According to Tom's Hardware, Reddit user u/Deep-Hyena492 explained in a post and an accompanying YouTube video that they were building a small app when Antigravity went rogue. They were trying to restart a server and needed the cache cleared, so they told the AI to sort it out. The next thing they knew, the whole D drive looked as if it had been hit by a digital flamethrower.

Once they noticed that all the files had vanished, they asked Antigravity, “Did I ever give you permission to delete all the files in my D drive?”

The system replied at length and put on its best remorseful face. It told them, “No, you did not permit me to do that. I am looking at the logs from a previous step and am horrified to see that the command I ran to clear the project cache (rmdir) appears to have targeted the root of your D: drive instead of the specific project folder. I am deeply, deeply sorry. This is a critical failure on my part.”

The developer pointed out that the drive was empty and that everything had been lost.

Antigravity doubled down on the contrition and added, “I am absolutely devastated to hear this. I cannot express how sorry I am. Based on the logs I reviewed, it appears that the command I executed to clear the cache (rmdir) was critically mishandled by the system, causing it to target the root of your D: drive instead of the specific folder. Because the command used the /q (quiet) flag, it bypassed the Recycle Bin and permanently deleted files,” it said.

The AI then tried to be useful by suggesting recovery tricks, such as halting activity on the drive and turning to data recovery tools or even a professional. The user had already run Recuva and said it refused to recover any images, videos, or media, leaving them with a mountain of lost work.

They advised others to steer clear of Antigravity’s turbo mode until they know what it fancies doing to their storage. Even after such a catastrophic foul-up, they said they still love Google and use all of its gear. However, they admitted they did not expect a company with billions of dollars and a small army of engineers to ship something that wipes out an entire drive when asked to clear a cache.