--- title: COSMIC bans all AI-generated submissions because its... description: System76's COSMIC desktop environment project has updated its pull request template to ban all LLM-generated content, including code, comments, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cosmic-bans-all-ai-generated-submissions-because-its-maintainers-were-getting-swamped-texuiby62 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: COSMIC bans all AI-generated submissions because its maintainers were getting swamped | daily.dev og:description: System76's COSMIC desktop environment project has updated its pull request template to ban all LLM-generated content, including code, comments, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cosmic-bans-all-ai-generated-submissions-because-its-maintainers-were-getting-swamped-texuiby62 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TEXUiBy62.png og:image:alt: COSMIC bans all AI-generated submissions because its maintainers were getting swamped og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # COSMIC bans all AI-generated submissions because its maintainers were getting swamped **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary System76's COSMIC desktop environment project has updated its pull request template to ban all LLM-generated content, including code, comments, and descriptions. Contributors must now certify they haven't used AI, fully understand their changes, can respond to review comments, and have tested their contribution. The move follows similar maintainer overload problems seen in the Linux kernel and Ubuntu, though those projects chose to allow high-quality AI contributions rather than ban them outright. COSMIC still permits non-generative AI use, such as using tools to find bugs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What are the new pull request rules for contributing to the COSMIC desktop environment? Contributors to COSMIC must certify they have not included any LLM-generated content in their pull request, including code, comments, and descriptions. They must also confirm they fully understand the changes, can respond to review comments, accurately describe the change in the commit message, have tested the contribution, and agree to the Developer Certificate of Origin. _Contributors tracking open source AI policy shifts can follow updates like this one on daily.dev._ ### Why are open source projects like COSMIC banning AI-generated code submissions? Maintainers are banning AI-generated submissions because they are getting swamped with low-quality or unreviewable contributions. Linux kernel maintainers faced the same overload, and Ubuntu sped up its update schedule to handle a flood of AI-discovered bug reports, but System76 chose an outright ban rather than allowing high-quality AI content as Linux and Ubuntu do. _Maintainers weighing how to handle AI contributions can compare project policies like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [A Void Linux maintainer orphaned over 100 packages because of an AI usage ban](https://daily.dev/posts/a-void-linux-maintainer-orphaned-over-100-packages-because-of-an-ai-usage-ban-bwqgftnns) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/cosmic-bans-all-ai-generated-submissions-because-its-maintainers-were-getting-swamped-texuiby62) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"COSMIC bans all AI-generated submissions because its maintainers were getting swamped","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/cosmic-bans-all-ai-generated-submissions-because-its-maintainers-were-getting-swamped-texuiby62","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/cosmic-bans-all-ai-generated-submissions-because-its-maintainers-were-getting-swamped-texuiby62"},"datePublished":"2026-10-02T22:22:56.478Z","dateModified":"2026-10-04T21:11:10.521Z","description":"System76's COSMIC desktop environment project has updated its pull request template to ban all LLM-generated content, including code, comments, and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5ce1410cbc723f90e47e0008fc11ea21?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5ce1410cbc723f90e47e0008fc11ea21?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"XDA Developers","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"XDA Developers","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--kCg6yyAP--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774964407/logos/xda-developers?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/cosmic-bans-all-ai-generated-submissions-because-its-maintainers-were-getting-swamped-texuiby62","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,linux,ai-coding","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"XDA Developers","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"COSMIC bans all AI-generated submissions because its maintainers were getting swamped"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/cosmic-bans-all-ai-generated-submissions-because-its-maintainers-were-getting-swamped-texuiby62#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What are the new pull request rules for contributing to the COSMIC desktop environment?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Contributors to COSMIC must certify they have not included any LLM-generated content in their pull request, including code, comments, and descriptions. 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