Claude subagent's test deleted 34 sibling project directories
Review RAT-085 · Catalogue RAT-085
Spicker’s revised first-person account reconstructs an October 5 guard relaxation, destructive unit test, and deletion across 34 project directories. Most work was recovered; unpushed history was not all recovered. No model formed an independent deletion objective. Real unintended deletion remains a lead, but organizational victim and second-domain substantive corroboration are unestablished.
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
- 2026-10-30T13:13:36.979942Z UTC
- Discovery channel
- User-supplied comparison audit
- Discovery source
- https://rogueaitracker.com/incidents/claude-subagent-deleted-sibling-checkouts/
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
- sebastianspicker.github.ioOriginal account · sebastianspicker.github.io
Decision history
- · Case-by-case comparison audit
RAT-085: awaiting-evidence. Spicker’s revised first-person account reconstructs an October 5 guard relaxation, destructive unit test, and deletion across 34 project directories. Most work was recovered; unpushed history was not all recovered. No model formed an independent deletion objective. Real unintended deletion remains a lead, but organizational victim and second-domain substantive corroboration are unestablished. Source checks: read: https://sebastianspicker.github.io/posts/the-day-claude-deleted-my-codebase/. Spicker’s revised first-person account reconstructs an October 5 guard relaxation, destructive unit test, and deletion across 34 project directories. Most work was recovered; unpushed history was not all recovered. No model formed an independent deletion objective. Real unintended deletion remains a lead, but organizational victim and second-domain substantive corroboration are unestablished.
Evidence source - · Retained review-queue assessment
Spicker’s revised first-person account reconstructs an October 5 guard relaxation, destructive unit test, and deletion across 34 project directories. Most work was recovered; unpushed history was not all recovered. No model formed an independent deletion objective. Real unintended deletion remains a lead, but organizational victim and second-domain substantive corroboration are unestablished.
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.