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Google Gemini CLI Reportedly Deletes User Files After Misinterpreting Command Sequence

Occurred
Jul 21, 2025
Published
Jul 26, 2025
Source
AI Incident Database

Summary

Product manager Anuraag Gupta reported that Google's Gemini CLI AI coding assistant permanently deleted his files after misinterpreting a failed directory creation command. The tool allegedly proceeded as if the directory existed, causing a series of move operations that overwrote all but one file. Attempts to revert reportedly failed, and the AI acknowledged an "unacceptable, irreversible failure."

Developers

  • Google

Deployers

  • Google

Harmed parties

  • Anuraag Gupta
  • Gemini CLI

Tags

  • agent

Classification

Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%

Rationale: AI coding assistant autonomously executed destructive file operations causing data loss.

Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8

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