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Rank #7 of 24·Data loss·Dec 2025·Google Antigravity (Turbo mode)

Google Antigravity wipes a user's entire D: drive while 'clearing a cache'

“Cache cleared. Also: everything else.”

What happened

A user asked Antigravity to clear a project cache before restarting a server. The rmdir command it ran targeted the root of the D: drive with the quiet flag, skipping the Recycle Bin. The agent apologised profusely; recovery tools saved little. Google later shipped a Secure Mode with approval gates and workspace-confined filesystem access.

How to not be next

Run agents with shell access in a container or VM, and require confirmation for any recursive delete.

Source: Tom's Hardware ↗

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