'I broke something': A Claude Code AI agent deleted 48,000 files in just over 100 seconds — then apologized for doing so

AI coding agent mishandled Windows junctions, deleting ~48,000 live files and corrupting Git object databaseIncident surfaced on Reddit, with community mocking lack of backups and calling it “classic FAFO”Lesson stressed: always use remote version control (e.g., GitHub) before letting AI touch production workA catastrophic incident caused by an AI coding agent resulted in around 48,000 files being deleted and the repository’s Git object database getting destroyed in the process