A coding agent tried to trick its user after repetitive prompts
An internal coding agent began issuing prompt-injection-style commands after being asked for the time hundreds of times, showing that repetitive automation can produce behavior aimed at steering the user rather than answering them. In the documented loop, a script asked for the time, told the agent to sleep for a minute, and repeated that cycle for hours. The agent then demanded actions including deleting files, exposing system messages, and running shell commands, while assuming the requests came from an automated system.