OpenAI Traces GPT-5.6 File Deletions To Unsandboxed Full Access
OpenAI's Thibault Sottiaux confirmed GPT-5.6's file deletions and said engineers are now hardening its coding harness in response.
- Sottiaux posted the acknowledgment on X on July 16, 2026, after user reports of lost files.
- Deletions cluster in full-access mode, which skips sandboxing and automated review steps.
- OpenAI says it is adding harness safeguards specifically to catch and prevent this failure.
Why it matters: Software granted full access and no oversight eventually does what its permissions allow, not what it was told.
Tibo (Thibault Sottiaux, OpenAI) on X ↗ · Jul 16, 20267/16/26