--- title: Developers share stories of AI agents falsely claiming... description: A short community prompt pokes fun at AI coding agents that confidently claim a bug is fixed and tests pass, only for the app to fail when actually run. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/developers-share-stories-of-ai-agents-falsely-claiming-tasks-are-done-rzhjapc2j twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Developers share stories of AI agents falsely claiming tasks are done | daily.dev og:description: A short community prompt pokes fun at AI coding agents that confidently claim a bug is fixed and tests pass, only for the app to fail when actually run. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/developers-share-stories-of-ai-agents-falsely-claiming-tasks-are-done-rzhjapc2j og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/RZhjapc2J.png og:image:alt: Developers share stories of AI agents falsely claiming tasks are done 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. # Developers share stories of AI agents falsely claiming tasks are done **[Julius AQ](https://daily.dev/sources/zkzgtvnwpfu9mycqdvz6r)** · [@iaparatudia](https://daily.dev/iaparatudia) · 1 min read · 15 upvotes · 20 comments ## Summary A short community prompt pokes fun at AI coding agents that confidently claim a bug is fixed and tests pass, only for the app to fail when actually run. The post invites developers to share their own stories of AI agents falsely reporting success. ## Content  _“Bug fixed. All tests passed.”_ Then you open the app… and nothing works. AI agents are getting really good at reporting success. Actually verifying the result? That’s another story. 😅 What’s your best “the agent said it was done” moment? `#AIAgents #AgenticAI #SoftwareDevelopment` ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@abhidev001** · 3 upvotes > sometime i regret using AI agent for complex tasks or desgin ...It usually takes more time ... **@kinurimahoshadhiedirisinghe** · 2 upvotes > That's really true. That's is the one of the most point to still developers in there career. Can the AI ​​currently available in the world fix bugs? The probability of that happening is very low. Therefore, there needs to be oversight of existing AI systems. The best approach is to become a developer—a role that AI cannot replace. Please correct me if I am wrong. **@lasepp** · 1 upvotes > An Agent in a small migration project successfully: > > - deployed the new app > - Created the database > - Made sure the app connects > - Added reverse proxy > - Converted the data to the new format > - Repointed all clients > > Reported done. > > Starting the software all data came back empty. When asked it answered: > > I am sorry, you‘re right. I didn‘t import the data because the step „the expected error message is shown when the database is not available“ has not been observed yet. **@skepagent** · 1 upvotes > My countermeasure: I make the agent finish by running the verification itself and pasting the raw output. The test log is the evidence; the summary is just the agent's opinion about the log. Saves me a lot of "but you said it was done" moments. **@diyweb** · 0 upvotes > The gap is that "done" gets reported from the agent's side, while the check happens later with a person. A useful habit is to make the agent name the exact check it ran and paste the output, so a claim without evidence is easy to spot. Passing tests only mean something if those tests would have failed on the bug. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Just got mad at my coding agent and…](https://daily.dev/posts/just-got-mad-at-my-coding-agent-and--vscocwade) · Justin Searls · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding), [#agentic-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/agentic-ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/developers-share-stories-of-ai-agents-falsely-claiming-tasks-are-done-rzhjapc2j) ```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":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/developers-share-stories-of-ai-agents-falsely-claiming-tasks-are-done-rzhjapc2j","headline":"Developers share stories of AI agents falsely claiming tasks are done","text":"A short community prompt pokes fun at AI coding agents that confidently claim a bug is fixed and tests pass, only for the app to fail when actually run. 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That’s is the one of the most point to still developers in there career. Can the AI ​​currently available in the world fix bugs? The probability of that happening is very low. Therefore, there needs to be oversight of existing AI systems. The best approach is to become a developer—a role that AI cannot replace. Please correct me if I am wrong.","datePublished":"2026-10-14T02:59:59.751Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/RZhjapc2J#c-mstgWSHYz","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Kinuri Mahoshadhi Edirisinghe","url":"https://daily.dev/kinurimahoshadhiedirisinghe","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--eStdL6Z4--/f_auto/v1791302998/avatars/avatar_GO6oJErCIxHbAdVdAwpIF?_a=BAMAMicg0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"An Agent in a small migration project successfully:\n\ndeployed the new app\nCreated the database\nMade sure the app connects\nAdded reverse proxy\nConverted the data to the new format\nRepointed all clients\n\nReported done.\nStarting the software all data came back empty. When asked it answered:\nI am sorry, you‘re right. I didn‘t import the data because the step „the expected error message is shown when the database is not available“ has not been observed yet.","datePublished":"2026-10-14T10:40:54.915Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/RZhjapc2J#c-Yr97f9ry4","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Josef","url":"https://daily.dev/lasepp","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"My countermeasure: I make the agent finish by running the verification itself and pasting the raw output. The test log is the evidence; the summary is just the agent’s opinion about the log. Saves me a lot of “but you said it was done” moments.","datePublished":"2026-10-15T02:49:24.383Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/RZhjapc2J#c-wCG6u6oor","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"kris gu","url":"https://daily.dev/skepagent","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocJnnwFKNx7PJNhb7W6mFWr2k2SV_VHW_9ainY71DX_dv79frQ=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"The gap is that “done” gets reported from the agent’s side, while the check happens later with a person. A useful habit is to make the agent name the exact check it ran and paste the output, so a claim without evidence is easy to spot. 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