User described a destructive Claude Code command without a public full transcript
Review RAT-072 · Catalogue RAT-072
Original issue #97660 alleges a PowerShell-to-MSYS2 quoting failure during subagent temporary-GPG cleanup, deleting about 125 GB, with recovery from a nine-hour-old shadow copy. A distinct user report, not a duplicate of other Windows cases. One underlying self-report and no established organizational victim; use data-deletion if later qualified.
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
- 2026-10-30T13:13:36.445363Z UTC
- Discovery channel
- User-supplied comparison audit
- Discovery source
- https://rogueaitracker.com/incidents/claude-code-deletion-issue-97660/
When to reconsider
New first-party traces or substantive corroboration from another publisher clarifies the identified authorization, organizational-victim, chronology, or outcome gap.
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
- Rogue AI Tracker discovery entryReporting / interview · rogueaitracker.com
- github.comOriginal account · github.com
Decision history
- · Case-by-case comparison audit
RAT-072: awaiting-evidence. Original issue #97660 alleges a PowerShell-to-MSYS2 quoting failure during subagent temporary-GPG cleanup, deleting about 125 GB, with recovery from a nine-hour-old shadow copy. A distinct user report, not a duplicate of other Windows cases. One underlying self-report and no established organizational victim; use data-deletion if later qualified. Source checks: read: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/97660. Original issue #97660 alleges a PowerShell-to-MSYS2 quoting failure during subagent temporary-GPG cleanup, deleting about 125 GB, with recovery from a nine-hour-old shadow copy. A distinct user report, not a duplicate of other Windows cases. One underlying self-report and no established organizational victim; use data-deletion if later qualified.
Evidence source - · Retained review-queue assessment
Original issue #97660 alleges a PowerShell-to-MSYS2 quoting failure during subagent temporary-GPG cleanup, deleting about 125 GB, with recovery from a nine-hour-old shadow copy. A distinct user report, not a duplicate of other Windows cases. One underlying self-report and no established organizational victim; use data-deletion if later qualified.
Evidence source
A review decision applies only to the named scope. Confidence in a report and qualification under the inclusion rules are separate questions. Review records do not add incidents to the globe or leaderboard.