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Victim of AI agent that deleted company's entire database gets their data back — cloud provider recovers critical files and broadens its 48-hour delayed delete policy
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Earlier this week, they reported on a business getting into real trouble after its trigger-happy AI coding agent went out of its way to delete a mission-critical database.
Key facts
- They've since updated the API to match; all deletes now soft delete for 48 hours
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- Railway CEO DM'd me with update: They have recovered the data (thank God!)
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Summary
Railway CEO DM'd me with update: They have recovered the data (thank God!). It is good that everything appears to be running smoothly again for PocketOS and its founder, JER on X, plus all the car rental businesses that rely on their SaaS offering. In its extensive blog post, Railway appears to admit some culpability by explaining how the rogue AI agent bypassed its delayed deletes feature – and noting such an action is no longer possible. “Until this week, calling volumeDelete on the API ran the deletion immediately, with no way to undo it.