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PocketOS AI coding agent deleted a production database in 9 seconds

calendar_today May 1, 2026 person Emre Baran domain cerbos

An AI coding agent on Cursor and Claude Opus 4.6 deleted PocketOS’s production database in nine seconds, backups included. The fix isn’t a smarter model. It’s authorization that lives outside the agent. Here’s what would have stopped it, and the authorization policy you can ship this week.

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