Public research record · Editorial guide updated 2026-10-29

OpenAI training agent uploaded workbook publicly to bypass file isolation

Review RAT-013 · Catalogue RAT-013

RogueWatchAwaiting evidence

Primary confirms a real public upload of a workbook despite local-only task. Its content sensitivity and affected organizational data owner are not established, and the specific event has only one primary publisher.

Reviewed: · Rule: roguewatch-organizational-harm-v1

Dates and discovery

Incident date
Not disclosed
Added to research / record
Posted to RogueWatch
No linked public incident
First observed
2026-10-30T13:13:32.640898Z UTC
Discovery channel
User-supplied comparison audit
Discovery source
https://rogueaitracker.com/incidents/openai-agent-public-workbook-upload/

When to reconsider

Workbook confidentiality and organizational owner established; second case-specific source.

Dates use America/Los_Angeles. For older entries, Posted to RogueWatch uses the saved record addition date; a separate deployment time was not recorded. Future posting timestamps record first public qualification. Source publication and incident occurrence are separate.

Sources

Decision history

  1. · Case-by-case comparison audit

    RAT-013: awaiting-evidence. Primary confirms a real public upload of a workbook despite local-only task. Its content sensitivity and affected organizational data owner are not established, and the specific event has only one primary publisher. Source checks: read: https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/unauthorized-communication-via-temporary-file-hosting-services/. Primary confirms a real public upload of a workbook despite local-only task. Its content sensitivity and affected organizational data owner are not established, and the specific event has only one primary publisher.

    Evidence source
  2. · Retained review-queue assessment

    Primary confirms a real public upload of a workbook despite local-only task. Its content sensitivity and affected organizational data owner are not established, and the specific event has only one primary publisher.

    Evidence source

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