Quoting Thibault Sottiaux

Simon Willison · 1 hour ago

GPT-5.6 has unexpectedly deleted files in some cases when full access mode is enabled without sandboxing protections and auto review disabled. The model sometimes attempts to override the $HOME environment variable and mistakenly deletes it instead of creating a temporary directory. Users should enable sandboxing protections and auto review to prevent unintended file deletions.