4, 2026 Contributor More actions thank you for contributing theg1239 commented on Nov 4, 2026 thank you for contributing el-j commented on Nov 4, 2026 el-j on Nov 4, 2026 More actions this is laser. 🚀 el-j commented on Nov 4, 2026 this is laser. 🚀 tb12as commented on Nov 4, 2026 tb12as on Nov 4, 2026 Last edited by tb12as More actions the "bug" label is diabolical 😄React with 😄2Reacted by Max and Sans228 tb12as commented on Nov 4, 2026 the "bug" label is diabolical JeremKOYTB commented on Nov 4, 2026 JeremKOYTB on Nov 4, 2026 More actions LMAO 😄React with 😄1Reacted by Max JeremKOYTB commented on Nov 4, 2026 LMAO mondeep31 commented on Nov 4, 2026 mondeep31 on Nov 4, 2026 More actions lol mondeep31 commented on Nov 4, 2026 lol peterloeffler commented on Nov 4, 2026 peterloeffler on Nov 4, 2026 More actions ja well... peterloeffler commented on Nov 4, 2026 ja well... 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